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Helpful Tech Tools & DIY Garage Tips Do you have any helpful tech tools you made yourself or some home brewed DIY garage tips to help you work on your vehicle at home? If you do, place them here. Try to include pictures so everyone can get a good idea of what you are talking about.

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Old 05-07-2009, 09:27 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Craftsman Impact Driver - Model 47641 at Sears.com
This thing will be your go to tool for stuck fasteners of all types. It is alot better then trying to drag a compressor and air tools out to the boneyard.
If you have a stuck phillips or flat that you can't break loose with hand power alone, leave it and grab this, a couple sprays of pb blaster and a couple whacks with a hammer and this thing will turn that screw right out. Also works with 3/8 drive sockets. I have only met maybe two fasteners that this thing couldn't remove and those ended up needing a bit of torching to remove them.
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I bought one of these many years ago and still havent used it, I actually forgot I had it till you made this post!
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I've used one twice now.. borrowed it from the motorcycle shop both times, I cant wait to remember I want one next time I'm tool shopping
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Falls in the category of "what to use until your cut off/air hammer air is up to pressure."

If you are real lucky, walk over pridefully and turn thae damn thing off because it's done.<G>

The trick with these is the bit has to fit just right.

I've had one for decades and still find a compressor and the air tools essential.
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It works great for getting stripped fasteners out, Flat, phillips, allen and hex. So it doesn't have to fit just right. Can you bring your comp. and air tools with you on the road? at the junkyard?
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Sounds like a great alternative to those 12V portable electric impact wrenches... Mine is so slow and annoying (I now carry a breaker bar or that good ol' fashioned X wrench).
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I've had one of those for years. Mostly used it on front wheel drive disc brake rotors where they used a screw to hold the rotor to the hub. This tool usually made quick work of breaking loose that screw.
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I have had one for years too, I bought it while wrenching in a motorcycle shop. It was indispensable working with Phillips screws on Japanese bikes.
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I've even used the bit holder socket from it with and used it with my impact gun.
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I have one. I haven't used it yet, but it's good to know it is there if I need it.
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