Breaking loose tightly-torqued fasteners — wheel nuts, large fasteners on commercial vehicles, agricultural and industrial equipment — requires significantly more leverage than a standard ratchet provides. A power bar (or breaker bar) substitutes a long, fixed handle for the ratchet mechanism, applying the operator's full body weight through a long lever arm to break the fastener loose. The Sykes Pickavant 88005000 Power Bar is a 600mm-long bar with a 1/2 inch square drive, sized for the heavy-duty fastener work where standard ratchets fall short.
The 600mm length provides substantial leverage — long enough to apply meaningful body weight through the bar without requiring extreme operator effort, but short enough to remain manageable in workshop access situations. The 1/2 inch square drive matches the most common professional socket size, ensuring compatibility with the workshop's existing 1/2 inch socket inventory.
Power bars are typically used to break the initial seal on a tightly-torqued fastener — once the fastener is loose, a standard ratchet is used for the rapid removal action that follows. This division of labour matches the right tool to the right phase of the work, preserving the ratchet mechanism for what it does best while using the power bar where its leverage advantage matters.
The bar is intended for professional workshop use across automotive, commercial vehicle, agricultural, and general engineering applications where heavy-torque fasteners need to be broken loose reliably.
Sykes Pickavant has been supplying professional hand tools for decades, and the 600mm power bar reflects the brand's focus on robust, fit-for-purpose tools for heavy-duty fastener work.
Additional Information
- Heavy Duty Power Bars
- Manufactured from chrome vanadium steel and suitable for the most rugged of working environments
- The impact square drive is not guaranteed against mis-use and overloading
- Impact square drives are classed as a consumable
- Further impact square drives are available as spare parts
- Part No. 88005000
- Size 1/2" sq dr x 600mm
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