How in the world do you use these tools?? I just bought a husky brand impact screwdriver and twisted it all the way to the left till it stopped, then started pounding. I ended up w/ two stripped rotor bolts???


P.S. What's up w/ the new search tool, it's awful!

 

you have to use it carefully or else it'll strip real easy, just put it on the right setting (L or R, SCREW and UNSCREW), then give it a good pound every 1 second.. i had a stubborn one, which took me 10 minutes to loosen up

 

I'm putting it on L, which common sense would tell me is the unscrew setting, then just pounding it, am I missing something, do I have to turn the tool at the same time??

 

It should be turning on its own everytime you hit it. What I usually do it spray some WD-40 and then let it sit for a couple of minutes before I hit it with the impact screw driver

 

Maybe mine is defective, because I'm simply putting the tip on the screw, twisting it as far to the left as possible until it cannot twist any further, then I take a BFH and beat on it and I don't see ANY twisting action

Unless I'm setting it to the wrong setting and I'm actually tightening the screw, which may be the issue! The L setting is loosen, and the R setting is tighten, correct?


If any of you have seen the episode of the office............"I'm gonna need you to explain this to me as if I were an 8 year old"

 

The key is the pounding of the impact. The rest is easy.

 

Are you actually trying to preserve the screws?

I just drilled em out.

 

i don't think you're supposed to continue pounding away. it took me a while to figure mine out as well, but once it's set, you pound it once and then reset to the starting position.

hope this helps.

 

You'll pound it once, reset it and see if its loose. If you still can't unscrew it then you'll hit it again. You should be able to twist it out after a hit or 2

 

Hey thanks for all the input guys

I know this isn't rocket science, but you would think they'd include at least a paragraph of instructions

Just to clarify, if I twist the body all the way to the left and hit it, it will turn the screw to the left as well, or is it an opposite effect, turn the body to the right, hit it, and the head turns left?

 

If an impact screwdriver doesn't loosen it on the first couple of hits, then I just use a chisel instead. If I keep going beyond a couple of hits, it usually ends up breaking the tip off the driver bit.

 

Just to clarify. Do not reuse these bolts and FWIW I have never replaced those bolts after I removed them. I am 4 sets of rotors later and have not had any further problems as a result.

 

I believe you twist it left, but its been a few months since I've used mine.

 

Drill them out and don't put anything back in.

 

so many "that's what she said" jokes in here its not even funny

the first time I used one was with Josh (swell_ryder) and it took a few tries to figure it out

 

place the tool on the screw, do not twist it while you smack it with a hammer, hit it str8 on and the tool with do one of three things, 1 is nothing meaning hit it again and harder, 2 break the philips head off,3 strip the screw head..

do not twist it while hitting it just make sure you hold it str8 and hit it do not **** it in any angle

 

Electric impact ftw!

I tried using a hammer impact, threw it away.

 

Once I place the tool on the screw I can do 1 of 2 things

1) Turn tool all the way to the left, and then smack it

2) Turn tool all the way to the right, and then smack it

If I put the tool on the screw, turn the body all the way to the left until it stops, and then hit it, am I loosening or tightening?

Common sense would tell me "left-loose" "right-tight", but I want to be 100% before I go and strip more rotor screws

 

got to have a firm grip on the impact tool its really easy to slip and strip a bolt, do not twist while hitting either just give it a few good wacks

 

^^^ No kidding!

I don't know about you guys, but I just give'r a few good whacks when I want to twist one out ...

 

I had to drill mine out. The stock screws are aluminum screws and strip super easy. I replaced them all with stainless steel rotor screws and a little lock tight. They should be much easier to remove down the road!

 

left is loose and right is tight

 

Another question for the audience.

Why replcae the screws? They aren't exactly needed...

 

just get a good drill bit and drill them out. It should only take a min or to. (Thats of course if there stuck). I never replaced my screws, the lugnuts hold the rotors on good enough for me.

 

FYI. If you break the bit into the head of the screw, you can't drill it out...at least not quickly.