Can you use just one long extension and can you get an impact type
extension?
My experience with impact guns is that every joint in the setup tends to
lessen the impact force.
If it is really tight you need to be as up close and personal as
possible and have a good gun with lots of torque
Randy Bennell wrote:
Can you use just one long extension and can you get an impact type
extension?
My experience with impact guns is that every joint in the setup tends to
lessen the impact force.
You can get some of it back by grabbing the extension at the gun and turning it
On 16/08/2013 11:05 AM, Mitch Haley wrote:
Randy Bennell wrote:
Can you use just one long extension and can you get an impact type
extension?
My experience with impact guns is that every joint in the setup tends
to lessen the impact force.
You can get some of it back by grabbing the
My neighbor, retired military with too much time on his hands, has been
pampering his '83 300CD with all sorts of non-urgent work (my judgment, not
his). His latest project is to remove and replace his starter motor strictly
for preventive reasons. This topic must have come up on this forum.
With a series of 1/2 drive extensions and universal joints. The worst part is
that you have very little room to turn, so you must get everything wound up so
the slack is out of it before you get it positioned to turn the ratchet.
You have to snap the driver to break it loose, so I've found.
Dan is right... you just need a bunch of extensions and the 10mm hex on a
swivel. You come in from the bottom along the transmission. Laying under
the car, you can work the ratchet with two hands. Its helpful to have a
helper to get the hex key into the bolt. Its not a fun job, but not really
Glad to.
1/2 inch drive Ingersol Rand air impact gun. 125 psi. air pressure. Impact
wiggle tail socket adaptor coupled with the 10 MM hex tool [Snapon, in my
case] and several long 1/2 inch extensions to put the impact gun away from
the transmission and in the space along side it. Set the gun at
