Recent content by Edmonton Mechanic

Why? Cause I like quality but don't like the price tag that comes attached to snapon tools? I'm a first year mechanic. Those amazingly awesome tools will come later when i'm making a decent paycheck. Now? I have to get by with what I can. So ya. I know how much better snapon tools are. doesn't...

The overall leaning of posters seems to be leaning towards where my own personal leanings are. IR it is. Thanks guys!

See that's where I'm at right now. the IR is a better gun than the others (Sunex is the only one i don't know durability on yet) and the Aircat is cheaper so i'm not sure there.

Ok... I'm tossing between three impact wrenches. the Ingersoll Rand 2135 QTiMax http://www.automotivetoolsonline.com/Ingersoll-Rand-IR-2135QTIMAX-12-Quiet-Impact-Wrench_p_11172.html# The aircat Nitrocat 1200K http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002Q8A98M/?tag=atomicindus08-20 The Sunex 4345...

Adjusting and memorizing how your torque sticks work with each setting of your impact wrench is important. If it works perfectly on high then stick to high. I know my impact bounces my torque sticks weird. If I have my gun on high it will over-tourque them. So I tossed it down to my mid range...

I personally think Torque sticks get a bad rap. I pull wrenches and I always use a combination of a torque stick and a torque wrench when doing tires. The trick with a torque stick is it will never torque to what it claims to. The reason is so that when you check your torque if the fastener...