Yep, I did it again - I broke another HF impact socket.
Last time, it was from doing struts on the Saturn and the socket cracked when I used it to do a final torque of the strut-to-knuckle bolts.
This time, I was tightening the strut-to-knuckle bolts on a Gen 3 Prius with my IR W7150 "monster" impact. I had been holding down the trigger for about 2 sec, and the 22mm nut had turned about 90 deg...slowly...and then I suddenly noticed that the edges of the nut were being rounded off. Sure enough, the socket had cracked. I am guessing that the impact was putting out near its 780 ft-lbs of power and the nut was being tightened to 250+ ft-lbs (yea, I know).
I had used this socket for the removal/install, so when this happened, this was the socket's 7th use of the day (and possibly its life):
I think it is time for me to upgrade to some Snap-On or IR impact sockets.
Last time, it was from doing struts on the Saturn and the socket cracked when I used it to do a final torque of the strut-to-knuckle bolts.
This time, I was tightening the strut-to-knuckle bolts on a Gen 3 Prius with my IR W7150 "monster" impact. I had been holding down the trigger for about 2 sec, and the 22mm nut had turned about 90 deg...slowly...and then I suddenly noticed that the edges of the nut were being rounded off. Sure enough, the socket had cracked. I am guessing that the impact was putting out near its 780 ft-lbs of power and the nut was being tightened to 250+ ft-lbs (yea, I know).
I had used this socket for the removal/install, so when this happened, this was the socket's 7th use of the day (and possibly its life):
I think it is time for me to upgrade to some Snap-On or IR impact sockets.