[Roadsters] Product recommendation

[Gordon Glasgow]

Good point. I remember that now, I used to have a 1963 Plymouth.

Does anyone know if any car manufacturers still do that?

Gordon Glasgow

-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Thompson [mailto:tommy at dcwisp.net] 
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2013 10:48 PM
To: Gordon Glasgow; Roadster List
Subject: Re: [Roadsters] Product recommendation

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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