Electric Impact Wrench???

Stryder said:
Well my GF got me an air compressor for my bday/christmas! :woot2: It's a 30 gallon oil-lube vertical Husky that delivers 5.5 CFM at 90 psi. Not the most powerful but good enough for what I'm trying to do, which is to run an air impact wrench, a pneumatic fluid extractor, and inflate my tires. I also just bought an Husky impact wrench, 600 Ft. lbs. of reverse torque and 550 Ft. lbs of forward torque. And it only requires 4 CFM. I can't wait to play with my new toys!
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You should be good to go with that. The tank size is a bit small, the motor will run a lot when you are working it, but it should work out fine for ya...
 
go with pneumatic. my friend and i split a impact wrench when we were bolting on my exhaust, and it didnt help do anything. it was heavy, loud, and made nuts nice and round =)
 
themightytimmah said:
Aren't those the handiest things ever? My friend's dad had a set up at his shop, and I don't know how I ever got by without them.
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yeah! It does it all in one step, no need for the torque wrench. Plus you can do it all with the wheel up in the air. Definitely a nice little invention someone came up with.



Me said:
I have a nice snap on one and it's shot.
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I have to say I corrected myself yesterday. Turns out it was just stupidity on my part! So yeah I can't complain as much about torque wrenches, but torque sticks are still FTW! :up
 
oh, and to the OP. I got a Chicago Pneumatic 625 ft-lbs impact wrench for Christmas. It turns lug nuts into a joke. I love it. And I'm only using a pancake compressor
 
BigJimZ28 said:
:har: that would be from using the wrong size socket
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no we used the right size sockets. 14mm is the size of the top nut on my exhaust bolts. it just turned and turned and turned. it wont even take off lugnuts. that just spins it too.



the key is 3/4 and yes i use the 3/4 socket =P
 
NCZ13 said:
no we used the right size sockets. 14mm is the size of the top nut on my exhaust bolts. it just turned and turned and turned. it wont even take off lugnuts. that just spins it too.



the key is 3/4 and yes i use the 3/4 socket =P
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SO it turns the bolts....

and spins your lugnuts...

but you don't think it dose not work?:bolt



F.Y.I.

if it rounded your bolts it was working

but there was either user error, the wrong size socket, or it was too rusted
 
I have a large air compressor and IR impact.



Guess what? I always use a breaker bar and regular ratchet wrench to intall, remove lug nuts. and torque wrench to reinstall. The impact has a tendancy to mess up lug nuts and wheels. I use the impact for suspension, etc.
 
BigJimZ28 said:
SO it turns the bolts....

and spins your lugnuts...

but you don't think it dose not work?:bolt



F.Y.I.

if it rounded your bolts it was working

but there was either user error, the wrong size socket, or it was too rusted
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nah they were rusted in there tight. we had to take them to my friends mechanic to get them cut off after they were rounded off. (little did i know about bolt outs)



the only thing we use it for now is to tighten lug nuts, and then i use the torque wrench to tighthen them to spec.
 
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