\nIt’s common knowledge that impact wrenches can have amazing functionality with loosening stubborn fasteners. How they work is for another post; the loosening capability, as a number, is the topic of this one.<\/p>\n
\nI am looking at an impact wrench with stated torque of 1500 inch*pounds. Since there are twelve inches in a foot, that leads to 125 foot*pounds.<\/p>\n
Not surprisingly, impact wrenches are available with significantly more torque than the one I’m looking at; this one here<\/a> seems to report 2000 inch*pounds, or 167 foot*pounds of torque.<\/p>\n \nFor perspective, the lug nuts of the jeep I currently work on are meant to be torqued to 100 foot*pounds.<\/p>\n \nOf course, in the mechanical context, one should never use an impact wrench to tighten, only to loosen.<\/p>\n \nSource:<\/p>\n sparkyx.ca<\/a><\/p>\nJack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Self-tutoring about the physics of tools: the tutor mentions some torque numbers of impact wrenches. It’s common knowledge that impact wrenches can have amazing functionality with loosening stubborn fasteners. How they work is for another post; the loosening capability, as …<\/p>\n