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SLIM Extended Reach Wheel Barrel tools
Been looking at the AutoFiber Wheel tool but even that, I suspect may be too thick.....
Just short of moving the car a few inches so the barrel is in a different position than the caliper....
Are there super slim extended reach tools for barrel cleaning you guys use.
You know when the caliper is literally a hairs breath away from the wheel.
Generally on the fronts, I do end up moving the car so the barrels is somewhere else.
For the rears, I can usually squeeze the smallest wheel woolly about 1/3 into the barrel. The diameter is fine for the clearance - too bad the rod on the smallest wheel woollie is like 6 inches.
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SLIM Extended Reach Wheel Barrel tools
Yard stick…. Cut in half and glue together…….cover with a MF.
Or speedmaster brush
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I had one of these in Hawaii and it worked really well
They are bendable and the cover slides off for laundering
My wife bought it for dusting ceiling fans but I appropriated it
Look on flea bay
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Re: SLIM Extended Reach Wheel Barrel tools
Originally Posted by
chilly
I had one of these in Hawaii and it worked really well
They are bendable and the cover slides off for laundering
My wife bought it for dusting ceiling fans but I appropriated it
Look on flea bay
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I rocked one of those for a while too.
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Originally Posted by
Coatingsarecrack
Yard stick…. Cut in half and glue together…….cover with a MF.
Or speedmaster brush
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I like the yard stick idea. Whish I had thought of it...though I would probably not glue the haves to gether in order to get the smallest tool possible.
On my last car, the clearance was so tight between my winter wheels and the brake caliper a Speedmaster brush would not fit. Even with my larger summer wheels, it still barely fit.
I can see this becoming a larger problem as performance vehicles continue to come with larger brake systems or people install larger aftermarket brake kits.
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Re: SLIM Extended Reach Wheel Barrel tools
I don't own any speedmaster -styles- yet but I can't picture it. For larger calipers where even a the smallest wheel woolie may not even fit......how does a speedmaster brush work in this application. I can see how the bristles will fold but the -overall diameter- is there thick'/thicker no ?
I use a pressure washer on the wheels all the time, but it still needs a contact wash to get off the - film layer-
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The Speedmaster JR. may fit your needs.
Speed Master Jr. Wheel Brush
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Re: SLIM Extended Reach Wheel Barrel tools
Originally Posted by
chefwong
I don't own any speedmaster -styles- yet but I can't picture it. For larger calipers where even a the smallest wheel woolie may not even fit......how does a speedmaster brush work in this application. I can see how the bristles will fold but the -overall diameter- is there thick'/thicker no ?
I use a pressure washer on the wheels all the time, but it still needs a contact wash to get off the - film layer-
The Speedmaster brushes do get into some pretty small areas because the bristles doen't take up much space as they fold down when the brush is inserted into a tight area. However, the brush is limited by the size of the shaft where the bristles attach. If you have a gap of less than an inch like I used to, you might need something smaller.
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Re: SLIM Extended Reach Wheel Barrel tools
If you're referring to the smallest WW, it works for some tight applications but others are even tighter...
The handle on the small is misleading - it's like 8" overall from tip to tip. It's about 1/3 into the wheel at most
If they made that with the handle length of the medium size, that yes, that would work well.
However I am seeking something even slimmer in profile than that.
I guess ultimately it's -move car and roll the wheel-
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