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<div dir="auto">100 psi should be good, but you also will require sufficient cfm to apply the force necessary (e.g., 1/2" lines would be great, pressure regulator has sufficient cfm rating, etc.).</div>
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<div dir="auto" style="">Best,</div>
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<div dir="auto" style="">Doug</div>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of Scott Hall <scott.hall.personal@gmail.com><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 28, 2025 7:10:22 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> shop-talk@autox.team.net <Shop-talk@autox.team.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Shop-talk] Impact seems...weak</font>
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<div>I'm re-organizing the new garage. I haven't set up new big compressor yet, so I've been working with the contractor model I used around the house (135 psi, oil-lube contractor model--I've actually been pleasantly surprised).</div>
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<div>I found my old IR2131 in a box a while back--it's been in that box since maybe 1999. Before that it was used maybe ten times, total.</div>
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<div>I dumped some air tool oil in the intake and it spun. I was going to rotate my tires yesterday, and it wouldn't remove the lug nuts.</div>
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<div>Now to be fair, I couldn't get them off with a breaker bar, either. But the gun is supposed to be better than 600 lb. ft., IIRC. I should have spun those off no problem. I wouldn't have ever used it at more than 100 p.s.i. on the old compressor, so it
shouldn't be lacking there.</div>
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<div>I thought maybe it needed a rebuild, but before I do it I thought I'd ask you guys. Do these things just 'age'? I remember pulling apart other impacts in the shop back then, but I don't remember their guts. Maybe a seal has dry-rotted?</div>
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<div>Or are tire shops just sticking wheels on tighter now? I couldn't budge that thing with an 18: breaker and everything I had.</div>
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<div>Scott</div>
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