Old 07-20-21, 10:47 PM
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Russ Roth
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Originally Posted by masi61
yeah - some things are odd like that. I really am tempted to speed things up considerably by just pressurizing my air compressor and giving the air impact a whirl.
Not the worst idea at all and it does work.
Although these tools are designed to accept a ratchet/breaker bar the BB tool doesn't work right when you do so, they just prefer to cam out. Best is if you can put the open end of a 32mm wrench on there so the wrench can sit close to the frame and can be parallel to the frame, you can put some real pressure on the wrench while the tool will stay in the BB. There's also a bolt that pedros makes that screws into the BB through the BB tool and has a nut that locks the tool in place, I've contemplated buying one but the large wrench has yet to let me down. A breaker bar just won't do it.
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