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Re: i.r. air imapct wrenches?

To: Scott Hall <sch8489@garnet.acns.fsu.edu>
Subject: Re: i.r. air imapct wrenches?
From: Art Pfenninger <ch155@freenet.buffalo.edu>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 1999 13:14:43 -0500 (EST)
No matter which one you buy you may have to use a breaker bar from time
to time.I have the Chicago Pneumatic that is stronger than the 235 but I
have still been stuck trying to get some lug nuts off.
...Art

On Sat, 27 Feb 1999, Scott Hall wrote:

> 
> howdy,
> 
> I'm rebuilding the front suspension on a '68 mustang and I need some
> advice about which air wrench to buy.  looking in the horbor freight
> catalog, I see two wrenches I think might fit.  the 235 (I think) rated to
> 425 lb.-ft. and the 2131 @ 600 lb.-ft.  the first is $125 and I'd prefer
> to save the additional ~$75 of the more expensive one if I can--I'll use
> this thing infrequently.  but the hand-me-down I have now can't break
> loose the sway bar bolts.  so I'm looking for anyone who owns/uses either
> of these to tell me how they like them.  if the 235 can't cut the
> suspension work I'll buy the 2131, but if it can, well, I know I'll need
> the money for parts...
> 
> thanks
> 
> scott
> 
> 


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