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Glenn
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Postby Glenn » Wed Feb 27, 2013 4:51 pm

i went with the supercheap compressor and 1/2" impact gun combo. That plus some ATF/acetone mix pretty much has loosened every bolt i've come across.
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Postby megatron » Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:21 pm

I use a hitachi impact wrench I have no problems with my wheels nuts as I tighten them with a torque wrench

270NM is more than enough as said above 110NM is all you need

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Postby chunky9 » Wed Feb 27, 2013 5:50 pm

^wow $40 torque wrench?

Repco currently have this for sale for 59.99
First time ive seen it. I wonder if you can set the torque setting yourself for when it clicks
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Postby Tweak » Wed Feb 27, 2013 7:14 pm

:roll: $40 torque wrench.... why bother not like its gonna be accurate for very long.
Waste of time even buying it to do up wheel nuts. Don't think ive every seen a mechanic use a tension wrench on wheels nuts as there is just no need with a good quality rattle gun or just common sense doing them up with a breaker bar

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Postby Fitter » Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:27 pm

Don't buy off eBay.... Support local shops and dealers

FYI the snap on one was 450ft.lb of torque
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Postby Miss Aussie » Fri Mar 01, 2013 8:51 pm

Syndey Tools is an actual shop with like 5 stores in NSW
They just have an online shop and ebay store.
They're not too bad to deal with but a lot of the time you won't get a box, just the tool

http://www.graysonline.com/search.aspx?q=wrench
Alternative, I've also bought from Grays however, sometimes it's imported just converted for Australian use.


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