(maybe in the wrong forum but don't know where to go)
ok, want to buy a power tool to remove "high" torqe nut like wheel bearing, what do u guys use?

what do u guys think about this?

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=45252
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=92798
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=46701

second and third one not sure what the different? go with wired or cordless? which is more reliable?

appreciate for the input.

 

you can remove it by hand really.. you can put in well over 200 ft/lb torque

 

just get a craftsman breaker bar, stick a 4-foot section of steel piping over it, and it WILL come free

 

I'd be surprised if any of those 3 would do it for a well-tightened locknut. I used to have a cheap 1/2"-drive electric impact wrench like that and it could barely remove the lugnuts (yet it claimed up to 230 ft/lbs torque)

On the other hand, my Central Pneumatic (air-powered) 625ft/lb impact wrench ripped off the axle locknuts in about... 3-4 seconds each

 

thanks Spirilis, that is what I want to know, guess cheap impact wrench won't do the job at all, might go to Sears get a decent one or Dewalt, if those not working at all then just return it. and like Irish said, man power do the job!!!

 

It's fairly easy. Stick a tie rod puller or long crow bar through the lug nuts and use the ground for the leverage. Find a long pipe to put leverage on the breaker bar, (I think mine was a junk 10 feet metal tube), get a good grip, and easily undue your axle nut.

 

what about put it back, fac. spec 180-240 lb/ft, my torque wrench only reach 150? kind of worry not tight enough or over kill it.

 

Well not a scientific method but I judged by my own weight. I had to go to an alignment shop anyways, and they checked the torque on it, and I was good.

 

i used a 5' steel pipe as a breaker bar to take it off. i think when you are tightening it if you are off 10 ft/pd or so, it wont affect anything.