[ale] WAY OT: Air tools?

[Robert L. Harris]

I thought this until the last time I had to change the starter on my
truck.  2 of the bolts are nightmares to reach, one gives me ratchet
just 1 click per pull, makes breaking the lock all kinds of fun.  The
impact wrench was extremly nice last week.


Thus spake msmith at mikeandmel.com (msmith at mikeandmel.com):

> I have thought about getting some air tools for those
> hard to reach bolts and for the speed but I haven't
> really run into a situation where I couldn't use a good
> breaker bar and torque wrench to resolve a tightened
> bolt.  It takes longer to do everything but I haven't
> run into a bolt I can't loosen....  It would be nice to
> have an impact wrench for tires and alternator pulleys,
> though...
> 
> "Robert L. Harris" wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Yeah, then I can use the air chisel to cut out the lug
> > that I just
> > broke... :>
> > 
> > 
> > Thus spake cfowler (cfowler at outpostsentinel.com):
> > 
> > > You need to get a very long pipe.  Allow the pipe to
> > act as a fulcrum to
> > > provide way more power than the 120lb wrench.  You
> > can use your body
> > > weight too.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 11:20, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > The directions for the impact wrench say not to
> > exceed 120lb, I dialed
> > > > it all the way up to 120 and it didn't help.  It
> > was able to tighten
> > > > them down nicely but for breaking loose the
> > existing ones did squat.
> > > > 
> > > > Thus spake L. Wayne James (wjames at mindspring.com):
> > > > 
> > > > > Many modern compressors have a pressure control
> > at the tank where you set the 
> > > > > pressure in the hose.  It sounds as though yours
> > is set too low.  Look at the 
> > > > > wrench to determine its working pressure and set
> > the "hose pressure" 
> > > > > accordingly.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I am also assuming you are using the impact
> > wrench and not the "air ratchet".  
> > > > > The ratchet will not break the lugs loose by
> > itself.  The air drive in it is 
> > > > > for spinning relatively loose nuts quickly.
> > > > > 
> > > > > HTH,
> > > > > Wayne
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Monday 03 February 2003 10:59, Robert L.
> > Harris wrote:
> > > > > >   Got a great deal on a set of air tools
> > recently and I'm looking for some
> > > > > > more info on usage.  I've got plans for it
> when
> > I get my house and have
> > > > > > used them a good bit since I got them but had
> a
> > wierd stumper Sat.  I
> > > > > > went to take the tires off my brother in law's
> > car so I could change his
> > > > > > breaks.  The wrench wouldn't even budge the
> > lugnuts which were removed
> > > > > > without too much work with a 4x tire iron. 
> The
> > compressor had plenty of
> > > > > > preasure and the wrench was hitting just not
> > very hard it seemed, I
> > > > > > tried the dial on the bottom of the wrench, no
> > change.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >   Anyone have a good website on things like
> > how-to's for air tools, etc?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Robert
> > > > > >   (For those who don't like OT, I'll use the
> > air chissel to cut open
> > > > > > hard drives on occasion, it's rather fun
> > actually)...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > :wq!
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> >
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> for
> > no-one else.
> > > > > > FYI:
> > > > > >  perl -e 'print
> >
> $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
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> > > > DISCLAIMER:
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> > no-one else.
> > > > FYI:
> > > >  perl -e 'print
> >
> $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
> > > > 
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> > DISCLAIMER:
> >       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one
> > else.
> > FYI:
> >  perl -e 'print
> >
> $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
> 
> Michael Smith
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> MSN: MikeAshtonSmith
> email: msmith at mikeandmel.com
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Robert L. Harris                     | PGP Key ID: E344DA3B
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DISCLAIMER:
      These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
FYI:
 perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'


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