Re @mitch504’s point about using a cheater and not the impact to break free these super tight bolts....I’ve discovered that thru trial and error . It was only when my lousy air setup didn’t enable my “2000 ft-lb” impact to deliver more than 400 ft-lb. that I too used the cheater pipe.
What I discovered is that for occasional use, the cheater works fine and gets it done, although a pita to be messing around with the long pipe and sometimes requires two people. I also saw that they use some sort of military grade thread locker on the cylinder rod bolts that truly need to be broken free, after said thread locker’s bond is broken the bolts come out without much effort. Also , on the tightening side , with a cheater I can calculate the torque setting like
@mitch504 said, I can’t do that with the impact. So I’m wondering how useful this HF (or GF
) impact will be for my needs .
Thread locker photo:
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