Impact Wrench Recommendations
David Kase
davekase at pdqlocks.com
Tue Jul 11 12:47:12 EDT 2006
100% agreed! Always best to torque with a torque wrench. BTW, nice
ones can be found on Ebay everyday.
And in effort to not hi-jack the thread, some impact guns have various
settings in the tightening direction but they are not given specific
torque values. More like: Tight, Tighter and TFT.
Dave K.
cobram at juno.com wrote:
>David Kase <davekase at pdqlocks.com> writes:
>
>
>
>>The reality is that many things can be tightened with an impact
>>wrench.
>>Once you use one for a while you get a feel for how hard something
>>needs
>>to be "hit" to make it tight enough. I use an impact wrench to
>>tighten
>>suspension parts and other large fasteners all the time.
>>
>>
>
>I do too....BUT in the context of the original post, who's inquiry was
>(with all due respect) completely clueless, I thought this recommendation
>was warranted in this case.
>
>BCNU,
>http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
>I was nothing more than an almost innocent bystander.
>
>
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David B. Kase
Engineering Manager
PDQ Industries, Inc.
2754 Creek Hill Road
PO Box 507
Leola, PA 17540
717-656-4281 (p)
717-656-8749 (f)
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