[GTALUG] (very off topic) torque spec of impact wrench

[Evan Leibovitch]

Probably obvious question: Have you applied a good penetrating oil (like
Liquid Wrench)?
That has saved my behind with rusted bolts on more than one occasion.

On Fri, Nov 3, 2023 at 3:08 AM William Park via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
wrote:

> Hi (another very off topic),
>
> 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.
>
> Question is, is there difference between static torque vs impact torque?
>   In other words, will 250ft-lb impact wrench loosen 300ft-lb bolt?
>
> 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.
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Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada
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