Impact Wrench Recommendations

[SAM LETZRING]

I bought a set of impact wrenches years ago to help teach my son to repair
cars.

Because of complications from childhood cancer- he had only one good hand.

Air wrenches let him do almost anything on a car! He now lives in DC with
two cars- and can do almost anything on a car.

I use impact wrnches for wheels , strut mount bolts, crankshaft pulley nuts
and a couple of other things that are really difficult without them..
Sam


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John S. Lagnese" <jlagnese at massed.net>
To: <mboucher70 at hotmail.com>; <cobram at juno.com>
Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 7:34 PM
Subject: Re: Impact Wrench Recommendations


> I use impact to put on axle nuts.
> John
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <cobram at juno.com>
> To: <mboucher70 at hotmail.com>
> Cc: <quattro at audifans.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 12:05 PM
> Subject: Re: Impact Wrench Recommendations
>
>
> > "mboucher at hotmail.com Boucher" <mboucher70 at hotmail.com> writes:
> >
> >> I decided that an Impact wrench would be a good investment if I'm
> >> going to continue working on cars.  So I headed out to Home depot
> > yesterday
> >> to pick one up.
> >
> > First mistake, you're much better served by a tool distributor or
> > Internet vendor.
> >
> >> They only had one electrical model, a "DeWalt" DW293 for $199 CAD.
> >> figured I'd bite the bullet and make the investment.  I thought that
> >> it
> >> would also double for a torque wrench because, as I understood it,
> >> impact
> >> wrenches usually have adjustable torque settings.
> >
> > To a degree, and usually on Air guns.  FAR from precise, only there to
> > protect certain fasteners from gorilla torque.
> >
> >> So I was surprised to see this $200 tool only have a button for one
> >> direction and one for another.  Since it provides 400+ pound/ft of
> >> torque,
> >> wouldn't this only be good for taking bolts off?  The highest torque
> >> bolt I
> >> can find on the front suspension is the shock piston ring which
> >> lists at 133
> >> pound/ft.  Many others are as low as 20.  Wouldn't a wrench like
> >> this strip
> >> most bolts that you attempt to tighten?
> >
> > NOTHING, repeat, NOTHING should be assembled with an impact wrench.
Only
> > exception I can think of is lug bolts/nuts which can be installed with
an
> > impact gun, as long as you use torque sticks.
> > http://www.torquestick.com/
> >
> >> Is this a good buy, or can someone recommend an electrical impact
> >> wrench
> >> with an adjustable torque setting instead?
> >
> > What you should do is invest in a compressor, and some air tools.  For
> > assembly with air/power tools, a good 3/8 and 1/4 inch air rachet can't
> > be beat.  You'll also find that a good whizzer (cutter) and air chisel
> > will be items that will have you wondering how you ever got along
without
> > them.
> >
> > A battery powered impact gun might be handy to keep in the trunk for
> > changing tires, suspension disassembly etc.
> >
> >> Incidentally, I thought about renting one from the Home depot tool
> >> rental
> >> center.  When I asked for an impact wrench, they pointed me to a
> >> tool that
> >> looked like an electrical drill but would provide a sudden forward
> >> 'impact'
> >> as if to drive a nail in.  Not certain who has the name wrong, me or
> >> the
> >> home depot rental people.
> >
> > Home Depot thought that you were looking for an impact drill.  That's a
> > drill which spins like a normal drill, but has the option of hammering
> > the drill bit while it spins.  Usually used for masonry, stonework etc.
> >
> > BCNU,
> > http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
> > I was nothing more than an almost innocent bystander.
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