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Boosted92LX

It's only an inch or two. What's the big deal?
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madmike1157 said:
I was wondering when it would start making sense...how freakin lazy have people gotten?
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As lazy as someone who's been a car nut since the 70s, but won't learn to spray metallic paint?


I give up....?
 

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wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair
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Boosted92LX said:
As lazy as someone who's been a car nut since the 70s, but won't learn to spray metallic paint?


I give up....?
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There you go, poke'n that bear again
Need a 'poke'n a bear' emogi
 

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^this is for tightening fasteners that are not torque to yield.
It allows for the calibrated elbow where indicated.

If I'm going to wish for an electric impact wrench, I would like to put my bid in for a half-inch 40V version with the reversible F/U setting.


ty
 
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Boosted92LX

It's only an inch or two. What's the big deal?
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karthief said:
There you go, poke'n that bear again
Need a 'poke'n a bear' emogi
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True story....
 
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stpete said:
Unfortunately those hammer drills are huge and won't fit in a lot of places, especially in the Miata. It would be awesome if they added dial-a-torque to the little impacts.
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This is why I like milwaukee. My 18v impact has 3 settings. Low, medium, and high. It's the 1/4" hex drive version commonly found at home depot. My 18v, 1/2" also has 2 settings for low and high torque/Speed. Then I have the 12v 3/8" ratchet. The combination of those 3 pretty much allow me to do anything I need. There is still no replacement for common sense in some aspects.
 
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Noobz347 said:
If I'm going to wish for an electric impact wrench,... with the reversible F/U setting.
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Yes, now that you mention it ... I wish my entire life had a reverse F/U button
 
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srtthis

the guy doing it does every local racers rear end
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for the big jobs
http://www.dewalt.com/en-us/product...t-wrench-w-detent-pin-anvil-kit-50ah/dcf899p2

for the every day stuff
http://www.dewalt.com/en-us/product...-ion-brushless--14-impact-driver-kit/dcf886d2

not sure why that took me to the euro website but what ever the tools are the same
 
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This is why I like milwaukee. My 18v impact has 3 settings. Low, medium, and high. It's the 1/4" hex drive version commonly found at home depot. My 18v, 1/2" also has 2 settings for low and high torque/Speed. Then I have the 12v 3/8" ratchet. The combination of those 3 pretty much allow me to do anything I need. There is still no replacement for common sense in some aspects.
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I didn't see the 3 setting one, may have to check again. I did see one that you can control with a smart phone app. Just what I want to do is whip out my smart phone with my greasy hands in the middle of a job to turn down the torque on my impact driver. But, I do like Milwaukee's little 12V lineup. They have a small impact like the Bosch/Makita, a right angle small impact, and the ratchets. I'm still leaning toward the 12V ratchet. I like the way they have the small battery or the bigger extend capacity batteries for their 12V stuff also.
 
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srtthis said:
for the every day stuff
http://www.dewalt.com/en-us/product...-ion-brushless--14-impact-driver-kit/dcf886d2
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That 20V is the one ripping heads off my fender bolts. More than I want for the every day stuff. May be my particular tool, but it doesn't have much fine control at the switch. The 12V version I also have works great, but batteries aren't lasting very long anymore.
 

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Boosted92LX said:
As lazy as someone who's been a car nut since the 70s, but won't learn to spray metallic paint?


I give up....?
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What metallic paint? I chose the color that is on my car specifically. I even managed to phck that up. Why in the world would I compound that w/ metallic?
 
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stpete said:
That 20V is the one ripping heads off my fender bolts. More than I want for the every day stuff. May be my particular tool, but it doesn't have much fine control at the switch. The 12V version I also have works great, but batteries aren't lasting very long anymore.
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the small one is taking the heads off?
unless that bolt is rusted in that thing shouldnt take the head off.
 

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Metallic orange....
 
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stpete said:
I didn't see the 3 setting one, may have to check again. I did see one that you can control with a smart phone app. Just what I want to do is whip out my smart phone with my greasy hands in the middle of a job to turn down the torque on my impact driver. But, I do like Milwaukee's little 12V lineup. They have a small impact like the Bosch/Makita, a right angle small impact, and the ratchets. I'm still leaning toward the 12V ratchet. I like the way they have the small battery or the bigger extend capacity batteries for their 12V stuff.
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Once again I think there is too much overkill in these tools. Sorry but you might need to wait a few seconds to get your nut off! For mostly small nuts and bolts 10mm or smaller I can break them loose with a socket or box end wrench and then remove them with my 18v driver that's not even strong enough to shear off or cross thread anything. You can install or remove easily with this tool. Using an impact on everything will only cause you more work because by the time you feel any resistance from the bolt it's too late, it's broke. Tightening most bolts with an impact is overkill too. My Ryobi is, at max effort, rated at 200 ft lbs of tq. Way too much for most connections. Be patient and enjoy the work you are doing.
 

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Noobz347 said:
Metallic orange....
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No,...Competition orange
 
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srtthis said:
the small one is taking the heads off?
unless that bolt is rusted in that thing shouldnt take the head off.
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Yep, the smaller of the two you linked. I didn't think it would be strong enough to do that either.
 

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Yep, the smaller of the two you linked. I didn't think it would be strong enough to do that either.
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oh i knew it could do it. but it shouldnt be taking them off on a bolt thats not locked in.

the bigger one is another story
 

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$30 on Ebay,, just snagged 2 sets..

http://www.ebay.com/itm/252800315781?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
 

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mikestang63 said:
$30 on Ebay,, just snagged 2 sets..

http://www.ebay.com/itm/252800315781?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
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Damn, what a deal!
 
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FoxMustangLvr said:
Be patient and enjoy the work you are doing.
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Most of the time I do enjoy working on my cars. But if you ever consider racing a car, you've got to be prepared for the part that sucks. Gotta get the car ready no matter what the schedule with the kids is that week and how late you have to stay up every night. Got no time for patience and joy .
 
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