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I agree on the advantages of the battery powered impact tools. I
used to depend on a generator and a small compressor for wheel and
tire work at the race track, but now exclusively use the battery
ones for that purpose. I use them also in the shop most times, but I
have a some air powered ones that have more capacity that I rely on
for the stubborn fasteners.<br>
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Because of the proliferation of the battery units, I have found
deeply discounted air units at swap meets, some showing little wear
and in perfect operating condition. $10 to $20 range; that's why I
have 4 of them now.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/28/2025 10:49 AM, Paul Parkanzky
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<div>Yes those >25 year old o-rings are probably shrunken and
rock hard. They're going to be letting a lot of twist'em slip
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<div>Unsolicited advice but if you dug it out planning to start
using it frequently then put the money you'd have spent on a
rebuilt kit toward a high-torque cordless impact instead. I
have a big 220V compressor that has been relegated to blow gun
and air hammer duty because I like the battery powered version
of every other air tool I own better.</div>
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<div dir="ltr">Fellas,
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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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