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- From: sorlin@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Steven J Orlin)
- Subject: Re: Dweebs with air tools (was Re: brakes)
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.231602.1166@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 23:16:02 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan28.121059.21086@mic.ucla.edu> brims@bnkl01.astro.ucla.edu (G
- eorge Brims) writes:
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- >all the way on. I hate those impact things anyway, I have no idea of any
- >redeeming feature they might have, other than saving some grease-monkey
- >a few seconds. I was brought up to put on wheelnuts with a torque wrench
- >too!
- >
- >George Brims
-
- Well, you've never had to take off GM's infamous tin coated acorn nuts
- have you? The only way I could have ever replaced those damn things
- was by jamming on a smaller size impact socket and using the air wrench.
- After a couple of times of taking those nuts off and on, they start to
- round.
-
- Trust me, impact wrenches are our friends, if we use them right.
-
- steve
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