[Shop-talk] Impact wrenches (heavy duty)

[Ian McFetridge]

I'll 2nd the IR 2131 (600 ft./lbs. of torque in reverse and 450 ft./lbs. of
forward torque) should do the trick and for particularly tough nuts I pop
off the air hose and put a few drops of impact gun oil in it to boost the
efficiency (I swear that has worked).  I've borrowed the IR 2145QIMAX and I
think it has 1350 ft./lbs. of reverse torque, but needs 3/4" sockets or an
adapter to use your 1/2".

- Ian

On Mon, Feb 25, 2019 at 12:32 AM Scott Hall via Shop-talk <
shop-talk at autox.team.net> wrote:

> My IR 2131 is maybe twenty years old now and still hasn't met the nut it
> won't turn.
>
> I assume they still make its bigger brother if you need to, I don't know,
> flip the truck over by torquing the axle.
>
> I have heard excellent reviews of the Harbor Freight upscale line of
> torque wrenches. I forget the name now but I'm tempted to buy one just to
> see if it's that good.
>
> Scott
>
> On Sun, Feb 24, 2019, 9:15 PM eric--- via Shop-talk <
> shop-talk at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> Ok,  I know this is a new religious topic here, but I'm looking for a
>> tool recommendation.  Stay with me.
>>
>>
>>  So I ended up buying a new (to me) dump body F350 with a powerstroke
>> diesel. It only had one owner, and was well maintained (he gave me every
>> single record for it.)
>>
>> So I am starting to do my "once over" before I put it in service.  One of
>> the thing is removing the wheels and checking the brakes.  Well, the
>> mechanic that did this last had a really HD torque wrench.  I managed to
>> eventually get every nut off, but it made it clear that I need a more
>> powerfully impact wrench.
>>
>> So I come to the experts.  I'm looking for a heavy duty air impact
>> wrench.  I prefer 1/2, but I'm willing to listen to any advice on moving up
>> to 3/4.
>>
>> I'm looking for a tool to use when my 'normal' impact can't handle to
>> job, so it will not be used a ton.
>>
>> Any ideas?  Price isn't much of a concern as it seems even the top end
>> ones aren't outrageous.  (Note- I'm not a Snap on junkie that likes over
>> priced brand names.)
>>
>>
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