You can loosen it enough without taking the whole valve and air will disappear in roughly 10 minutes. Hopefully while they're on the hwy driving away lol
If they're close enough to hear those clippers clip, you're doing it wrong and dangerously.
How does it go when you remove them from a fully pressurized tire? I have only ever removed cores when the tire was empty or had a low amount of pressure.
Don’t fully unscrew it and you should be fine. Removing it completely makes a lot of noise, especially with higher pressure truck, uhaul and suv tires.
Your problem is you are probably using an impact driver numbers vs impact wrench. Even compact battery impact wrenches can get over 300 ft-lbs of breakaway torque. The beefiest consumer cordless can get over 1000. That'll rip those lug nuts right off.
They have a huge lineup of tools, some corded, some air, and then the battery lineup.
Probably something for everyone.
I think at those torque levels the hit of impact doesn't matter, because its not doing an impact to try to torque a resistive nut, there will be a bracket that touches the workpiece to resist the 11000 counter torque.
I also wonder what kind of bolts will need that amount of torque to tighten or loosen. They use much heavier impacts on train tracks (even gas powered ones with shoulder harnesses).
It would seem like when torquing things that large that bars and multipliers would still be the most accurate. But there must be a need for this kind of tool.
5 lug nuts can be loosened in about 5 seconds with a heavy duty impact wrench. If you've ever seen tires get stolen it only takes about 15 seconds to pull off.
That will be enough to disable the car. It'll get moving before they notice it.
Make sure the battery is at full charge. Chevy typically uses 12mm or 14mm lug nuts in their trucks.
Used motor oil and sand in a water balloon also completely obstructs the view through any window and can't be cleaned off.
Don't forget you can also ugga dugga them with an impact gun and cause the bolts to snap, so even if they get new lug nuts they aren't going anywhere unless it's up a flatbed
Also don't forget your locking nut key for those pesky lock nuts
Messing with the wheels can too if your plan isn't leaving it sitting on cinder blocks. A runaway tire can do some damage at speed. Or if heaven forbid the vehicle rolls. Definitely wouldn't want that to happen.
39 Comments
PanaX@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 303d
This will also ruin someone's day
ape_arms@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 303d
How quickly can these remove the valve? could you cut off the stem with wirecutters faster?
thermal_shock@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 303d
10 seconds or less. Leaves no damage or trace. I carry one in my glovebox.
If it's for ICE, cut it, fuck em.
Simulation6@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 302d
Clippers make a loud CLICK when used, wrench is mostly silent, just the sound of slowly escaping air.
thermal_shock@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 302d
You can loosen it enough without taking the whole valve and air will disappear in roughly 10 minutes. Hopefully while they're on the hwy driving away lol
If they're close enough to hear those clippers clip, you're doing it wrong and dangerously.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 302d
You can just kick them if they’re rubber, sometimes it’sjusta little tear that wont even really make noise.
SleeplessCityLights@programming.dev · 2 pts · 302d
How does it go when you remove them from a fully pressurized tire? I have only ever removed cores when the tire was empty or had a low amount of pressure.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 302d
Don’t fully unscrew it and you should be fine. Removing it completely makes a lot of noise, especially with higher pressure truck, uhaul and suv tires.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 302d
Loosen somewhat, it'll whizz out and they might be on the move before it runs flat. Then the tire is ruined.
funkajunk@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 303d
I'm OOTL Please fill me in?
AreaKode@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 303d
If the ICE vehicles don't have wheels, they can't move very fast...
erusuoyera@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 303d
ICE as in Internal Combustion Engine, or as in the US neo-brownshirts?
AreaKode@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 303d
Specifically the SS rounding up everyone who doesn't look like them.
Clearwater@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 303d
Last I checked, EVs also have tires, so probably not the former. :P
Crashumbc@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 302d
This is big if true.
Trex202@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 303d
Yes
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 303d
TheAristocrat@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 303d
Your problem is you are probably using an impact driver numbers vs impact wrench. Even compact battery impact wrenches can get over 300 ft-lbs of breakaway torque. The beefiest consumer cordless can get over 1000. That'll rip those lug nuts right off.
BCsven@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 303d
You can get 11000 ftlbs in a battery handheld. https://www.radtorque.com/products/b-rad-x/
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 302d
Ha, I haven’t seen these, the Torque Test Channel needs one!
Looks like a standard drill/driver with a torque multiplier bolted to it. I wonder what that does to the impact force?
The harder the hit the better generally, but cordless sometimes substitutes speed of hits, these multipliers would slow that way down.
BCsven@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 302d
They have a huge lineup of tools, some corded, some air, and then the battery lineup. Probably something for everyone.
I think at those torque levels the hit of impact doesn't matter, because its not doing an impact to try to torque a resistive nut, there will be a bracket that touches the workpiece to resist the 11000 counter torque.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 301d
I also wonder what kind of bolts will need that amount of torque to tighten or loosen. They use much heavier impacts on train tracks (even gas powered ones with shoulder harnesses).
It would seem like when torquing things that large that bars and multipliers would still be the most accurate. But there must be a need for this kind of tool.
Botzo@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 303d
Battery powered impact driver plus a deep socket set = you can remove lug nuts or bolts (securing a wheel to a vehicle) in very quick fashion.
Here's a compact socket set that will handle most every consumer vehicle too: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00EHK86WS.
Almost the same one at HF where you can pay cash: https://www.harborfreight.com/12-in-drive-impact-flip-socket-set-3-piece-62491.html
SPRUNT@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 303d
A pair of wire snips will cut tire stems right off, and quickly.
A can of expanding foam up the tailpipe into the muffler, and/or emptied into an engine compartment will ruin anyone's day.
SippyCup@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 302d
5 lug nuts can be loosened in about 5 seconds with a heavy duty impact wrench. If you've ever seen tires get stolen it only takes about 15 seconds to pull off.
That will be enough to disable the car. It'll get moving before they notice it.
Make sure the battery is at full charge. Chevy typically uses 12mm or 14mm lug nuts in their trucks.
Used motor oil and sand in a water balloon also completely obstructs the view through any window and can't be cleaned off.
Longpork3@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 302d
Those nut sizes seem way off. The smallest I have seen are 17mm, with most cars and light vehicles being 19-22mm
vaionko@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 301d
12mm and 14mm sound right for the size of the bolt itself, the bolt head is gonna be larger. I know my car uses 14mm bolts with a 17mm head
BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 303d
Don't forget you can also ugga dugga them with an impact gun and cause the bolts to snap, so even if they get new lug nuts they aren't going anywhere unless it's up a flatbed
Also don't forget your locking nut key for those pesky lock nuts
Botzo@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 303d
Leaving only those will make for a bigger surprise a few minutes later when they take a corner at speed. Or hit a bump.
ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 303d
If only one is locking just break the others. Locking will break in short order.
prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 303d
Just be careful because the pictured drill will break your wrist if you let it.
Know your tool before you use it.
db2@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 303d
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 303d
Or, a small pair of pliers can open a brake bleed valve.
TallonMetroid@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 303d
Fucking with the brakes risks getting bystanders involved, though.
Macchi_the_Slime@piefed.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 302d
Messing with the wheels can too if your plan isn't leaving it sitting on cinder blocks. A runaway tire can do some damage at speed. Or if heaven forbid the vehicle rolls. Definitely wouldn't want that to happen.
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com · 7 pts · 303d
Slashing tires is faster and quieter.
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 12 pts · 303d
Why use it on the vehicle and not the ICE agents? Rip their sacks right off with 2500 lbs of torque.
Quadhammer@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 303d
Caltrops
thagoat@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 303d
I Prefer Milwaukee, potayto potahto