Impact Wrench
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Impact Wrench
If I were to buy a electric impact wrench to remove and put rims/wheels on . What kinda things should I look out for. I don't want something that is tooo powerful that I will screw up something, but I want something that will be able to remove the nuts.
Any brand name or modle that you guys use???
I had my mind on a Craftman. What you guys think??
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr...l#tab
http://www.homedepot.com/prel8...=9876
Any brand name or modle that you guys use???
I had my mind on a Craftman. What you guys think??
http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr...l#tab
http://www.homedepot.com/prel8...=9876
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Re: Impact Wrench (STL01Civic)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by STL01Civic »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If I were to buy a electric impact wrench to remove and put rims/wheels on . What kinda things should I look out for. I don't want something that is tooo powerful that I will screw up something, but I want something that will be able to remove the nuts.
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Don't use an impact wrench to put tires back on. You may have seen shops do it but they have special clutches and mechanims that cut power after a certain tourque. Use a torque wrench to put them back on, this is the correct way. (I just use a tire iron, this is not the correct way but I just don't care that much)
And most electric impacts do not have a torque setting at all. It's kinda all or nothing. You said you didn't want one that was too power ful, well just find the max torque output you want and go with that.
You may also want to look at the convinience of an cordless one. I have no experiance with those however.
I have used and electric one. It is heavy and loud but it did work. (I was not working on a car)
I hope that helps a little.
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Don't use an impact wrench to put tires back on. You may have seen shops do it but they have special clutches and mechanims that cut power after a certain tourque. Use a torque wrench to put them back on, this is the correct way. (I just use a tire iron, this is not the correct way but I just don't care that much)
And most electric impacts do not have a torque setting at all. It's kinda all or nothing. You said you didn't want one that was too power ful, well just find the max torque output you want and go with that.
You may also want to look at the convinience of an cordless one. I have no experiance with those however.
I have used and electric one. It is heavy and loud but it did work. (I was not working on a car)
I hope that helps a little.
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Re: Impact Wrench (96dc2)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 96dc2 »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">If you torque your wheels properly to 80 lb-ft with a torque wrench, it doesn't take much effort to get them back off.</TD></TR></TABLE>
No, not really. It is back breaking work if you have 4 or 8 to do. And if you live in the snow belt (aka the rust belt) it gets a little harder cause of hte rust and the cold.
It's a convenience thing, besides, everyone loves having an excuse to get a new toy
No, not really. It is back breaking work if you have 4 or 8 to do. And if you live in the snow belt (aka the rust belt) it gets a little harder cause of hte rust and the cold.
It's a convenience thing, besides, everyone loves having an excuse to get a new toy
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