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(07-17-2010, 11:37 PM)moon111 Wrote: I put the heat and impact on one bolt holding the front strut in place... spent all afternoon and got no-where. 20mins, 1 hour times? Real time: 1-2 days LOL! I'm thinking about cranking my compressor past it's recommended max, hoping the tank doesn't blow.. maybe that will help? Someone suggest a different impact gun, as some don't work as well as others, and mine was pretty cheap.

the tank will hold far more than you'll ever use on an impact gun, turning up the psi won't help a whole lot, if the guns maxed out for torque then the extra psi is just useless stress on the parts. mastercraft's impact wrench is a nice piece (not that expensive either for what you get), maxes out at like 450ft/lbs IIRC.

while i was swapping the rear susp in my car, the passenger side took me a good hour as the bolt that is at the bottom of the LCA was rusted inside the sleeve. sprayed "knocker-loose" and was going at it with the impact wrench till it broke free.

the driver side however for some reason was practically mint, i swapped out the spring and shock in 20minutes or less. same goes for when i did the fronts, passenger side was a total PITA lol.