Think This Would Work For Axle Nuts?

[spavel6]

Originally Posted By: actionstan
Sounds like this impact would be ok for light duty, but no heavy duty stuff.. may go ahead and grab it until i can afford something like a Ingersoll cordless.. they seem to be awesome by very costly..


Just got the Ingersoll W7150 for christmas

That puppy hits hard!

 

[JHZR2]

Originally Posted By: Dufus2
I run a IR 231C on a pancake compressor from HF and it takes the wheels off my Tahoe torqued to 120 ft lbs. This gun is rated at 400 forward and 600 reverse, that's much greater than the 230 rated torque on the link above.

Even air tools with the low rated torque of 230 ft lbs are not practical and a waste of money. Most of the inexpensive stuff from HF is not worth much, they have some decent tools if you pay a little more. I was impressed with the Earthquake gun, it hits harder than a CP on big truck tires at half the price.

BTW: the pancake compressor is at my house because it is small and does what I need for cleaning parts or pumping tires. It's not practical to keep a 20 gal sitting around taking up space.


How long will an air impact run off the air stored in such a tiny compressor? Is the compresor cycling for each lugnut? Do you have to wait to go lug to lug?

Nice idea for size and simplicity, but not sure how it works in practice.