MG325 Strikes Again
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whatsitsname
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Must be the cold weather causing the sockets to become more peanut butter brittle.
JayL
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Maybe Snap On impact sockets will hold up better.
outlander800
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Those look like impact sockets to me.
Deafautotech
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Holy cow!!!!! I has use craftsman, snap on, mac, and matco impact sockets on my mg31 a lot but has not break any sockets...
Todd.Brock
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My first though was dont use chrome... But after seeing that pic, I have never seen a socket crack like that! dang... I have used Cman since Highschool, and MAc for the last couple years.NEVER had that happen!
Wow, I have never seen a socket break like that .. 
ricleh
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When the MG325 came out my dealer was selling impact sockets that he said were specifically designed to use with it. He said it was breaking the regular impact sockets. I just figured he was trying to sell the new stuff. I have to say that the MG325 is very powerful.
GDA
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Whoa. What PSI is running in the lines?
+1 i typically run 110-120psi and i've broken a couple of impact sockets but nothing like that - they both developed a crack at the hex end and would spread under load, but never broke into pieces.
no doubt the mg325 is a great gun, but i'd go with you have a bad set of sockets. people run those with reducers on 3/4 guns and they don't do that...
ahm
Damian
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Looks like a defective socket or misuse to me. No discouting the MG325 because I know it's a strong gun, but breaking multiple sockets like that doesn't add up. Maybe that batch of Cornwell are junk?
I'm also curious as which 14mm, 17mm and 19mm fasteners you're tightening that you feel it's necessary to use enough TQ to break sockets?
I'm also curious as which 14mm, 17mm and 19mm fasteners you're tightening that you feel it's necessary to use enough TQ to break sockets?
Builder302
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I have seen Snap-on 9/16 and 5/8 deep impact sockets break the same way. No very often, and only after a long, hard life.
johnsdeere850j
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I have broken snap on impact sockets before they are the same as anything else.
TAMPAGT07
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I'm picking up an MG31 tomorrow....
johnsdeere850j
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What made you decide on that one?
TAMPAGT07
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I cracked a Cornwell 3/8 10 mm shorty impact that my dealer loaned to me while I waited to get my Cornwell 10mm chrome replaced. The chrome broke by hand, the impact socket broke on my IM31.
Cornwell sockets do seem brittle in my experience, but I haven't used alot of them.
Cornwell sockets do seem brittle in my experience, but I haven't used alot of them.
Fedwrench
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You obivously need to get some Sunex or Grey Pneumatic impact sockets.
mrshaun
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chrome sockets will do that for sure. I have seen a few cornwell explode like that before. the guys like to show me the stuff they break from non existent tool companies. cornwell just fled to MAC.
greatneck chrome sockets are known to explode under that force for sure.
greatneck chrome sockets are known to explode under that force for sure.
Cornwell is non existent and just fled to Mac? I haven't heard anything about this could you please elaborate. Not trying to discredit you in any way mrshaun just wondering what is going on since your in the tool industry, thanks.
GeorgiaHybrid
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He is talking about the local shops not having any dealers. I think he had a prior post where the Cornwell guy quit and went to Mac.
chewy7, don't dig yourself a hole......
vssjim
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I have lots of Snap on, Cornwell and other many impact sockets and sometimes they do break but I'm not going to panic. I'm not sure branding has much to do with it as once in a while they give up under long term use and usually it is the deep sockets I don't remember but maybe one short one.
Packard V8
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When an immovable object meets an irresistible force, something has to give. What is the recommended line pressure for the MG325?
When the Dodge Ram guys start cranking up the boost and fuel on the Cummins, 1000hp can happen. Then literally every part of the driveline starts popping like popcorn, because 8,000# is a lot of inertia to overcome instantly. One of the drag racers told me, "The horsepower is the easy part. Hooking and moving a four-ton dragster is the difficult and expensive part."
jack vines
jack vines
When the Dodge Ram guys start cranking up the boost and fuel on the Cummins, 1000hp can happen. Then literally every part of the driveline starts popping like popcorn, because 8,000# is a lot of inertia to overcome instantly. One of the drag racers told me, "The horsepower is the easy part. Hooking and moving a four-ton dragster is the difficult and expensive part."
jack vines
jack vines
my shop air is set @ 120 psi
to break full length it has to have a manufacturing flaw in the metal process
i think i would be contacting the company direct--it could fly apart and hurt someone--like the USER []
i dont know about a flaw, 3 in the same week? and these are not new sockets. the 19mm was replaced about a year ago and the 17 and 14 are around 7 years old. all of which were being used my my ir2115 gun prior to the mg325 which ive only had for 6 months or so
Rusty honda suspensions, lots of rust here, nothing comes off without lots of force
Griff93
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When I first got an MG31 I started using it for wheel lugs. The gun had no problem but I kept breaking 17mm SO sockets to the point I bought a spare. I've broken numerous SO swivel sockets with it as well. It breaks the pin or locks them up. I'm impressed with them. If I buy another 3/8 gun it will be an MG325 or whatever they have updated it to by that time.