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

[Evan Leibovitch]

Congrats!

On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 12:16 AM William Park via talk <talk at gtalug.org>
wrote:

> Solved!  I bought $56 "Litheli" cordless impact wrench from Walmart.
> It's slightly lower torque than what's sold at Amazon, but can't
> complaint about the price, though.  I think, it was caused by surface
> rust between the bolt and wheel rim, and not on the threads.  So, impact
> helped to loosen it.
>
> On 2023-11-03 03:07, William Park via talk 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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