justin_o_guy2
Serious Thumper
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East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
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Pawnshops have tools. A used impact is as good as a new one in 5 years. Barring some kind of abuse, but a lame impact will handle everything Ive had to do so far. There are sockets, individually available, often by the pound instead of piece. Harbor Freight has a set of 1/2" drive impact metric sockets pretty cheap. 6 pointers. I got some, no more slop than high class ones. I have tools from many makers & in some places, the need for higher quality justifies the expense. Some places, cheap works fine. I think the Harbor Freight impact sockets are plenty well made for the kind of use they will see maintaining this little bike. A small compressor just means taking longer, its still a lot easier than without air & going back together with the clutch, having air meant I didnt have to back up the motor to tighten the clutch pack, just a quick blip on the trigger.
BTW, Ingersoll Rand impacts have an incremental; trigger & can be run slowly, which can be helpful, especially if a wobble socket is on it. Most, like Chicago Pneumatic are wide open or off. This is where I spend the $$$. Ingersoll Rand 1/2 & a Mac Tools 3/8ths, and an air ratchet3/8ths, I think its a Mac, also, but one of the sweetest tools in the box is the 1/4" air ratchet. Made swappi9ng the radiator out on the Honda Civic a non knucklescraping deal.
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