Struts, rotors, and impact wrench.

[Lord_Anarchy]

I'm looking into buying an electric impact wrench because I don't have compressor money (unless you rich TN kids send me one ) and I was curious about something. Can you hurt your wrist with an impact wrench? (either air or electric?) Say the bolt doesn't break loose, will the wrench spin your wrist around? I like my wrist and don't care to feel 250 lb. ft. against my wrist. I'm sure the pencils I use everyday and the typing I do every night are doing a fine job destroying my wrists.. No need to speed that process up.

Meanwhile, what the crap size bolts are those on the front struts? I gotta take those badboys OFF first to be able to fully use that wonderful Autozone lifetime warranty.

P.S. Can I use universal bump stops because one shock has NO BUMP STOP and the other has a bump stop that partially ripped. Please recommend anything

Oh, as far as my rotors, they are OE replacement, nothin' fancy My current rotors are warped to death and I'd rather replace with new ones than salvage those rusty rotors that have been on the Cam since it left the assembly line in '94.

[Novice_cardude]

Well, i use impact wrenches all day at work, and I can still draw/paint okay. I sure hope nothing happens to prevent me from doing that

Anyway, if the bolt doesn't come off, the impact will jarr, but it's not uncontrollable. The pistol grip on impacts is designed so you can keep them under control. All you'll feel is a violent vibration, but it does not move too much.

I guess it's something you just gotta do.

And if the bolt won't come off ... Beef up the power or use a large breaker bar. When I did my struts all I used was a breaker bar and a ratchet that was placed against the ground.

As for the size of the bolts, I don't remember. I think 21, 22 mm? Not sure. But be sure to use impact sockets with an impact wrench, it's not fun getting chunks of Craftsman socket imbedded in the soft pink bits.

As for the stoppers ... No idea. I have never really looked for them but i'm pretty sure universal ones ... if they exist... will work.

Have fun!

[thisisntjoew]

I have used both electric and air. They wont spin your wrist. they only "hammer" at the bolt and are easy to control.

[atobe]

may be 22mm if it's anything like my car

[Lord_Anarchy]

Sorry to bring this thread back but I didn't want to start a new one..

Well, I got my electric impact torque wrench and that thing is a demon! I made a job that would have sucked MAJOR ass with a 22mm and a 1" drive socket wrench a piece of cake with my torque wrench. That bad boy just makes it fun! LOL!

So, to all of those who are looking for a GOOD tool to add to their collection, an electric torque wrench is a nice step before moving to a serious air wrench I'm defintely lovin' my wrench and am glad I invested into it than into paying some fool to work on my car

Atobe, you were right 22mm.. It was because of you that I bought a set of impact sockets that range from 14 to 30mm Damn torque wrench makes you feel like an engine swap is like playing with Legos

Thanks for the answers from everyone here and yes.. exactly as thisisntjoew said, it just hammers. I was afraid of getting my wrist cracked because my little Dewalt drill defintely bruised my wrist for two days after I smacked my wrist into the lower control arm.

ToyotaNation.com fucking rulez!!!!!!! WOOOHOOOO!!!

[wanman75]

Which one did you get? I'm trying to decide between a Milwaukee cordless or a Chicago Pneumatic corded.

[Lord_Anarchy]

I got some chinese one.. hahahahah "Speedway Series" 1/2" drive electric impact. LOL But, between those two.. Milwaukee.. I got a sawzall that's older than me and I abuse that bad boy. Only tried and true performance everytime. I dunno crap about Chicago though...

Germantown, MD.. another MD kid! cool...

[Pineapple]

Wait till you get your hand on a light weight smaller 500lb 9000rpm impact. That's fun.

The 200lb will remove most bolts. Some may need need 30 sec hit to get it out. The only draw bad is weight. Laying under the car trying to hold it up is not fun.

[marc780]

Even a low powered electric impact can beat most big nuts loose. The trick is to reverse direction, that is, if a big nut is fighting you and not coming off, try tightening it for a couple seconds. Then loosen. Tighten, loosen, tighten, etc. this will get almost all of them off.

[Lord_Anarchy]

Yeah, the manual recommend to use that "forward, reverse, forward" technique and to also use a lubricant such as SeaFoam Deep Creep or WD-40 or Kroil (I hear Kroil is bad ass! Any users around here?)

This impact wrench is for some play time but I'm slowly gonna move up to the big boys toyz like the air tools

P.S. that 500ft. lb. sounds like a fuckin' demon too! Is that still electric????