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I just tore the gun down and everything looked perfect. I did notice that my compressor needs to be 130 to 140 psi so that my gun pulls a true 90 psi ( Good call jrlp, thanks ) on the gauge and works much better. Thanks guys.

Thanks. That helps. I will tear the gun down now and see if anything looks worn.

I started with a 1/4" line but quickly upgraded to a 3/8" 50' line. I also held the gun wide open and checked the pressure gauge and set to 100 psi with the gun running. I have a 25 gallon 5 hp compressor. I also added oil to the air inlet a few times. I think this gun is rated to 450 lbs...

Great post on the IR guns. I am new to the site and just got my first IR2131QT gun used off of Ebay. It looks barely used but when I torque the lugs on my truck ( I know this is bad but I wanted to test the unit) for a few seconds, they are only at about 90-95 lbs. I can put my breaker bar...