Tom W

I stop when I get barely snug with my portable wrench and finish by hand. I always have at least 1/2 turn left before they are to 94 ft-lbs. I don't see a need for the stick (but I might use a stick if I was to start using my air impact gun).

Rick

I've taken a slightly different approach - I recently bought a gas compressor (picture below) and now take all of my air tools with me; it's very convenient for me. It's very handy having compressed air right at my car whenever I want it.
I use a torque stick and am very happy with it.

nman413

OOoooooo TOOLS.

Bad Rick for posting tool ****.

Robert Henriksen

"Tool ****" - I like it!

David '96 993

Does anyone know about the 18volt impact wrench that Harbor Freight sells ("Drill Master"). It is only $29.99. That is about $200 less than any of the others I was looking at. Price seems odd...

nile13

I've ordered one fpr $29.99 and it should be here this or next week. If you can wait, I'll give my opinion. I do a lot of lug nuts at an autocross

David '96 993

Nile,
Test it on a Honda and see what happens. I will buy it if it can merely lift one set of wheels off of the ground. It doesn't have to flip the car over for only $29.99

Flying Finn

I though Drill Master is not an impact wrench, to me it looks like a drill?

George A

I think Mike is talking about this:

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=90798

I thougth about trying it out, but I have the Chicago Electric one and it's worked fairly well.

George

nile13

Yep, I bought the one George gave that URL for above.
I also bought a $90 jack from Harbor Freight: http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=91039
They should be here soon, I'll give my opinions on both.

Agro1

Home Depot has a Husky air compressor, with an extensive acessory kit included for $299. Tank is 32gal so it's big enough that the compressor is not constantly running and it has an impact gun, ratchet, hammer, 2 spray guns, a micro grinder and lots of acessories. Warranty through HD as well as a lifetime warranty from Husky. I'm sure you'd probably need to pick up another socket set to make it complete, but for that price and warranty it sounds like a pretty good deal. I'm gonna pick one up this afternoon and I'll let you guys know...It'll come in handy for my suspension install next week

DJF1

29.99???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is dirt cheap...
I don't think though that it would brake free torqued lug nuts like my impact. But at this price....

For reference here is the Harbor freight unit that Matt, Robert H and I use:
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=46701

Agro1

Danny - suggest you re-read my post...$299.00 - still a screamin deal...here's the link:

http://www.homedepot.com/prel80/HDUS...gjn.0&MID=9876

Robert Henriksen

Suggest you review the thread - Danny was referring to this post:

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Does anyone know about the 18volt impact wrench that Harbor Freight sells ("Drill Master"). It is only $29.99. That is about $200 less than any of the others I was looking at. Price seems odd...

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'96 993 "Hanz" (Road twisties toy)
'87 944NA "Franz"(Track twisties toy)
'01 Audi A4 1.8T (Daily driver, no twisties)
'96 Jeep Grand Cherokee (Family Cr@p Hauler, twisties make the kids sick)

Agro1

Ahh - what a coincidence...my bad, thanks Robert...