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Yesterday 7:00 am

Has anyone ever used this Universal 5-Lug Torque Meister adapters by the company The Dub Shop? I just saw it posted on FB and was quickly drawn to it as I remember when I sold my first bus a 1966 the new owner couldn't get the nut off the wheel and struggled for hours. It was located in an area with no power to use an impact wrench which I assume would work easily. Would this be for the toolbox for a road trip? Please school me.

Also I see on their site the plate for sale but what about the other parts, bar for socket and gear which do not show up on their site. Are they parts I should be aware of? I don't need this for my bus but possibly my next bus or a road trip? Also do I understand correctly it is designed to keep more torque in one location?

Extending my education on tools, vehicles and everything in-between.

https://thedubshop.com/tools/torque-meister-adapte...fcbp6qR30A

Yesterday 7:55 am

Linda, The drum gear the DubSHop is producing is, an improved gear over the OG gear that's supplied with the torque meister tool kit.

The OG drum gear fit is a little tricky to use, some times.

Yes this is a tool you can pack in your roadtrip tool bag incase, you need to get to your rear brakes. Otherwise it's a struggle to fight the axle nut off the brake drums.

https://www.amazon.com/Yoursme-Leverage-Volkswagen...&psc=1

Yesterday 8:00 am

The original torque meister was an amazing tool but expensive then the knock offs showed up. They were sloppy and a bit of a pain to use but were effective with some effort. One big problem is they will not fit non VW bolt patterns IE Porsche 5 lug. Looks like this is only the part that bolts to the brake drum and will adapt to different bolt patterns. You’re going to need the other part. If you can find an original and actual Torque Meister get it they’re hard to find. But this is going to be useful for Porsche alloy users.

Yesterday 11:26 am

Not needed for a trip.

Before said trip, remove lugs one at a time, lubricate with antiseize, torque to 70% of spec using tool in car. Ignore the Internet parrots who say lug fasteners should be dry.

For the big nut, same approach. Take it off, lube it, reinstall and put the pin in.

You can always find a cheater pipe if needed.

Yesterday 3:30 pm

Abscate wrote: Ignore the Internet parrots who say lug fasteners should be dry.

once again with your shit advice....

read the manual, it states clean and dry like 99.99% of all lugs by every car maker.

Porsche wants a specific grease with some of their wheel hardware...but they have done the R&D on this.

Listening to someone telling you to drop your torque 30% sounds like a really great fucking way to cause some problems or death.

or do what I do. cross thread and 14 ugga duggas with a 1" impact

and yes, that is a nice piece, I own one as well

Yesterday 3:46 pm

On trips I carry this. It’s cheap and if you don’t want to pack a 3 pound sledge hammer, they’re easy to get ahold of one in an emergency. Just Uber to Lowe’s.

I’ve used mine a lot. It’s in my recovery tote when I pull them out of fields and barns.

Today 3:58 am

Thanks 67rustavenger, I wonder why the Dub shop doesn't sell the complete tool kit? Thanks for that link too, as it really explains a lot more for me.

67rustavenger wrote: Linda, The drum gear the DubSHop is producing is, an improved gear over the OG gear that's supplied with the torque meister tool kit.

The OG drum gear fit is a little tricky to use, some times.

Yes this is a tool you can pack in your roadtrip tool bag incase, you need to get to your rear brakes. Otherwise it's a struggle to fight the axle nut off the brake drums.

https://www.amazon.com/Yoursme-Leverage-Volkswagen...&psc=1

pondoras box, very cool tool especially because it doesn't take up a lot of room, what is it called? Also what controls that leverage, is it that small distance?

pondoras box wrote: On trips I carry this. It’s cheap and if you don’t want to pack a 3 pound sledge hammer, they’re easy to get ahold of one in an emergency. Just Uber to Lowe’s.

I’ve used mine a lot. It’s in my recovery tote when I pull them out of fields and barns.

Today 7:29 am

It’s the Empi 5748 axle nut tool. It comes in 36 mm for bugs and small nut buses and 46 mm for big nut buses. You hit the flats with a 3 pound sledge hammer. I’ve never had a bearing failure after using these like some people will tell you. The torque tool is definitely smoother and I have one but couldn’t tell you when the last time I even took it out of the box. Like I said above there is a huge difference between the torque tool sold today and the original Torque Meister.

Today 8:07 am

The down side of the one pondoras box listed is if you miss with the hammer, you might bash the bus.

Today 12:03 pm

chrisflstf wrote: The down side of the one pondoras box listed is if you miss with the hammer, you might bash the bus.

I haven’t hit one yet but if your aim isn’t the best aim twice swing once? I guess.