In one of his tool tear-downs, AvE gave a good review to the Harbor Freight "Earthquake" impact wrench a while back. At the time these were made in Taiwan. Might want to check before buying that is still the case and they have not switched it to mainland PRC.
On Tue, Jun 13, 2023, at 05:40, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: > I’ve got a harbor freight electric 1/2” impact driver that does pretty > well up to a point. I’ve been using that. It managed to get most of the > bolts and various nuts off. I have a pretty good 1/2” Sears (ingersoll > rand) air impact that has more torque but the big compressor is in the > garage and the vehicle is on the trailer and not close by, so I’m > roughing it. > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Jun 12, 2023, at 6:26 PM, Randy Bennell via Mercedes >> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> If you are going to make a habit of dismantling cars, you need to get a >> good impact wrench. >> >> Randy >> >>> On 12/06/2023 3:28 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: >>> I managed to get the front wheels off the ML350 parts car. I think the >>> bolts were cranked to about 200+ftlbs as I had to stand on the bar and jump >>> a bit with my 194lb container. Got the transfer case, transmission, and >>> torque converter off the engine. I am told those were fine when the engine >>> kakked. >>> >>> Most importantly I pulled the ISM off this transmission and will use it on >>> the ML63. >>> >>> The transmission itself can go into this 06ML500 I have had sitting for >>> sometime needing a transmission. Swap over the ISM and TCM/conductor plate >>> and should be good to go. Not the easiest job but will be interesting at >>> some point. >>> >>> Started raining so I had to stop but I want to get the steering rack and >>> front diff and axles off it. And struts and brakes stuff. Then jack up the >>> rear and get that stuff off too. Then doors and hatch and one more side >>> airbag. Then off to scrapyard tomorrow. >>> >>> --FT >>> Sent from iFōn >>> _______________________________________ >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
