Tegger wrote:
> Big Brother <someonewatchingyou@microsoft.com> wrote in news:zofFk.2048
> $x%.1054@nlpi070.nbdc.sbc.com:
>
>> You've indicated in previous posts and on your website your use of, I
>> believe, a Dewalt DW293 electric impact wrench..
>>
>> I don't want to go through the expense of buying a air compressor and
>> tools for rotating tires on my vehicles..
>>
>> Would the DW293 work for removing/tightening lugnuts on car wheels?
>>
>
>
> The DeWalt easily removes crank bolts. Wheel nuts are pure trivia
> for it. I use mine all the time for removing wheel nuts. Makes tire
> rotation a snap.
>
> However... do NOT use the DeWalt for /final tightening/ of wheel nuts! You
> can't control the tightening torque the way you can with a low-powered air
> wrench. I sometimes use mine (after learning how it does what it does) to
> take the nuts up to roughly 25-50 ft/lbs, then I do the final tightening
> with a torque wrench.
>
> I must say the DeWalt is one of the very best tool purchases I've ever
> made.
>
>
Hi,
I have a compressor. When rotating tires, final torquing is done by
manual torque wrench. Compressor has so many uses, blowing our
sprinkler, spray painting, nailer, stapler, real time saver