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RE: electric impact wrenches

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Subject: RE: electric impact wrenches
From: "Mark J. Andy" <marka@telerama.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 17:50:20 -0500 (EST)
Howdy,

On Mon, 1 Feb 1999, Moore, John wrote:
> I personally use an old style speed wrench (sometimes called a cross
> wrench, or x wrench or spinner wrench) and it works well. It was only $12 at
> Sears Hardware and easily allows me to break 76 ft/lbs of torque at the lugs
> as well as spin off and on quickly.

Yup, me too.  I find the X wrench is only a touch slower than a full on
air gun (I don't share John's reservations about screwing up when taking
off wheels... :-).  The nice thing about an X wrench is that its really
hard to wear out and doesn't require a cord... :-)

Mark


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