I've found that I break fewer bolts on disassembly with my impact wrench
that I do with a breaker bar.

Of course I must admt that I don't put a 3' long slice of pipe on the
impact wrench, either....


On Sat, 27 Nov 2004, L.W.([iso-8859-1] ßill) ------ III wrote:

> Buy an impact.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Cherokee-LTD wrote:
>>
>> I don't disagree but a 4' bar is a lot cheaper than a quality impact gun.
>> The bar will out torque any electric impact or homeowner quality pneumatic
>> gun.
>>
>> One of my best investments was an offshore $19.00 3/4" drive 30" breakerbar
>> and a 3/4->1/2 drive adapter. It's shocking how much more torque you canget
>> out of a 3/4" head over the 1/2" head of equal bar length.
>>
>> -Brian
>

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Hi Lee,
Yup, on bolts that get peined up a little like axle U-bolts, I can
rattle the nuts off, where a breaker bar usually snaps the bolt and I
have to use a torch to cut the other side off. And bolts like the
quarter inch U-bolts used on exhaust pipes, I can can shrink the pipes
together, where the U-bolt usually breaks before I can clamp it to my
specs, even with notches in the outer pipe.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Lee Ayrton wrote:
>
> I've found that I break fewer bolts on disassembly with my impact wrench
> that I do with a breaker bar.
>
> Of course I must admt that I don't put a 3' long slice of pipe on the
> impact wrench, either....

 

Hi Lee,
Yup, on bolts that get peined up a little like axle U-bolts, I can
rattle the nuts off, where a breaker bar usually snaps the bolt and I
have to use a torch to cut the other side off. And bolts like the
quarter inch U-bolts used on exhaust pipes, I can can shrink the pipes
together, where the U-bolt usually breaks before I can clamp it to my
specs, even with notches in the outer pipe.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Lee Ayrton wrote:
>
> I've found that I break fewer bolts on disassembly with my impact wrench
> that I do with a breaker bar.
>
> Of course I must admt that I don't put a 3' long slice of pipe on the
> impact wrench, either....

 

Hi Lee,
Yup, on bolts that get peined up a little like axle U-bolts, I can
rattle the nuts off, where a breaker bar usually snaps the bolt and I
have to use a torch to cut the other side off. And bolts like the
quarter inch U-bolts used on exhaust pipes, I can can shrink the pipes
together, where the U-bolt usually breaks before I can clamp it to my
specs, even with notches in the outer pipe.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Lee Ayrton wrote:
>
> I've found that I break fewer bolts on disassembly with my impact wrench
> that I do with a breaker bar.
>
> Of course I must admt that I don't put a 3' long slice of pipe on the
> impact wrench, either....

 

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 14:38:47 UTC "DougW"
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:

> Will Honea did pass the time by typing:
> > That's why impact wrenches were invented - to save knuckles, vertibrae
> > and teeth.
>
> Yep, but the breaker bar hasn't failed me yet. Just have to remember
> where it's going to go when the bolt (or something else) breaks loose.

I developed tendenitis in both forearms a few years back and for 3-4
years I couldn't even turn a screwdriver without considerable pain.
Bought a 3-horse two cylinder compressor (10 cfm @90 psi) and went
chasing after my Dad's Snap-on truck just as he was selling off the
route. I now have a 1/2 inch air wrench that will twist off a 9/16
grade 8 bolt and a 3/4 inch one that has yet to meet it's match - even
the axle nuts on the old VW were no challenge. Now I'm spoiled, even
if the arms have recovered.

> > Was that the bolt into the tranny or the one on the frame
> > side? The ones into the aluminum are the ones that usually give me
> > fits - the ones that are hell to break loose then come the rest of the
> > way out with your fingers.
>
> That was the one, transmission side, steel bolt into aluminium.

On the MJ, that one is tucked up where I can't get a socket onto it
until the whole thing is off and on the floor. I rigged a heat shield
and toast the mounting ear with a propane torch for a few minutes so
that I can get it with a long box end - still a PITA and even
anti-sieze doesn't seem to help much but the heat definitely makes it
easier.

--
Will Honea

 

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 14:38:47 UTC "DougW"
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:

> Will Honea did pass the time by typing:
> > That's why impact wrenches were invented - to save knuckles, vertibrae
> > and teeth.
>
> Yep, but the breaker bar hasn't failed me yet. Just have to remember
> where it's going to go when the bolt (or something else) breaks loose.

I developed tendenitis in both forearms a few years back and for 3-4
years I couldn't even turn a screwdriver without considerable pain.
Bought a 3-horse two cylinder compressor (10 cfm @90 psi) and went
chasing after my Dad's Snap-on truck just as he was selling off the
route. I now have a 1/2 inch air wrench that will twist off a 9/16
grade 8 bolt and a 3/4 inch one that has yet to meet it's match - even
the axle nuts on the old VW were no challenge. Now I'm spoiled, even
if the arms have recovered.

> > Was that the bolt into the tranny or the one on the frame
> > side? The ones into the aluminum are the ones that usually give me
> > fits - the ones that are hell to break loose then come the rest of the
> > way out with your fingers.
>
> That was the one, transmission side, steel bolt into aluminium.

On the MJ, that one is tucked up where I can't get a socket onto it
until the whole thing is off and on the floor. I rigged a heat shield
and toast the mounting ear with a propane torch for a few minutes so
that I can get it with a long box end - still a PITA and even
anti-sieze doesn't seem to help much but the heat definitely makes it
easier.

--
Will Honea

 

On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 14:38:47 UTC "DougW"
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:

> Will Honea did pass the time by typing:
> > That's why impact wrenches were invented - to save knuckles, vertibrae
> > and teeth.
>
> Yep, but the breaker bar hasn't failed me yet. Just have to remember
> where it's going to go when the bolt (or something else) breaks loose.

I developed tendenitis in both forearms a few years back and for 3-4
years I couldn't even turn a screwdriver without considerable pain.
Bought a 3-horse two cylinder compressor (10 cfm @90 psi) and went
chasing after my Dad's Snap-on truck just as he was selling off the
route. I now have a 1/2 inch air wrench that will twist off a 9/16
grade 8 bolt and a 3/4 inch one that has yet to meet it's match - even
the axle nuts on the old VW were no challenge. Now I'm spoiled, even
if the arms have recovered.

> > Was that the bolt into the tranny or the one on the frame
> > side? The ones into the aluminum are the ones that usually give me
> > fits - the ones that are hell to break loose then come the rest of the
> > way out with your fingers.
>
> That was the one, transmission side, steel bolt into aluminium.

On the MJ, that one is tucked up where I can't get a socket onto it
until the whole thing is off and on the floor. I rigged a heat shield
and toast the mounting ear with a propane torch for a few minutes so
that I can get it with a long box end - still a PITA and even
anti-sieze doesn't seem to help much but the heat definitely makes it
easier.

--
Will Honea

 

I didn't have a breaker bar when I went to install my tow hooks on the front
bumper, so I went to my dads and used his impact gun to get the bolts out.
Ended up having to grind the head off one because the impact gun broke the
nut loose off the inside of the frame rail where naturally you can't reach
it. I still don't have it welded back on. Of course that's the side I
don't use when using a strap, until it's properly fixed.

Shawn


"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:41A90477.AF21CC6D@***.net...
> Hi Lee,
> Yup, on bolts that get peined up a little like axle U-bolts, I can
> rattle the nuts off, where a breaker bar usually snaps the bolt and I
> have to use a torch to cut the other side off. And bolts like the
> quarter inch U-bolts used on exhaust pipes, I can can shrink the pipes
> together, where the U-bolt usually breaks before I can clamp it to my
> specs, even with notches in the outer pipe.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Lee Ayrton wrote:
>>
>> I've found that I break fewer bolts on disassembly with my impact wrench
>> that I do with a breaker bar.
>>
>> Of course I must admt that I don't put a 3' long slice of pipe on the
>> impact wrench, either....

 

I didn't have a breaker bar when I went to install my tow hooks on the front
bumper, so I went to my dads and used his impact gun to get the bolts out.
Ended up having to grind the head off one because the impact gun broke the
nut loose off the inside of the frame rail where naturally you can't reach
it. I still don't have it welded back on. Of course that's the side I
don't use when using a strap, until it's properly fixed.

Shawn


"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:41A90477.AF21CC6D@***.net...
> Hi Lee,
> Yup, on bolts that get peined up a little like axle U-bolts, I can
> rattle the nuts off, where a breaker bar usually snaps the bolt and I
> have to use a torch to cut the other side off. And bolts like the
> quarter inch U-bolts used on exhaust pipes, I can can shrink the pipes
> together, where the U-bolt usually breaks before I can clamp it to my
> specs, even with notches in the outer pipe.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Lee Ayrton wrote:
>>
>> I've found that I break fewer bolts on disassembly with my impact wrench
>> that I do with a breaker bar.
>>
>> Of course I must admt that I don't put a 3' long slice of pipe on the
>> impact wrench, either....

 

I didn't have a breaker bar when I went to install my tow hooks on the front
bumper, so I went to my dads and used his impact gun to get the bolts out.
Ended up having to grind the head off one because the impact gun broke the
nut loose off the inside of the frame rail where naturally you can't reach
it. I still don't have it welded back on. Of course that's the side I
don't use when using a strap, until it's properly fixed.

Shawn


"L.W. ("ßill") ------ III" <----------@***.net> wrote in message
news:41A90477.AF21CC6D@***.net...
> Hi Lee,
> Yup, on bolts that get peined up a little like axle U-bolts, I can
> rattle the nuts off, where a breaker bar usually snaps the bolt and I
> have to use a torch to cut the other side off. And bolts like the
> quarter inch U-bolts used on exhaust pipes, I can can shrink the pipes
> together, where the U-bolt usually breaks before I can clamp it to my
> specs, even with notches in the outer pipe.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
>
> Lee Ayrton wrote:
>>
>> I've found that I break fewer bolts on disassembly with my impact wrench
>> that I do with a breaker bar.
>>
>> Of course I must admt that I don't put a 3' long slice of pipe on the
>> impact wrench, either....