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Old 04-25-2004, 08:58 PM
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What are your opinions on it?.. its kind of pricey but its reactionless and has 100 lbs of torque..

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Originally Posted by Bugalou
What are your opinions on it?.. its kind of pricey but its reactionless and has 100 lbs of torque..

Dave
It might be nice if you included a picure or a link.

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http://www.autospecialtytools.com/autopg5.html Hehe..sorry bout that..
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...extremely pricy....go get the same thing at harbor freight for 39 bucks...
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They don't carry anything near that torque and nothing reactionless
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do you think you can hold on to that much torque?
wate nm just read the "reationless" part... wonder how that works? so is it an air ratchet that has 'hammering action' like an impact gun?
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Weird. Might need to go check one of thsoe out and see what the deal is.
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It looks like a knuckle buster to me
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if my air ratchet cant take a bolt off it locks while in use and you pry really hard and then the ratcheting kicks in once loose, I think thats how they all are, but not near as pricey as that biatch
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im just currious about the 'reaction less' i just dont see how that can work the way i think it does?
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Originally Posted by BTL FED
It looks like a knuckle buster to me
No kidding...why not buy a nice Snap On one instead. Will last a lot longer, gauranteed. From my experience all this kind of stuff doesn't last, and ends up being a waste of money.
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I had an impact air wratchet a few years ago. They quit making them, so when mine finally failed I couldn't get parts. But it did last 7 years of professional daily use and another 12 of weekend usage.
It was the best wratchet I ever owned and the guys who worked with me thought the same. Wish I had bought 3 of them
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any air impact tool I buy is an IR now, most tool companys are just selling rebadged IR stuff anyway.
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Originally Posted by fullfloatingHD
any air impact tool I buy is an IR now, most tool companys are just selling rebadged IR stuff anyway.

Yep, I've got the 3/8 and 1/2 IR Titanium impact guns, and they kick ***. I use an old Snap On impact wrench which I've had forever. Works great, don't have the model # though.
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I use the cp 1/4 in air ratchet and it's the best one i have ever owned. I am a tech and owned almost every air ratchet thats made and i do beat the **** out of my tools and that ratchet gets me about a year before my first break down. A year does not sound long but use it every day that's alot of hours. All the other air ratchets i used last half as long.
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CP is bullsh-t Buy an ingersoll-rand!I have a 3/8 and a 1/2 IR impacts and have never had down time with either except for the c-clips that hold the socket, I even use my 3/8 to pull lug-nuts off cars when our tire guys can't with their CP 1/2inchers




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