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Fellas,
I'm re-organizing the new garage. I haven't set up new big compressor yet,
so I've been working with the contractor model I used around the house (135
psi, oil-lube contractor model--I've actually been pleasantly surprised).
I found my old IR2131 in a box a while back--it's been in that box since
maybe 1999. Before that it was used maybe ten times, total.
I dumped some air tool oil in the intake and it spun. I was going to rotate
my tires yesterday, and it wouldn't remove the lug nuts.
Now to be fair, I couldn't get them off with a breaker bar, either. But the
gun is supposed to be better than 600 lb. ft., IIRC. I should have spun
those off no problem. I wouldn't have ever used it at more than 100 p.s.i.
on the old compressor, so it shouldn't be lacking there.
I thought maybe it needed a rebuild, but before I do it I thought I'd ask
you guys. Do these things just 'age'? I remember pulling apart other
impacts in the shop back then, but I don't remember their guts. Maybe a
seal has dry-rotted?
Or are tire shops just sticking wheels on tighter now? I couldn't budge
that thing with an 18: breaker and everything I had.
Scott
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<div dir=3D"ltr">Fellas,<div><br></div><div>I'm re-organizing the new g=
arage. I haven't set up new big compressor yet, so I've been workin=
g with the contractor model I used around the house (135 psi, oil-lube cont=
ractor model--I've actually been pleasantly surprised).</div><div><br><=
/div><div>I found my old IR2131 in a box a while back--it's been in tha=
t box since maybe 1999. Before that it was used maybe ten times, total.</di=
v><div><br></div><div>I dumped some air tool oil in the intake and it spun.=
I was going to rotate my tires yesterday, and it wouldn't remove the l=
ug nuts.</div><div><br></div><div>Now to be fair, I couldn't get them o=
ff with a breaker bar, either. But the gun is supposed to be better than 60=
0 lb. ft., IIRC. I should have spun those off no problem. I wouldn't ha=
ve ever used it at more than 100 p.s.i. on the old compressor, so it should=
n't be lacking there.</div><div><br></div><div>I thought maybe it neede=
d a rebuild, but before I do it I thought I'd ask you guys. Do these th=
ings just 'age'? I remember pulling apart other impacts in the shop=
back then, but I don't remember their guts. Maybe a seal has dry-rotte=
d?</div><div><br></div><div>Or are tire shops just sticking wheels on tight=
er now? I couldn't budge that thing with an 18: breaker and everything =
I had.</div><div><br></div><div>Scott</div></div>
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