From what I've measured it's about 750mm so it's originally probably 29.5"
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Today, well last night, I fixed my 1/2 inch air impact gun.
It doesn't get much use as my Metabo battery one does pretty much everything but the air one is shorter and sometimes it the right tool.
It would not start intermittently so assumed stuck vanes.
Dismantled it and it was mankier than I expected but the bearings were fine.
To get it fully apart you need to destroy the rear sticker.
The vanes has small springs pushing them out that has mostly dissolved.
I had no springs that small so ordered something similar but 200mm long.
Before what was left of the springs made their way out the exhaust port, they scores the housing so I gave it a run with a hone.
When the spring arrived I cut them to size and put it back together.
Even treated the anvils to some hammer grease.
The trigger is a bit of a pain to assemble as there's a small circlip that I hadn't pliers for but it now works as it should and has more grunt than I remember.
It doesn't get much use as my Metabo battery one does pretty much everything but the air one is shorter and sometimes it the right tool.
It would not start intermittently so assumed stuck vanes.
Dismantled it and it was mankier than I expected but the bearings were fine.
To get it fully apart you need to destroy the rear sticker.
The vanes has small springs pushing them out that has mostly dissolved.
I had no springs that small so ordered something similar but 200mm long.
Before what was left of the springs made their way out the exhaust port, they scores the housing so I gave it a run with a hone.
When the spring arrived I cut them to size and put it back together.
Even treated the anvils to some hammer grease.
The trigger is a bit of a pain to assemble as there's a small circlip that I hadn't pliers for but it now works as it should and has more grunt than I remember.
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mot passed today no advisories.
