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Originally Posted by CoupedUpSubie
I never said anything about torquing fasteners with an impact. As for your 3/8" M18 not removing your lug nuts after a winter of driving, I think you need a new one. Either that or you never rotated your tires and ensured the threads were clean. Our cars call for 89 ft-lbs if I remember correctly.
The newer m18 3/8" impact is good for most applications that your average car owner would do.
I do know that torquing something to 150 ft-lbs will result in needing more then that amount of torque to remove it, I have experienced this more then enough times from Maine winters and working on ships.
If you have a stubborn bolt or nut a penetrating fluid followed by a proper breaker bar is the correct way to remove it. Grabbing a highly over powered impact for the job will result in stripped threads.
As for having 1/2" drive tools already I recommend getting an adapter to go from 3/8 to 1/2. The nice thing about 3/8 is the sockets are usually slightly slimmer and shorter allowing easier access.
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I swap from winter and summer rims/tires every year so no chance of not rotating. My experience with the M18 FUEL 3/8" is different from your experience although in line with what others have experienced on GJ.
I use the M12 FUEL 3/8" for small tight spaces and the HTIW (high torque impact wrench) for everything else. There are multiple settings on all of the Fuel impacts so not much chance of stripping anything. And yes, if an impact won't loosen something then the breaker bar and penetrating oil comes out. . .followed by a torch if all else fails.
My point is, why bother with the regular M18 FUEL 3/8" when you can get the 1/2" model instead and have the flexibility to use a lower setting. The physical size of both M18 models is negligible and you can use a 1/2" to 3/8" adapter if you want.
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