Originally Posted by user52165
Originally Posted by Wolf359
I'm going to try it on some water heater anode rods. I had to use an 18 inch breaker bar with a 3 foot pipe extension to break those free with 2 people. We'll see how 1400 foot pounds do.
Not sure what water heater you were working on, but that kind of force would normally break a home unit, or break it's mounting. Some penetrant first would be good.
It's not the brute force of "1400 ft/lbs" (sic) as much as it is the hammer action of quick impacts that will make it work for you.
I have a Milwaukee 2860 rated 450/600 ft/lbs which will take off any car fastener including crank bolts.
Yeah, that was with some Kroil first and it still took the 3 foot pipe to loosen them. Did 8 water heaters, 4 came loose with the 18 inch bar, the other 4 needed the 3 foot bar. But it was still a bear. They were all fine afterwards. They were already at the 4-7 year mark so I was ok with breaking a water heater anyway, but they were all fine. That was years ago and now I'm hoping I can just do it with a 2 man crew instead of 3. Making one last another 5-6 years easily pays for this impact wrench.