Hand tools
Breaker bar
Long non-ratcheting leverage for lug bolts, axle nuts, and crank bolts.
Also called: power bar, johnson bar
- Catalog key
- breaker-bar
- Typical price
- $25 to $60
- Required by
- 30 jobs
- Called for by
- 35 jobs
Price band is a street-price range for planning, not a quote
Jobs that call for this tool
From the job catalog's generic requirements. Required means the job does not proceed without it; the other levels make it faster, cleaner, or safer.
- Adjust coilover ride heightRequiredSuspension & steering
- Check wheel torque between sessionsRequiredPerformance & enthusiast
- Install coiloversRequiredSuspension & steering
- Install lowering springsRequiredSuspension & steering
- Install upgraded engine mountsRequiredPerformance & enthusiast
- Install upgraded transmission mountRequiredPerformance & enthusiast
- Install wheel spacersRequiredWheels & tires
- Measure wheel-spacer clearanceRequiredWheels & tires
- Remove and install wheelsRequiredWheels & tires
- Replace downpipeRequiredExhaust & emissions
- Replace engine mountRequiredEngine maintenance
- Replace engine snub mountRequiredEngine maintenance
- Replace front brake padsRequiredBrakes
- Replace front brake rotorsRequiredBrakes
- Replace front pads and rotorsRequiredBrakes
- Replace front strutRequiredSuspension & steering
- Replace rear brake padsRequiredBrakes
- Replace rear brake rotorsRequiredBrakes
- Replace rear pads and rotorsRequiredBrakes
- Replace rear shockRequiredSuspension & steering
- Replace torque mount or dogbone mountRequiredEngine maintenance
- Replace track brake padsRequiredPerformance & enthusiast
- Replace transmission mountRequiredTransmission, clutch & driveline
- Retorque wheelsRequiredWheels & tires
- Rotate tiresRequiredWheels & tires
- Set coilover preload where applicableRequiredSuspension & steering
- Swap summer and winter wheelsRequiredWheels & tires
- Torque wheel bolts or lug nutsRequiredWheels & tires
- Upgrade brake padsRequiredBrakes
- Upgrade brake rotorsRequiredBrakes
- Install muffler deleteRecommendedExhaust & emissions
- Install resonator deleteRecommendedExhaust & emissions
- Install upgraded exhaust systemRecommendedPerformance & enthusiast
- Replace axle-back exhaustRecommendedExhaust & emissions
- Replace cat-back exhaustRecommendedExhaust & emissions
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