Impact wrench advice...
Road Captain
Joined: Nov 2008
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From: Canada
Thanks all, I'll pick up this set for now. Harbor Freight 29.99
38 Piece 3/8", 1/2" Combination Impact Sockets
Entire set contains both metric and standard sized sockets for your 3/8" or 1/2" impact wrench.
38 Piece 3/8", 1/2" Combination Impact Sockets
Entire set contains both metric and standard sized sockets for your 3/8" or 1/2" impact wrench.
- Dropped forged, heat-treated, chrome vanadium steel
- 1/2" SAE impact sockets: 7/16", 1/2", 9/16", 5/8", 11/16", 3/4", 13/16", 7/8", 15/16" and 1"
- 1/2" metric impact sockets: 9mm, 10mm, 12mm, 13mm, 14mm, 15mm, 17mm, 21mm and 22mm
- 3/8" SAE impact sockets: 5/16", 3/8", 7/16", 1/2", 9/16", 5/8", 11/16", and 3/4"
- 3/8" metric impact sockets: 8mm, 10mm, 11mm, 12mm, 13mm, 14mm and 17mm
- 3/8" x 1/2" adapter, 1/2" x 3" extension, 3/8" x 3" extension and blow mold case
Great buy!!
Up here we have Canadian Tire, I love that store,
$69 bucks Can. Lifetime Guarantee
- ˝" drive impact set
- Made of chrome vanadium steel
- Socket sizes are laser etched on
- Anti-rounding corners
- Includes 10 regular impact sockets (7/16", 1/2", 9/16", 5/8", 11/16", 3/4", 13 mm, 15 mm, 17 mm and 19 mm) and 18 deep impact sockets (3/8", 7/16", 1/2", 9/16", 5/8", 11/16", 3/4", 7/8", 8 mm, 10 mm, 11 mm, 12mm, 13mm, 14mm, 15 mm, 17mm, 18mm, 19mm and 22mm)
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Sep 2007
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From: Central Illinois, Between I-80 and I-74
Also for the torx bolts you might want to pick up one of these
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=37530
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=93481
Use your torx bits with it.
Ultimate HDF Member
Joined: Jan 2007
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From: Tennessee
I never use impact wrenches driving TORX sockets but I do use an air ratchet at times. Using an air impact only leads to stripped bolt heads; and quickly too.
Get a “hand impact wrench” – the type you hit with a hammer - for stubborn TORX bolts.
Get a “hand impact wrench” – the type you hit with a hammer - for stubborn TORX bolts.
Road Master
Joined: Jan 2009
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From: Houston, TX
Impact wrench = impact sockets. You won't know there's a problem with the chrome socket until it's too late. I've seen some pretty painful injuries from chrome sockets on an impact.
Edit: If you want to save money, buy one socket at a time.
Edit: If you want to save money, buy one socket at a time.
Road Captain
Joined: Jan 2009
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I sometimes use a chrome socket on an impact when tight space doesn't allow for an impact socket,HOWEVER chrome sockets can and do break under impact use and safety glasses and gloves are a good idea .
there are no stupid questions,no wrong opinions.but boy are there some bad answers.
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2008
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From: Crosswicks, Dirty Jersey
1/2" 11 piece 12 pt SAE set - http://buy1.snapon.com/catalog/item....re&dir=catalog
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Big Kahuna HDF Member
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Impact sockets are a different hardness, and have a heavier wall thickness than chrome sockets.
If you use a chrome socket on an impact wrench, it may or may not fail on initial use, but over time, it will fail...usually the drive of the impact will deform the driven end of the socket and it will split at the squared corners of the socket.
The chrome sockets are also prone to splitting due to the hammering and higher applied torque and can throw shrapnal out from the failed socket into eyes and hands.
The chrome will also flake off from the hammering and can cause like damage.
They actually put those warnings on the tools for a reason, and if you spend enough time useing them, you will see this 1st hand.
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