On Sun, Jan 27, 2002 at 01:43:17PM -0500, Chris Eckles wrote:
> I talked to one guy in Birmingham who uses a $20 12v wrench from Northern.
> It spun, then caught. The spinning inside the wrench without applying any
> force to the nut let it break a fairly tight lug nut. Thus, he could break
> the nuts free with the electric gun - an important point, and my
> understanding is that with most of the sub-$100 wrenches you still have to
> manually break the nuts loose. Sounded very cheap, though.
I have a $25 12v impact wrench from Harbor Freight that's made by
Chicago Electric. I like it a lot and don't have to worry about
recharging a battery. I've been told it's fragile and will hose
itself after a while. Thankfully, it's cheap. it seems to do
the job. I breaks loose my 85 ftlb torqued lug bolts in 2 - 3
hits.
-matt
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