Sundie just posted about his impact gun being phenomenal http://www.xs650.com/forum/showthread.php?p=8774#post8774
Is it just me, or are all impact gun ratings way over rated?? Or maybe I should stop buying crappy impact guns or maybe I need to give them lots more air.. Or maybe both?
I have been able to remove nuts with all my weight on an 18" breaker bar that a 750 ft-lb impact couldn't remove even at 120 psi. And I sure as hell don't weigh (750/18)12 = 500lbs!!! I think the quick connects on both ends of the hose are a restricting point and might be part of the problem, but I'm pretty sure the impacts themselves are probably also way over rated. I feel like I'd need 1/2" id hose all the way to the gun and a compressor capable of twice the cfm required, to be able to make them perform at even half what the box says they'll do
Is it just me, or are all impact gun ratings way over rated?? Or maybe I should stop buying crappy impact guns or maybe I need to give them lots more air.. Or maybe both?
I have been able to remove nuts with all my weight on an 18" breaker bar that a 750 ft-lb impact couldn't remove even at 120 psi. And I sure as hell don't weigh (750/18)12 = 500lbs!!! I think the quick connects on both ends of the hose are a restricting point and might be part of the problem, but I'm pretty sure the impacts themselves are probably also way over rated. I feel like I'd need 1/2" id hose all the way to the gun and a compressor capable of twice the cfm required, to be able to make them perform at even half what the box says they'll do