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Posted by Don Young on September 24, 2006, 11:04 pm
>
>>
>> > wrote:
>> >
>> >>Lefty loosey, Righty Tighty.
>> >>
>> >>In other words, as you look at the head of the bolt, turn it left, or
>> >>counterclockwise to loosen. Clockwise tightens.
>> >
>> > I know that. (I've known that since I was 6**.)
>> >
>> > It's how to get the impact driver to go that way when I hit it with a
>> > hammer! :)
>> >
>> >
>> > **Maybe younger, now that I remember playing with my big brother's
>> > Erector Set.
>> >
>> >>> How do I use an impact wrench?
>> >>>
>> >>> Which way should it turn when I'm compressing it if I am about to to
>> >>> use it to unscrew a bolt or screw? Which direction are you looking
>> >>> from it? :)
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> If I push the front of wrench back into the back of the wrench it
>> >>> turns either clockwise or counterclockwise, when looked at from the
>> >>> heal of the wrench, depending on the setting. (The opposite of
>> >>> course when looked at from the tip of the wrench)
>> >>>
>> >>> Which way should it turn if I want to use it to unscrew a bolt or
>> >>> screw? Which way are you looking from it? :)
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm trying to unscrew the screws holding on the oil filter of my
>> >>> recently acquired 69 Honda, not run for 35 years. Also the starter
>> >>> motor cover. So I can clean and oil them respectively.
>> >>>
>> >>> I have this problem every time I need to use this wrench and I figure
>> >>> it out, but since I'm over 50, or maybe since I was 20, I can't
>> >>> remember from one time to the next! This time, I think I have it,
>> >>> but
>> >>> none of 5 screws will budge!
>> >>>
>> >>
>> Press the driver bit tightly into the screw recess (or otherwise hold the
>> bit), turn the driver hard left (counterclockwise) until it clicks around
> in
>> that direction. While holding the driver tightly in this manner (like you
>> are trying to loosen the screw) hit the top of the driver. If you need to
>> repeat, just be sure you have the driver clicked counterclockwise and put
> as
>> much turning force on it as you reasonably can while hitting the end. You
>> have to be trying to turn the screw when you hit the driver for it to
> work.
>>
>> Don Young
>>
> That's not true. That is the whole reason there is a CW and CCW setting on
> the tool. When you hit it with a hammer, it turns one direction or the
> other
> without regard to the tension you put in either direction, or none at all.
> The advice to put it on a hard slick surface, like a tool box, and press
> on
> it, is a good way to see which way it is going.
>
>
Ok, but I just can't see how or why you would set the tool to CCW and hit it
while holding CW pressure or no pressure on it. My Snap-On driver has no CW
or CCW markings or settings, you just turn it the direction you want the
screw to go and hit it. Maybe others are different.
Don Young
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