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On Fri, 12 Jan 2018 17:57:23 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 1/12/2018 5:53 PM, John H wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jan 2018 17:27:27 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:

On 1/12/2018 5:08 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jan 2018 16:22:17 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 1/12/18 3:20 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 12 Jan 2018 11:39:33 -0500, Keyser Soze
wrote:

On 1/12/18 10:10 AM, justan wrote:
Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
On 1/11/18 10:28 PM, wrote:
On Thu, 11 Jan 2018 21:35:57 -0500 (EST), justan wrote:

Use an impact wrench, They spin right off.

I'd be willing to bet that Harry doesn't have one.

Probably not. I have 5, 2 electric and 3 air.

I have a pneumatic impact wrench, two in fact, one of which I have owned
for more than 40 years.

Do ye hav a compressor?

No, **** for brains, I bottle up the hot air you dump here and use it to
power the impact wrench.

Yes, I have a compressor. I've had one for 15 years.

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So you went 25 years with an impact wrench that you could not use?

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When we closed up the boat store, I took all the small tools. Never had
occasion to use that impact wrench, and I've only used the one that came
with my compressor once. I don't change a lot of tires.

... or do much of anything else that we see. You should sell or donate
those tools to someone who will use them.

An impact wrench is fine for loosening and removing stubborn wheel lugs
on a car/truck but is not recommended for putting the lugs back on
unless you are really careful and have a means to set it's torque.
Common problems are inadvertently cross threading the lug on the stud
and over-torquing the lug that can result in a warped rotor.

Whenever I have tire work done, on the truck or the trailer, I ask them to adjust the torque on the
impact wrenches. It's not a problem, but the mechanics don't seem to think about it. More is better
seems to be their belief.

I had a set of tires put on by a knucklehead who didn't know how to use
an impact wrench. That's when I learned that over-torquing the lugs can
warp the rotor.

And crack an aluminum wheel.

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