[ale] WAY OT: Air tools?

[Robert L. Harris]

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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> > 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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:wq!
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Robert L. Harris                     | PGP Key ID: E344DA3B
                                         @ x-hkp://pgp.mit.edu 
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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