Shake n break

[JOEPRO]

Just got these on the way home from USA. Made in USA:



The way these work is you apply torque with a spanner (aviation or otherwise) and use an air hammer to transfer the impact into the bolt to help break any grip rust may have.

Not a great demo but the Idea here:

I seen some versions available on amazon UK but they looked "too cheap" and probably would twist apart in use.

These are very interesting to me for removing very rusted car suspension bolts and similar. And any large Allen drive fixings like diff support bolts that MB love to use.

I will report back on how well these work when I get to use em in a few weeks time. I have a very rusty w124 coupe to pull the whole suspension out of for restoration.

Thinking about it these will work on flange nuts / bolts very well. But for regular bolts I would need stubby type impact sockets so they pass the impact blows to the fixing only.

 

[roofman]

Just got these on the way home from USA. Made in USA:

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The way these work is you apply torque with a spanner (aviation or otherwise) and use an air hammer to transfer the impact into the bolt to help break any grip rust may have.

Not a great demo but the Idea here:

I seen some versions available on amazon UK but they looked "too cheap" and probably would twist apart in use.

These are very interesting to me for removing very rusted car suspension bolts and similar. And any large Allen drive fixings like diff support bolts that MB love to use.

I will report back on how well these work when I get to use em in a few weeks time. I have a very rusty w124 coupe to pull the whole suspension out of for restoration.

Thinking about it these will work on flange nuts / bolts very well. But for regular bolts I would need stubby type impact sockets so they pass the impact blows to the fixing only.

I have owned a S430 and a S500 (loved that one) in the past, i still have an unused bush removal kit here if you can find it useful...pay the post and its yours.

 

[Robotstar5]

I bought the Sealey version a few years ago, handy tool.

 

[Kram]

Is that tool not roughtly the same idea an an impact gun but a bigger pain to use? I imagine more people have impacts than air hammers?

 

[Robotstar5]

Is that tool not roughtly the same idea an an impact gun but a bigger pain to use? I imagine more people have impacts than air hammers?

No, the shake n' break allows you to control the turning force while the air hammer supplies the impacts

 

[Cobbler]

I made (bodged) one some years ago with a pozi screwdriver end to remove some car hinges. It worked well until I broke off the tip, but I’ve never repaired it. I expect one day I will need it & rush round looking for a screwdriver to cut up & mend it.

 

[JOEPRO]

I have owned a S430 and a S500 (loved that one) in the past, i still have an unused bush removal kit here if you can find it useful...pay the post and its yours.

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Very nice w220 there! They are great driving cars. I have 2x of them- an S430L and a S600L bi turbo. Both have had extensive restoration carried out by me to keep them sound for many decades to come hopefully.





Thank you for the kind offer on the tool I will pm you