From: Marc Strangfeld (curlyjoe98@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Dec 10 2003 - 18:01:45 PST
I suggest buying a good 3/4 drive ratchet set. I
bought assorted components on Ebay until I had a
complete set. It is all good stuff, Proto, Snap-on,
Wright, Herbrand. And it didn't cost much more than a
junk import set. I also got lucky and picked up the
highly prized gear reduction wrench, cheap. When I do
tire work I just break them loose with the 3/4 breaker
bar or gear wrench and zip them off with standard 1/2
drive air ratchet. The first time I went to change
tires I forgot that the drivers side is left-hand
threads and take my word for it the gear wrench can
tear threads right out of a lug nut. I think this is
quicker than waiting for the compressor to refill the
tanks.
As far as a jack, I use a 12 ton bottle jack. I also
bought a 3.5 ton service jack from sears that works
ok.
Marc
--- Bruce Kalin <pball@csionline.net> wrote:
> I have a 3/4 impact and the 90 psi will easily
> operate the gun
> adequately. The small reserve tanks do not hold
> enough air to
> continuously run the gun. One or two lugs at a time,
> wait a minute for
> the tank to fill, and the gun runs again. I have
> changed many wheels
> this way without any problem. The gun has always
> been able to loosen the
> lugs, even on some older trucks with wheels that
> probably haven't been
> changed in twenty years.
> Bruce
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> Bruce Kalin
> USMC MTA, MVPA, MTANJ, NCMVPA
> USMC M35A2C w/w & M105
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