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<p><strong>William:</strong></p>
<p>Have you tried dousing the crevice at the nut / threaded stud interface, with penetrating oil <strong>??</strong></p>
<p>E.g. brand name "liquid wrench".</p>
<p>Repeat application a few times and allow a couple of hours for the penetrating oil to seep into the crevice.</p>
<p>HTH<strong>.</strong></p>
<p><strong>Steve Petrie</strong></p>
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<td>[GTALUG] (very off topic) torque spec of impact wrench</td>
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<td>2023-11-03 03:07</td>
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<td>William Park via talk <talk@gtalug.org></td>
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<div class="pre" style="margin: 0; padding: 0; font-family: monospace"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">Hi (another very off topic),</span><br /><br />Wheel bolts on my VW are seized pretty hard. Standing on 24in breaker bar doesn't help, and that's 300ft-lb torque. So, I'm thinking about getting an impact wrench. Those with greater than 300ft-lb are very expensive. I found one with 250ft-lb spec at my price range.<br /><br />Question is, is there difference between static torque vs impact torque? In other words, will 250ft-lb impact wrench loosen 300ft-lb bolt?<br /><br />Browsing YouTube, I learned that torque specs are always misleading and inflated. This means, I have to find 600ft-lb or greater, and that's serious money.<br /><span style="white-space: nowrap;">---</span><br /><span style="white-space: nowrap;">Post to this mailing list <a href="mailto:talk@gtalug.org">talk@gtalug.org</a></span><br /><span style="white-space: nowrap;">Unsubscribe from this mailing list <a href="https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk</a></span></div>
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