axle nut vs. breaker bar + worst repair nominations

[sciroccos at earthlink.net (Jim Ruffi)]

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>Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 6:58 PM
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>Subject: Re: axle nut vs. breaker bar + worst repair nominations
garage.
>
>Compressor is only for filling flat tires.  Shhh.
>
>> Then there is the "feel" factor. I guess I'd like to know if I'm going
>> to break a stud or bolt before I actually do so I don't have to resort
>> to easy-outs.
>
>I'm so with you on this.  Any pimply teenager with a whirring air gun in
>his hand suddenly feels like he's a bigtime mechanic.  It takes
>something more to truly know the ways of metal.
>
>

There's a time and a place for everything....I prefer hand tools about 95%
of the time.

There have been many times I was able to loosen a super tight or rusty
fastener with an impact gun, knowing I stood a higher chance of breaking it
by using a breaker bar.  The impact action of the gun seems to be less
stressful, torsionally speaking that the static loading of a breaker
bar...I'm sure there's some physics wisdom on the net, maybe by one of the
tool makers, but I'm to damn tired to search right now..