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Old 11-16-2018, 05:03 PM   #8 (permalink)
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How much time would this save?

Impact guns are fast, right, which is why they are so popular? It took far too long to find a picture of someone using an impact wrench to remove a tire. I watched at least ten ChrisFix videos where he either used hand tools or removed the lugnuts off-camera. South Main Auto Repair to the rescue!



As far as I can tell, the first lugnut is 1x, but then he speeds up through the rest. If you can average 1.21 seconds each and there are twenty, it would take 24.2 seconds to do all four wheels. If you had the right Multi-Spindle and magically did not need to line up the sockets, you could potentially save 19.36 seconds! If a tire technician normally replaces twenty-five sets of tires a day (I do not have any idea), this would save them eight minutes a day!

How fast would it work if you divide the torque by at least five?

That is what I get for feeling excited about something.

Well, time to fix the passenger fender on my Accord. Somehow it shifted and now the door will not open. My brother attempted to force it!
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