kds
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Wot he said.3/4 breaker is the way to go.....half inch can let go and you can end up with physical damage - not recommended.
Wot he said.3/4 breaker is the way to go.....half inch can let go and you can end up with physical damage - not recommended.
Haven’t got 18 stones will bricks do instead ?
Trouble is Adam it hurtsGet someone to give the nut a good clout with a hammer as you're trying to undo it. Often, the shock is enough to crack it.
I learned that years ago when I said to someone holding a club hammer 'when I nod my head you hit it'Trouble is Adam it hurts
There's a new development of houses going up just down the road in what used to be a paddock. after getting everything done back up doing the weekly food shop the mrs suggested we talk a walk down to have a look at them. it's a building site with a show home. along the perimeter fencing are... 2m lengths of scaffold lying in the grass. 'I'm coming back for one of those tonight', says I. no you are bloody not says the boss. Go buy on, not steal one. she has a point. I'll pop up in the next few days to see if I can offer the site foreman a couple of quid for one.. you know.. for next time a hub nut needs doing.
The problem is you buy a 3/4 bar and then it is a whole new lot of sockets. For the hub nut and maybe a crank bolt? How many times is that coming off? I think the hammer action of the air gun is a bit kinder too. Less likely for things to shear. But then my Indy is 5 minutes away and ccouldn't be nicer.
A 3/4 to 1/2 reducer solves that problem but yes I agree on the impact driver. I'll have to service the compressor as it hasn't been used and I turned the reg down for spray paint which isn't enough to give the pressure for the impact gun. joys of only having a narrow window to do car work as back to the office tomorrow. luckily my new job is 2 miles away rather than the 47 I was doing before. I'll let the wife use the cayenne tomorrow and I'll take the RR and stop in at an indi on the way home all it needs is to be backed off some. it's the OEM hub so probably just needs that impact to break the seal.
Fair point.. compressor now on the list of things to sort
I'd so love to have a plumbed in air system in the garage but the wife will probably freak if I suggest it. my compressor I was given its not your typical home portable one I think the pump is Ingersoll Rand with two air tanks
i do, when i'm allowed to.Who's wearing the trousers?!
http://products.dewalt.co.uk/powertools/productdetails/catno/DCF899P2/For these jobs I use an 18v Makita impact gun. Never failed yet. I don't use it for tightening it's ruined more threads than I care to mention. Anything delicates out it just snaps them off!
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