Timberwolf125 Blades

[Marktaylor92]

Quick question everybody bit of a random one could you use an impact drill to remove blades? I have always used a ratchet set it’s starting to become a pain but didn’t want to use a impact drill before getting advice don’t want to damage anything many thanks

[Brushcutter]

26 minutes ago, Marktaylor92 said:

Quick question everybody bit of a random one could you use an impact drill to remove blades? I have always used a ratchet set it’s starting to become a pain but didn’t want to use a impact drill before getting advice don’t want to damage anything many thanks

 

Can you - yes.

Should you - probably not 

 

I cant see why undoing them at that the low torque they are at would hurt with an impact. Doing them up with an impact is a big no no. 

 

[Mark Bolam]

No.

Those torq heads are a real twat for stripping at the best of times.

 

They are always full of crud.

Any time really cleaning them out thoroughly (a dental pick is best) is time well spent.

Make sure the bit is really well seated.

Once you’ve cracked them it’s not exactly a big job to wind them out with a ratchet.

 

If you strip them it’s a real f-on.

 

 

 

Don’t ask me how I know this….

[woody paul]

I ve undone the ones on my 150 since I bought an impact wrench, you haven't got to jam flywheel to remove them. But you need to clean them out well. 

Edited Friday at 22:31 by woody paul

[kram]

A cordless ratchet is a great tool, they dont have the hammer or power of an impact wrench so are not going to strip any heads. Great when theres bad access to a bolt.

 

If the heads are covered in shite, you need to clean that, whatever tool your using.

[woody paul]

13 hours ago, kram said:

A cordless ratchet is a great tool, they dont have the hammer or power of an impact wrench so are not going to strip any heads. Great when theres bad access to a bolt.

 

If the heads are covered in shite, you need to clean that, whatever tool your using.

It's the rattle from hammer action you need. 

[Bob The Dog]

Tried it once on the Greenmech and stripped the torx head out of the first bolt I came to (as Mark has said). I now always loosen them with a breaker bar kept at 90 degrees to the bolt, having cleaned the bolt head, and tapped the torx socket into the bolt head with a hammer, and then wind them out from there with an impact driver to save a bit of time. I wind them back in with the same impact driver but only til they nip up loosely, and then a torque wrench to finish them off.