>
>>A decent windy gun, impact sockets and plenty of air is a worthwhile
>>accoutrement when attacking the bigger stuff, it is sometimes helpful to flip
>>the gun from forward to reverse a few times when freeing really stuck nuts and
>>the tighten-a-tad-first technique often works...
>
>Just to add something. We blew a tire on a dump truck whilst on a 250 mile
>trip and made it to a truck tire place. They buzzed the lug nuts (wheel nut
>and the stud nut) off with a 3/4 impact BUT it sounded very different than
>normal. The impulse sounds where much louder are sharper than normal. I
>asked him what pressure he was running..... 140psi. They just buy cheap
>impact wrenches and run them with lots of oil and high pressure then toss
>'em in the scrap bin after a while. Not a recomendation, just an observations.
>
Good point.
Not to encourage anything dangerous but we always run ours at 150psi from a big
reservoir for the more recalcitrant bits, it does make a huge difference and the
"domestic" usage life is little changed.
Richard
(Southampton UK)
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