Re: The glory of the air impact wrench

Posted by 19482255 On 2015/4/28 23:20:39

Thanks guys. I hear your cautionary tales. I get why you might or might not want to use one in questionable situations.

I took a few looks at the nut on the head stud I was attempting to remove and thought "nah, that threaded stud looks a bit too rusty to just tear into". I have learned my lesson the hard way by twisting bolts apart with nuts that are rust-encrusted to them. Obviously I wanted to make sure that didn't happen here. So before I proceeded, I wire-brushed the end of the bolt as clean of rust as I could and soaked it in PBlaster for multiple days before I put the impact to it. I'm sure that did make a difference. I can see how you could do some damage. But it feels like a nice tool to have in certain stubborn situations!

I said it to someone else recently too: most of the fasteners on this Packard have come off surprisingly easy and I mean, NOT using the impact. A nice testament to how un-weathered and well-engineered a lot of these quality components are.