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Hopefully you don't have a damper. If you do just take it somewhere to get it done. Or get a torque multiplier, very helpful for lightweight damper owners. :wink:
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Torque multiplier 😂 like a breaker bar extender 😂
AKA a piece of pipe. I must say however that tool does look nifty. Maybe I should buy it so I can get my wheels off after some lowland gorilla with a rattle gun at the tyre shop, has done my wheel nuts up to 2,000 Lb/ft when fixing a flat.
 
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I have done three Rangers in the last couple of months and I am going to do one more axle nut removal next weekend. I use a half inch cordless Milwaukee impact which removes it like butter. Borrow a half inch impact from somebody, it will make your life 100% easier!!!!!
 


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I must have the girl version of impact gun. I checked the torque when doing my tires one time.
All it can muster is 80ft/lbs on a standard atmospheric day.
No possibility of me over-torquing lug nuts with that sissy uggadugga
 

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I must have the girl version of impact gun. I checked the torque when doing my tires one time.
All it can muster is 80ft/lbs on a standard atmospheric day.
No possibility of me over-torquing lug nuts with that sissy uggadugga
I have one that will do 90, it's my dedicated wheel ugga dugga.
 

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I have done three Rangers in the last couple of months and I am going to do one more axle nut removal next weekend. I use a half inch cordless Milwaukee impact which removes it like butter. Borrow a half inch impact from somebody, it will make your life 100% easier!!!!!
Agreed. Not much the twins can not handle.

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Here's a shot of a torque multiplier for my VW. Its setup for rear axle nut and flywheel nut. Even a damper guy can muster 25 or 30 ft lbs of torque.
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I've also used this method -
Torque is simply the amount of force you apply (lbs) multiplied by the distance from the thing you're rotating (ft), hence the unit "ft-lbs" (foot pounds). If you apply 50 lbs of force 6 inches (.5ft) away from the bolt head, then you're applying 25ft-lb of torque. The same 50lbs applied at the end of a 2ft wrench would give 100ft-lb of torque.
So if you are 210 lbs, put a 2 ft pipe on the wrench, mark off 1 ft. and stand on it until it's tight.
I'll leave the rest of the math up to you. 😁
 

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“horticulture venture” - my friend’s brother had one of those in a remote part of the southern British Columbia coastal rainforest back in the 80s. :wink:
Colorado was kinda the "wild west" for a while.
 

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As others have said get a Impact gun. Electric might work but air is best. When installing just use the impact again.
I don’t know man, the Milwaukee 18v Fuel 1/2” Impact is a beast. 1400lbs of take off torque.
 

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I don’t know man, the Milwaukee 18v Fuel 1/2” Impact is a beast. 1400lbs of take off torque.
That is with a Battery at 100% charge. Below that it goes down. In my line of work(Forklift Mechanic) I have times that Electric Impacts are the better way to go, but when I have Air Available I will use Air over Electric.
 

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I'm sure nobody wants to hear this but you should never use an impact to loosen or tighten axle nuts. The reason is the impact will dent the ball and race of the CV joint shortening it's life. The best way is with a long handled ratchet or breaker bar.
 

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I'm sure nobody wants to hear this but you should never use an impact to loosen or tighten axle nuts. The reason is the impact will dent the ball and race of the CV joint shortening it's life. The best way is with a long handled ratchet or breaker bar.
Yeah, good luck with that.... Unless you have someone holding the brake pedal down it won't happen that way
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