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[Abiton]

Makes sense to me Andy.  If there's a fair bit of stored energy in a bendy breaker bar, each time the friction/stiction is overcome and the bolt rotates, there's a sudden reduction in applied force (because the bend has abruptly straightened a bit), which will tend to cause the bolt to stop turning again until you add more force at  the end of the bar to bend it again.

I had the same jerkiness with a 16*1/2" bar (Halfords), but I had nothing else so I just had to live with it.   I'm sure if there isn't any significant stored energy, as would be the case with a stiffer bar, this affect will tend to be reduced.

BTW, Miggy24: What's all the stuff that looks like rust on your pipework on the offside of your engine?  I'm struggling to see how so much of it has got where it has if it is rust.

[Miggy24]

wot that is is from when the last owner had the car the head gasket went and they put another engine in but didnt flush the coolant system out and matix so i cleaned it out and all the dirty water went every where but its been like that for a few months now will clean it soon as i get round to it