axle nut vs. breaker bar + worst repair nominations

[tyrone27 at gmail.com (Derrick floyd)]

AH!!  I have a ingersal TNT  1,000 ft lbs and it cost me 400.  I use
it to press wheel bearings in and out.

On 4/13/05, John Gates <gatesj@mailblocks.com> wrote:
> Holy crap, a Blue Point cost that much?  I would have thought no more
> than $300?  I thought that was Snap-On's "value" line (even though I'm
> sure it's still better than most other tools)..
> 
> If the inlet pressure is listed as that, and that's how you run it, of
> course it will last, especially since it's a quality tool.  I'm
> surprised though, I know my IR is a decent tool and they only spec
> 90psi inlet, though the tool works great at 90.
> 
> John Gates
> --
> '85 Scirocco, Flash Silver
> '97 Jetta GLX, Sequoia Green
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Adrian Culda <adrculda@yahoo.ca>
> To: John Gates <gatesj@mailblocks.com>; sciroccos@earthlink.net;
> scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Sent: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 19:14:21 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: RE: axle nut vs. breaker bar + worst repair nominations
> 
> I have a Blue point impact that i have payed close to $500 and the
> inlet pressure is ~190-220Psi.
> had it for almost 3 years, and its still the original hamers and
> gearbox in there. It also depends imensly on the quality of the tool
> that you ar using. I had a CH that lasted 2 days.
> 
> John Gates <gatesj@mailblocks.com> wrote:
> My $0.02, others on here have far more experience than me, but I've
> been doing this for a few years...
> 
> I would NEVER put that much air to my wrench. Most of them have a
> maximum inlet pressure of 90psi, anything more than that causes damage
> and excessive wear to the tool. If I had a $30 Harbor Freight wrench I
> would do it but not with my $200 IR 2131A...
> 
> And from experience, if you but an impact wrench, don't even bother
> with the cheap junk, you have to buy something good or it won't be
> worth the money you spent. If you're on a limited budget it's even
> worse, you just 100% wasted that money if you buy something cheap.
> There are a lot of things where cheap HF crap is just fine but this
> isn't one of them. I went through several cheap wrenches that wouldn't
> even take lug nuts off without hammering and hammering. My upper end
> IR not only takes off lugs with ease but has no problem with 173ft/lbs
> rusted axle nuts and 1 1/8" rusted to crap radius arm nuts on my old
> Ford truck.
> 
> I have to admit, I did have to hit those radius arm nuts with the
> Oxy/Acc torch just a little, but not much, not enough to melt the
> rubber bushings. Just a little heat applied properly (quickly to the
> larger surrounding part, the nut in this case) is your friend.
> 
> Buy 3/8" ID hose at least also so your tools can get plenty of volume.
> And set your regulator to 90psi with the tool RUNNING. These both make
> a huge difference.
> 
> It's not so much the air pressure as the quality of the wrench and the
> size of the line.
> 
> John Gates
> --
> '85 Scirocco, Flash Silver
> '97 Jetta GLX, Sequoia Green
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Ruffi
> To: C Boyko ; Derrick floyd
> 
> Cc: scirocco list ; Foxx
> 
> Sent: Mon, 11 Apr 2005 20:20:45 -0400
> Subject: RE: axle nut vs. breaker bar + worst repair nominations
> 
> >> On Apr 10, 2005 10:19 PM, Mark F. wrote:
> >>> On Apr 10, 2005 10:18 PM, Foxx (in a box)
> 
> >>> wrote:
> >>> > the axle nut refuses to budge....
> >>>
> >>> > so, any ideas on breaking the
> >>> > damn nut loose?
> 
> I just checked this thread out, so I'm sorry if this answer is
> redundant:
> 
> About 175 psi in your air compressor and a 1/2" (good quality) air gun
> with
> an impact socket is the only way to go. The impact form the air gun
> almost
> always works and you're less likely to break something on the car or
> yourself.
> 
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