A picture of an impact gun and socket set, with text that reads "ICE LUG NUTS HATE HIM! With this one weird trick! LEARN THE TRUTH NOW"

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[–] 30 points 1 year ago* (8 children)

This will also ruin someone's day

one of these

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    How quickly can these remove the valve? could you cut off the stem with wirecutters faster?

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    10 seconds or less. Leaves no damage or trace. I carry one in my glovebox.

    If it's for ICE, cut it, fuck em.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Clippers make a loud CLICK when used, wrench is mostly silent, just the sound of slowly escaping air.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago*

    You can loosen it enough without taking the whole valve and air will disappear in roughly 10 minutes. Hopefully while they're on the hwy driving away lol

    If they're close enough to hear those clippers clip, you're doing it wrong and dangerously.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    How does it go when you remove them from a fully pressurized tire? I have only ever removed cores when the tire was empty or had a low amount of pressure.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 year ago (13 children)

    I'm OOTL Please fill me in?

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  • [–] 49 points 1 year ago (11 children)

    If the ICE vehicles don't have wheels, they can't move very fast...

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    ICE as in Internal Combustion Engine, or as in the US neo-brownshirts?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    Your problem is you are probably using an impact driver numbers vs impact wrench. Even compact battery impact wrenches can get over 300 ft-lbs of breakaway torque. The beefiest consumer cordless can get over 1000. That'll rip those lug nuts right off.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)
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    Ha, I haven’t seen these, the Torque Test Channel needs one!

    Looks like a standard drill/driver with a torque multiplier bolted to it. I wonder what that does to the impact force?

    The harder the hit the better generally, but cordless sometimes substitutes speed of hits, these multipliers would slow that way down.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    They have a huge lineup of tools, some corded, some air, and then the battery lineup. Probably something for everyone.

    I think at those torque levels the hit of impact doesn't matter, because its not doing an impact to try to torque a resistive nut, there will be a bracket that touches the workpiece to resist the 11000 counter torque.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I also wonder what kind of bolts will need that amount of torque to tighten or loosen. They use much heavier impacts on train tracks (even gas powered ones with shoulder harnesses).

    It would seem like when torquing things that large that bars and multipliers would still be the most accurate. But there must be a need for this kind of tool.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Some of their models are super accurate for aviation etc, and have PC connection so you can feed bolt torqure values back to your inspection reports. The planetary gearing reduction seems to mean you don't need to lug around giant bars and mutlipliers. But what needs 11000 ftlbs?? Ships maybe?

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    A pair of wire snips will cut tire stems right off, and quickly.

    A can of expanding foam up the tailpipe into the muffler, and/or emptied into an engine compartment will ruin anyone's day.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    5 lug nuts can be loosened in about 5 seconds with a heavy duty impact wrench. If you've ever seen tires get stolen it only takes about 15 seconds to pull off.

    That will be enough to disable the car. It'll get moving before they notice it.

    Make sure the battery is at full charge. Chevy typically uses 12mm or 14mm lug nuts in their trucks.

    Used motor oil and sand in a water balloon also completely obstructs the view through any window and can't be cleaned off.

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  • [–] 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Don't forget you can also ugga dugga them with an impact gun and cause the bolts to snap, so even if they get new lug nuts they aren't going anywhere unless it's up a flatbed

    Also don't forget your locking nut key for those pesky lock nuts

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Also don't forget your locking nut key for those pesky lock nuts

    Leaving only those will make for a bigger surprise a few minutes later when they take a corner at speed. Or hit a bump.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    Just be careful because the pictured drill will break your wrist if you let it.

    Know your tool before you use it.

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    [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Slashing tires is faster and quieter.

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    [–] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Or, a small pair of pliers can open a brake bleed valve.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Fucking with the brakes risks getting bystanders involved, though.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    I Prefer Milwaukee, potayto potahto

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