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Slepnir

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Working on installing new wheelhub bearings. 3 foot breaker bar and me bouncing on the end of it with my body weight isn't doing squat so F' it. What is a good electric impact tool that will get a stubborn 36mm axle nut off without breaking the bank? Already soaked it with pb ahead of time. Pre-gamed for what was to be expected.


Update: i got that sob off added another 2ft. Like a Freaken diving board and it popped loose. None the less its time to get an impact tool so what's your preference? I know air is better but just electric.
 
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Working on installing new wheelhub bearings. 3 foot breaker bar and me bouncing on the end of it with my body weight isn't doing squat so F' it. What is a good electric impact tool that will get a stubborn 36mm axle nut off without breaking the bank? Already soaked it with pb ahead of time. Pre-gamed for what was to be expected.


Update: i got that sob off added another 2ft. Like a Freaken diving board and it popped loose. None the less its time to get an impact tool so what's your preference? I know air is better but just electric.
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I use Harbor Freights electric impact. 50 bucks. Works great.
 
I bought a cheapish 3/4 drive breaker bar for axle nuts. It's about 3 feet long. If i have a really stubborn one, a 4 foot piece of black pipe does the job.
 
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I finished the job. I had to use basically 5 ft of leverage standing on it and bouncing on it to break it free. The other side came off with a little muscle. Anyways all done. New wheelhubs, hoses, coolant, thermostat, spark plugs, new belt, new shocks, new tires, new oil, new filter, new swaybar disconnects, cleaned the iac etc..ill probably still break down on this trip and it will be something stupid and small. I do need to get me one of those impact guns though. Would make jobs go faster.
 
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Kevin E said:
I use Harbor Freights electric impact. 50 bucks. Works great.
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Sometimes harbor freight tools surprises me. I have a few that are still running thinking i would only use it once and ended up using it over and over...and a few that fell apart first day lol.
 
Regarding impact guns, I have air (Snap-on and Craftsman) electric (Mastercraft) and cordless (DeWalt). The ones I use the most by far are my 20V DeWalts (1/2" and 3/8"). I was reluctant to go cordless but I find I'm using the other power sources, for all hand tools, less and less.
 
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Sometimes harbor freight tools surprises me. I have a few that are still running thinking i would only use it once and ended up using it over and over...and a few that fell apart first day lol.
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They're great.... If you don't use them every day

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Torque numbers quoted on electric impacts, especially cordless ones, are a joke! 22mm flange nuts on HD trucks are torqued to 450-500lbs. At the shop, we use a 1" drive impact with two large handles. Some home-owner rated toy with a puny 1/2" drive is rated over a 1000? Gotta call BS!

I just returned a Ryobi 18V L-ion 1/2 drive rated for 300lbs after one try. I tried it on my jeeps 102ft lb nut after torqueing it down. Took 10 seconds of chattering away before it came off. If you buy a cordless, give it a good workout when you get it home to make sure it does the job. Take it right back in the original packaging if it doesn't.

To the OP, no 1/2" drive impact could have done what you did. A sliding 3/4" drive breaker bar and a piece of pipe is a handy tool to keep around.
 
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