Probably obvious question: Have you applied a good penetrating oil (like Liquid Wrench)? That has saved my behind with rusted bolts on more than one occasion.
On Fri, Nov 3, 2023 at 3:08 AM William Park via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote: > Hi (another very off topic), > > Wheel bolts on my VW are seized pretty hard. Standing on 24in breaker > bar doesn't help, and that's 300ft-lb torque. So, I'm thinking about > getting an impact wrench. Those with greater than 300ft-lb are very > expensive. I found one with 250ft-lb spec at my price range. > > Question is, is there difference between static torque vs impact torque? > In other words, will 250ft-lb impact wrench loosen 300ft-lb bolt? > > Browsing YouTube, I learned that torque specs are always misleading and > inflated. This means, I have to find 600ft-lb or greater, and that's > serious money. > --- > Post to this mailing list talk@gtalug.org > Unsubscribe from this mailing list > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > -- Evan Leibovitch, Toronto Canada @evanleibovitch / @el56
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