[Roadsters] Product recommendation

[Thomas Thompson]

Gordon--I was the stockroom/delivery boy for a drug store  in Coeur d'Alene 
in the 60's. One day I stopped to help a couple of elderly women with a left 
rear flat on their 60's Chrysler (it was like the scene in 'Groundhog Day' 
when Phil Connors jacks up the car with the old women inside). I was 
literally jumping on the four-way lug wrench unable to loosen the first lug 
nut, when I remembered hearing the studs on the driver's side wheels had 
left hand threads on those cars! We all hung out in gas stations with lift 
bays back in those days, and little threads of knowledge were always 
creeping into our teenage brains. I stomped on the other side of the wrench 
and Voila! I'm glad I was not able to put 280 lb/ft of tightening torque on 
that first nut! Anyhow, looks like a cool tool. Thanks for the link.
TT
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow at comcast.net>
To: "Roadster List" <datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 5:34 PM
Subject: [Roadsters] Product recommendation


> Background: A few years ago while we were on our way to Shasta, we
> encountered an elderly couple stopped on the side of the freeway with a 
> flat
> tire. We decided to stop and help them, especially since I had all my 
> tools
> with me. But I had a great deal of difficulty breaking the lug nuts loose. 
> I
> was literally standing on the end of my 1/2" breaker bar, and I'm not
> exactly light. I finally got them loose by BOUNCING on the end of the bar. 
> I
> don't know what gorilla at the tire store put those on, but geez!
>
>
>
> Recently I saw a product listed in the Northern Tool & Equipment catalog
> that looked promising. It was a 1/2" drive impact wrench that runs on 12v
> from the cigarette lighter. It claimed that it could generate 280 lb/ft of
> torque! Santa was kind enough to get it for me, and I finally got a chance
> to try it out.
>
>
>
> At first I thought it wasn't working, because I'd put it on a lug nut, 
> pull
> the trigger and nothing would happen. Noise, but no torque at all. Well,
> okay, I hadn't read the directions. Turns out it doesn't work like a 
> regular
> impact wrench. It has some sort of spinning weight internally that has to
> build up momentum before it delivers a whack. So it goes
> spin-spin-spin-WHACK! spin-spin-spin-WHACK! But after the third whack, it
> actually broke the lug nut loose on my Maxima, and I torque those to 90
> lb/ft. Cool!
>
>
>
> The only down-side that I found was that the socket supplied with the gun 
> is
> too fat to fit into the recesses on the wheels on the Maxima, so I'll have
> to carry a different socket in the carrying case. This thing is definitely
> going in the trunk for the next road trip.
>
>
>
> Best part is, it's only $47.99.
>
>
>
> http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200479025_200479025
>
>
>
>
>
> Gordon Glasgow
>
> Renton, WA
>
> www.gordon-glasgow.org
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