I've heard of using the starter method and I've considered the same. It is less crazy than it sounds. If something goes horrible the weak link will be the 1/2" nub on the breaker bar. Use a HF breaker bar.

I think I would use a 1/2" socket as a weak link I'd rather break the breaker bar than break a tooth off the flywheel

PS: for those wondering how I type the multiply dot ( · ). On a mac you type option -9. I made about 100 text replacements (shortcuts) on my iPhone to make up for programmer stupidity.

(Why can I hold "I" and get seven options for i but hold on 5 and not get the 3 alternate characters assigned to the 5 key!?)

So I made shortcuts for the shortcoming

Example:

1- = !
1– = ¡
1— = ⁄

5- = %
5– = ∞
5— = fi

Basically I've turned the three dash sizes into a postfix shift, option, and shift·option modifier key:

- shift
– option
— shift·option

Now I can access all the number key characters and on the correct key!

(Apple morongeneers decided it would make more sense to shift the shifted number keys out of order to put the rarely ever used braces {} where the frequently used # and $ are supposed to be for example. Now I can type # and $ by using the correct 3 and 4 keys.)

I also do a lot with electricity and need access to the Ω symbol which is option z on the Mac (Ω being the last letter of Greek so option last English letter) and other useful symbols like π [emoji767] [emoji768] and .

It was very frustrating for years first until jailbreaking was possible and I programmer pop out letters for all the special characters, but it took too long for jailbreak solutions so I invented the text substitutions workaround instead and have been using for years now.

The shortcuts now sync to your Mac from iPhone. If this sounds interesting to you send me PM I could send you a list of shortcuts you can instantly load on your Mac so it will sync to your phone.

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2011 E70 • N55 (me)
2012 E70 • N63 (wife)