Hot take: impact guns beat breaker bars for rusty suspension bolts

Ngl I see people breaking knuckles with breaker bars on control arm bolts all the time. Grabbed my Milwaukee impact last week and popped a seized lower ball joint bolt on a 2002 F-150 in under 30 seconds. Anyone else make the switch or am I the odd one out?

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alice_hart15d ago

You ever watch a buddy go at a rusty tie rod with a breaker bar and a four-foot pipe? Mine did that for an hour, sweating and cussing, then finally gave up and borrowed my electric impact. It zipped that nut off in maybe ten seconds flat. He just stood there holding the breaker bar looking real stupid.

angela68715d ago

Was he really that surprised a power tool did it faster?

carter.laura15d ago

Did you try hitting it with some penetrating oil first and letting it soak?