[Shop-talk] Air Impact Wrenches - how much torque?

[Mark Watson]

Though I don't own one, my favorite YouTube channel is South Main Auto Repair, and Eric O (the owner and mechanic) swears by his Astro Nano that's more in your price range: https://www.amazon.com/Astro-1822-Nano-Impact-Wrench/dp/B00VTQIURE - used it on camera lots of times.  He also swears by the HF Earthquake and he seems quite surprised  by that.  He's been using one since Thanksgiving last year and it's still going strong.


Mark

>     Second the IR gun, mine is about 10 years old and only with some periodic oil continues to be an excellent gun.  I like the dial with four levels of power, which I believe is a needle valve that adjusts the pressure to the gun.  On sensitive parts I’ll put it on the low setting and then dial it up as needed to break loose fasteners (to your point about breaking things).  It’s a lot easier than lowering the line pressure, although that would work too.
> 
>     BEst,
>     Ian
> 
>     On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 5:16 PM rustymetal < rustymetal at sbcglobal.net mailto:rustymetal at sbcglobal.net > wrote:
> 
>         > >         I swear by Air Cat. I bought a 1/2" drive 500 lbs reverse torque recently. Little to no vibration or kick back. 
> > 
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> > 
> >         Sent from my Samsung Galaxy , an AT&T LTE smartphone
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> >         -------- Original message --------
> >         From: Brian Kemp < bk13 at earthlink.net mailto:bk13 at earthlink.net >
> >         Date: 10/7/18 12:29 PM (GMT-08:00)
> >         To: Shop Talk < shop-talk at Autox.Team.Net mailto:shop-talk at Autox.Team.Net >
> >         Subject: [Shop-talk] Air Impact Wrenches - how much torque?
> > 
> >         I'm shopping for a new air impact wrench and wondered how much torque I
> >         might need.  I'm replacing a Harbor Freight one that claims 250 ft-lbs,
> >         but can't break hand torqued wheel lugs.  If I need to undo a TR6 crank
> >         bolt again, I'll borrow a bigger impact wrench or just use a breaker bar
> >         like last time.
> > 
> >         The primary use will be wheel lugs.  Occasional use will be brake jobs
> >         and related car work.
> > 
> >         <snip>
> >         Any feedback is appreciated.  Since this isn't really necessary, I'm
> >         looking at about the $100 range.
> > 
> >         Thanks,
> > 
> >         Brian
> >         _______________________________________________
> > 
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