Need some REALLY good glue:

[aigel]

Speeder,

This makes no sense. If you have 120 PSI in your tank and a good size hose going to your 600 ft/lb impact, with a directly installed impact socket, it should work just as well as your shop buddy's. I haven't had a bolt I couldn't get lose with my IR and home set up. Plenty of rusty balancer bolts in my past ...

George

[speeder]

I'm pretty sure that my 1/2" IR gun is not 600 ft./lbs. I'll take a look at it tomorrow but it's not quite that good. As for my tank, I run a lot less than 120 psi. I'll take a look at that as well, not sure what my max pressure is. Although compressed air is certainly not complicated, I don't have expert knowledge of the equipment. Mine is strictly small-fry, I'll photograph my compressor and gun and then post it here to hopefully learn something. Thanks...

[Joeaksa]

Originally Posted by Hugh R

That comes "unglued" at 4,000 RPMs and it's going to make a big mess.

Nah, it would only take out the radiator, fan, water pump and so on. Look on the plus side, the car would get a free wash!

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by speeder

The car is mine, FWIW.

That makes it a sure thing that the owner deserves to have it fixed correctly!

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by aigel

Speeder,

This makes no sense. If you have 120 PSI in your tank and a good size hose going to your 600 ft/lb impact, with a directly installed impact socket, it should work just as well as your shop buddy's. I haven't had a bolt I couldn't get lose with my IR and home set up. Plenty of rusty balancer bolts in my past ...

George

+1. My I/R is rated 600+ ft/lb in reverse (and they go considerably higher than that now) for removing bolts, and it doesn't matter if I have it on my 6 gal compressor or 30 gal compressor. I never go over it's rated capacity of 90 PSI either. I've loaned it to others when their's wouldn't get the job done, and like Porsche, there is no substitute for I/R. That said, my I/R actually snapped my engine mount crossmember years ago on the stubborn bolts (wouldn't budge them), and John Walker's tip to use a 3 ft breaker bar instead did the trick (even though the torque I was providing manually was less) ...I still owe him for that "experienced guru advice" . Tank capacity matters for continuious use (blasting, grinders, painting, etc.), not for impact wrenches and the like.