Recent content by donkeotae

The Black Diamond media never worked for me either, I had to use fine grit blasting media. Also I found that a air/water separator with descant beads was very helpful, moisture must be kept to minimum or it will add to the clogging in the cheapo HF gun. That said it still not a stellar unit, but...

True, that very well could play into it. But if you torque it back to proper spec. when the job is finished, I think somewhere around 150 lb/ft, then it should take the same amount of breakaway torque every time regardless?:dunno:

This is a great suggestion and has worked for me in the past. But the last one I broke free with my dewalt 20v xr impact and it broke it free just fine ( I was using the thick wall impact socket pictured above).

Didn't say I like Fords that much either;) I was just giving examples of when I have actually run into 12 pt. fasteners. You said you do automotive work, so unless you are limited by space and cannot keep both sets of sockets, I would keep both sets. It's always better to have a tool and not...

If you do auto work I would keep both. The only time I really run into 12 pt. fasteners is on Ford drive shafts and doing clutch jobs ( flywheel, pressure plate bolts) on Honda's on such. I find that a 6 pt. always seems to fit the bolt head better giving me more confidence and somewhat of a...

I would like to be in the running please. Just got my first SK ratchet and I'm in love! Thanks!!