When it is raining, you'll appreciate a powered tool.
Ask anybody who has seen me with my 12 volt
powered impact tool that clips on to the car battery
like a jumper cable.
Matt Murray
mailto:mattm@optonline.net
mailto:mdmurray@gwns.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Jamie Sculerati <jamies@mrj.com>
To: autox@autox.team.net <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Thursday, October 21, 1999 11:23 AM
Subject: Re: Cordless impact
>
>
>On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Alek Tziortzis wrote:
>
>> All of the cordless impacts rate themselves at full charge, so you
might
>> get 85 ft-lbs on a brand new fresh battery but realistically it is
>> probably in the 70's. Not enough to break the lugs loose. Usually I
just
>> use a T bar and undo the lugnuts 1/4 turn while car is on the
ground,
>> then the cordless impact can do the rest.
>
>Why bother with the power tool, then? It's as quick to spin the lugs
off
>with an X-wrench. Same applies for putting them on, if you're
starting
>them by hand and finishing with a torque wrench.
>
>Jamie
>'92 Prelude Si
>Speed Demon Racing
>http://www.mindspring.com/~jsculerati/sdr
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