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1200 ft lb of torque compared to the 261 model with 1100. Their website recommends 1/2".I paid about 380 for mine, now looks like the best deal amazon has is 390, compared to 388 for the 261. If that's what you have to use, you can hit it for a few seconds, let the hose fill back up, hit it again, or spring for a fatter hose. This thing is strong. The 261 is mega heavy compared to this one too. I recall getting the 261 for 325 about 10 years ago. Keep in mind, standard shop air hoses are only 1/4", and really don't provide the cfm needed to run this tool.
I've tried more than a few, this beats a lot of 1" guns as far as power goes. Its light weight certainly makes it very manageable so it won't wear you out. I got a great price and saved alot of $. If you want a lightweight, kick-butt impact gun for heavy duty work, this is it. It's small enough to fit in limited spaces, and with a 1/2" hose, is strong enough for tough truck work. Highly recommended. I use mine daily on dual wheel trucks and buses and have had no problems with it since I've owned it.
This is a great product. It is light weight, solidly built, and has plenty of power.
That was to attempt removing the crankshaft pulley bolt on my Honda Accord 2.2L. The IR 2141 made that part of the job easy. I tried my impact (~400 ft-lbs, no luck). I bought the crankshaft pulley holding tool (a must, which does a great job keeping the crankshaft/harmonic balancer in place) and tried to breaker bar the bolt off as per many recommendations out there.
I highly recommend this tool. I have done that before, and the breaker would've definitely have snapped first. Took a total of 1-2 seconds --amazing. I ordered IR 2141. In the first split second nothing, then a slight movement, then the bolt spun completely right out. Got this impact wrench for specifically one purpose.
Well, I had a cheater bar on the thing and nearly snapped the 1/2 drive off. I then got my hands on the IR 2135 titanium 1/2 drive (up to 780 ft-lbs) no luck. No cracked breaker bars or having to torch bolts. I put the IR 2141 on that bolt with the air from my Craftsman 33 gal compressor and hit that bolt hard. Anyone who has tried to remove this bolt (read the forums) will tell you, that it can be as difficult to remove as any fastener out there. I was then was backed into a corner with my car on jackstands for nearly a week.
Now if I can only finish the rest of it. It has a 3/4 drive, so it took a while finding a 3/4 drive 19 mm impact socket (only one auto part store in Atlanta had it, and only at one of their stores-NAPA).
While that gun is strong indeed, the 2141 does the same in a small format (Chinese gun is 38 lbs). So the gun was removing lugs at the lowest setting. Also, I find that the 3/4 sockets are easier to find and cheaper than 1 inch. A moment later I realize I had the gun on the lowest setting. Been using this gun(2141) for a few months now.
Have been using a Large 1 inch format gun (cheapie Chinese jobs) with a rating of 1600 lbs of torque. When you are working with very heavy things all day it is nice to get a break at some point, this gun is a dream.I use this to pull off lugs on heavy tractors and trailers, both inboard and outboard type wheels. Changed the setting and Blaaappp, the lug was off. These are heavy lugs that are usually put on at the highest setting, so the 2141 removed 9 out of 10 at the lowest setting.Additionally, because of the small format, the gun fits where that larger gun wont. The performance is unlike any other.
While it may be a tight squeeze on some wheels because it lacks the two to six inch extension of the large guns, it does manage to fit in and get on the lugs. I have used it in engine cavities where you cant fit a breaker bar as well.I would recommend buying this gun as a mainstay for most heavy stuff and buy the cheap 1" gun for $100 as a backup if at all Although I do maintain a full range of the 1 inch sockets anyhow (Hey, I already own them)I had one occasion where a lug just wouldn't move so I saved it for last, let the compressor fill up, tried again and it still didn't come off.
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