California
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- Joined
- Jan 22, 2004
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- Location
- An hour north of San Francisco
- Tractor
- Yanmar YM240 Yanmar YM186D
Followup on the little Ryobi impact driver that claims 1600 inch-pounds.I have the Ryobi impact driver as well. Mine is pretty weak compared to my Northern Tool electric impact. I seriously doubt they can meet their 1600 in lb claims. But, it is a decent little driver. Used it to drive all the 3/8" thick 6" long lag screws for my fence a few years back. Worked great.I bought the latest version of Ryobi's little impact driver Ryobi P236 Cordless Impact Driver - $69 at Home Depot. Claimed 1600 inch-pounds, I assume that translates as 133 ft lbs. This tool isn't as strong as the HF impact wrench, it needs lugnuts started with a breaker bar same as the HF tool, but at half the weight and cordless it is a lot more convenient...
Today I replaced a tire on the little watering trailer pictured above, and torqued the lugs with the Ryobi until the socket wouldn't move. Then I used a beam torque wrench to finish tightening the lugs. It took just over 50 ft/lbs to tighten the lugs beyond what the Ryobi could do. The Ryobi is very handy but this is a huge variance from claimed specs.
Doesn't (claimed) 1600 inch-pounds translate to 133 ft lbs? What am I missing here?