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Am I the only one who spent a year tightening valve covers with a 3/8 impact?
I was doing a routine service on a 6.7 Powerstroke in our Houston shop last week and my apprentice just stared at me and said, 'Dude, you know you're supposed to hand-torque those, right?'. I've been zipping them on for ages, thinking the gasket would just squish right. What's the dumbest 'aha' moment you've had with a tool?
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betty_kelly929d ago
Honestly, I mean, an impact on low setting gets you close enough for most jobs.
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lewis.finley28d agoTop Commenter
Yeah, low torque is the real secret for most stuff... saves a ton of stripped bolts. High setting is just for when things are really stuck.
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emmaclark28d ago
Right? Why do they even make the high setting so crazy strong? I stripped so many things learning that lesson the hard way. Low really is the sweet spot.
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lindag3319d ago
Wait, so you were just full-on impacting them down? No wonder your apprentice was staring. That's a wild amount of force for something that just needs to seal. It makes me wonder, what finally made you stop and realize you had to change your method? Was it just that one comment, or did you finally wreck something?
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