Anybody use a Texas Twister air hammer pulling kit?

danbuff · Mar 5, 2017

I just saw this today on youtube:

Anybody have one... feedback?..
Looks interesting.. might be gimmicky.

MAC tools sells them, as well as others:
https://www.matcotools.com/catalog/product/LT855/TEXAS-TWISTER/

Dan

Cope · Mar 5, 2017

Looks pretty sweet. Available on eBay for less.

The Cobbler · Mar 5, 2017

great idea .

earl2 · Mar 5, 2017

Looks like a good thing to have in the box.

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gdocktor3 · Mar 5, 2017

Go down to page 17 here and get it direct from OEM. Interestingly another member started a thread on this company today and I saw the Texas Twister while scrolling through. http://www.ltitools.com/LTwebcatalog1016.pdf

K-Dog · Mar 5, 2017

It is cool for sure. I might get one eventually.

Eric29 · Mar 5, 2017

The video looks pretty fake. At the end of the video, he removes a pulley from a power mower. The pulley comes loose before he activates the tool. I'm sure that will soon be edited.

danbuff · Mar 5, 2017

Eric29 said:
The video looks pretty fake. At the end of the video, he removes a pulley from a power mower. The pulley comes loose before he activates the tool. I'm sure that will soon be edited.

An independent review needed.

Eric29 · Mar 5, 2017

I see people with three posts posting things in other threads about this company. Sounds like a bit of advertising to me.

If someone does an independent review, I hope it's someone with more than two or three posts.

speed bump · Mar 5, 2017

That LTI has some interesting tools that in the right situation would be worth buying.

disston · Mar 5, 2017

I've been duped by posters pushing a product that I was less than enthralled with after I bought it. Won't fool me again, or so I say. But this does look good. Makes mechanical sense.

But I don't have that much use for this. Maybe I can get my friend Fred to buy one. He owns a body shop.

WhiffySpark · Mar 5, 2017

I'm considering it. I'm just wonder how much torque or hammering action I'm going to loose with that u bend

danbuff · Mar 5, 2017

I think the bend would act as a sort of shock absorber, lessening the energy from the air hammer, the guy in the video mentions using a larger impact hammer..

Brian_WK · Mar 6, 2017

I think it would work as well definitely gonna need a bigger hammer than the HF version. But I think a dedicated tool with the shaft running through the tool would better be suited. This would keep the tool angle inline better reach as well as better ergonomics. Air chisels ergo's are great for pushing not so much for pulling. Maybe in V2.

Brian

dnschmidt · Mar 6, 2017

I don't believe that the OP asked for opinions on the design of the tool or whether it's cool or not. I think he asked if anybody HAD ACTUALLY USED THE TOOL and had an opinion of it.

Eric29 · Mar 6, 2017

True, but the video explained that the tool worked well; so comments are fair game, particularly since no one apparently used it. This is a discussion forum after all.

dnschmidt said:
I don't believe that the OP asked for opinions on the design of the tool or whether it's cool or not. I think he asked if anybody HAD ACTUALLY USED THE TOOL and had an opinion of it.

WhiffySpark · Mar 6, 2017

dnschmidt said:
I don't believe that the OP asked for opinions on the design of the tool or whether it's cool or not. I think he asked if anybody HAD ACTUALLY USED THE TOOL and had an opinion of it.

Have you actually used it?

If not, why bother even replying to the thread :lol:

BolognaBlake · Mar 6, 2017

All I know, is that your girl comes to the club with you, but she's definitely leaving with him.

Those Velcro shoes? So he can get them off and get to smashin your girl quicker.

L.Cheapo · Mar 6, 2017

Without even looking I just knew "Texas Twister" would be in the Urban Dictionary. Sure enough. Proceed at your own risk.

Double R · Nov 21, 2023

danbuff said:
I just saw this today on youtube:

Anybody have one... feedback?..
Looks interesting.. might be gimmicky.

MAC tools sells them, as well as others:
https://www.matcotools.com/catalog/product/LT855/TEXAS-TWISTER/

Dan

We have been using the Texas Twister for over 4 years at our vocational school and are very pleased with it. The thing works great for pulling seals with way more control than a slide hammer. It easily pulled about half the front drive axles we tried it on. The rest required a long pry bar also. It works great for small engine flywheels(even though the one in the video comes off too easily.)

2ndGearRubber · Nov 22, 2023

I have one, I probably got it in 2017 right when it came out. 100% worthless, do not buy. I refuse to even sell it, lest I ruin someone's day like it ruined mine over and over.

It can't pull axles, it can barely pull sheet metal. It just acts like a giant torque stick and loses all your power. This is with a CP714 and a 3050B.

Steve_P · Nov 22, 2023

I don't have one of these, but there was another thread on this a few years back. Like the OP and 2ndGear said, you should be able to look at this and tell that the u-shaped section is going to act like a spring and soak up most of the energy. If you welded a plate across this section, it would work better. Being able to pull seals isn't much of an endorsement IMO.

scooby074 · Nov 22, 2023

As good a thread as any to post the new Astro pneumatic puller?? I think it will work about the same as the Twister

2ndGearRubber · Nov 22, 2023

scooby074 said:
As good a thread as any to post the new Astro pneumatic puller?? I think it will work about the same as the Twister

At least it's a straight shot. I think that would be best with you holding the trigger, while using your other hand to use the torch on whatever is stuck.

Or maybe drill a hole in a dowel pin, thread in an extractor, then use the Astro shake-weight. IDK I think it'd be good for a short throw application. A 10lb thump from a slide hammer would likely outperform it in any way, IF it fits.

Steve_P · Nov 22, 2023

scooby074 said:
As good a thread as any to post the new Astro pneumatic puller?? I think it will work about the same as the Twister

No, just visually looking at it, the Astro will be far superior. Maybe not the most 100% awesome-est, but that rectangular bridge cross section on the astro is going to have many times more stiffness than the round "trombone handle" design of the Twister. A half inch round cross section has a tiny moment of inertia (resistance to bending) when compared to a .5 X 1" rectangle, when loaded in the 1" direction. And I'm just guessing on dimensions, but with the dimensions I listed, it's literally an order of magnitude larger for the rectangle. Ok, I did the math and it's 13X stiffer for the rectangle for my imaginary dimensions.

Besides, Astro actually tests their ****...

scooby074 · Nov 22, 2023

Astro tests, yes, and its likely better than the twister, but I still dont think its going to work near as well as an actual slidehammer will.

Once they get out to some users we'll start to know, but I got a feeling its just going to be "oscillating" and not hitting hard.

2ndGearRubber · Nov 23, 2023

scooby074 said:
Astro tests, yes, and its likely better than the twister, but I still dont think its going to work near as well as an actual slidehammer will.

Once they get out to some users we'll start to know, but I got a feeling its just going to be "oscillating" and not hitting hard.

It's a vibratory tool vs a 10lb beast for sure just watching the videos.

If I buy one, it won't be replacing my monster sized slide hammers, it's a different tool. Plus, the swing is tiny. So even if a 1.5lb baby slide hammer would have enough grunt, that needs a 12"+ throw. I think this astro tool would work for stuck gdi/diesel injectors, bearing races, that sort of thing.

EDIT: anything will be better than the Texas Twister. My friends still tease me..... "I should have a tool for that"..... "The Texas Twister?!?"...

It still stings.

I would not buy one and expect to pull hubs or do wheel bearings with it. I'm not a physicist. But I'm betting a work shirt wrapped around a 10lb slide hammer like a sling on a 7/8 diameter rod will create a higher peak force.

Anybody use a Texas Twister air hammer pulling kit?

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