In reply to barefootcyborg5000 :
That's a big spring you've got on your impact. How'd it work? I tried using an extension on my 3/8" 150ft/lb impact once and it made a noticeable difference in the break away torque.
In reply to barefootcyborg5000 :
That's a big spring you've got on your impact. How'd it work? I tried using an extension on my 3/8" 150ft/lb impact once and it made a noticeable difference in the break away torque.
In reply to CAinCA :
Wasn't me. Apparently it was sufficient to remove bellhousing bolts on the 3rd gen Tacoma getting a new clutch. But I had the same thought.
Wait - how does that work, anyway? Makes no sense to me, but I've witnessed that with an extension my impact cannot take off a lug nut
They noticeably reduce available torque in my experience. Great for bellhousing fasteners though.
P3PPY said:Wait - how does that work, anyway? Makes no sense to me, but I've witnessed that with an extension my impact cannot take off a lug nut
Gotta remember, everything is a spring. For a quick thought, think of a torsion spring front end for a Dodge.
As you apply torque the shaft will twist according to the angular form of Hooke's Law, Torque = -spring_coefficient*angle_of_twist.
The more torque, the more twist until you exceed the strength of the shaft and snap it.
The other part of the problem is how impacts work. They twist for a fraction of a second until the system let's the hammer skip and you get another turn of the chuck. That fraction of a second let's the shaft untwist.
Due to all of this, you can actually tune an extension to only allow so much torque to be transmitted. That's how you get torque sticks.
Edit: how an impact works. Skip to roughly 2 minutes in to see.
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Pete. (l33t FS) said:They noticeably reduce available torque in my experience. Great for bellhousing fasteners though.
I'll second the bell housing fasteners.
I've assembled ones that long using a series of 6" and 12" standard extensions and wobble drive extensions for bell housing bolts.
The 1/2" drive Milwaukee had enough torque to let me remove the upper bolts on the Ram bell housing going over the top of the 46RE from back by the OD housing. The flex from the sections allowed it to make an arc over the trans.
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In reply to Mr_Asa :
probably A Nu Start, but who doesn't crave the occasional Anus Tart?
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