Lost power today, engine revs high with little movement  By  kernelsandirs (Read 3,019 times)

Haven't some bought those impacts and they wouldn't take the nuts off? I'd imagine you'd better have a good battery to get it to work properly. I don't know if its the batteries I've been buying or what , but the longest ive had a battery last has been almost 2 seasons . I usually buy the everstart batteries from Walmart for $50. Out of the 2 I've bought one lasted I season the other last almost 2 seasons . I also bought a diehard and if I'm not mistaken I paid almost $80 for it and it lasted 1 season . its funny how a cheap lawnmower battery will last year after year " yes they are a little bigger " sitting through the cold months and these 9bs batteries only last so long . I'm not sure if my charging system is drying them out or if its the type of batteries I'm buying ?

...when she shakes my hand and says "thanks for the help". 

HUH???  After all that tire changing, followed by all that 'romance', she didn't even slip you a hundred?

Stuck up, entitled bit .........

Your right that impact works different then a normal impact , I did read that you have to be careful tightening the nuts with this impact due the way it works . but it does sound like a great tool.

I would expect them to last longer on the goldwing due to the wheels rotating much slower. " bigger diameter wheels". I always run with max psi in the tires also " between 40-44 psi" so that shortens the life also . this season I bought 2 new shinkos I went with 130/70/13 instead of 130/60/13 which is a slightly larger diameter tire so I'm expecting a longer life . I have about 3000 or so miles on the tires now and so far so good. I'm also not running the scoot as hard as I did the last couple seasons so I'm sure that helps also . these are the ones I bought www.amazon.com/Shinko-SR568-Series-Tire-XF87-4502/dp/B001Y423LK

Yes, the Harbor Freight 12v impact wrench is a whacker. It doesn't apply constant torque, but spins up and releases the energy in a single whack, repeating again and again. I only let it whack three times when tightening, and it has never taken more than two whacks to remove the variator nut. Some car lug nuts take 4-6 whacks, but they always come off.

I wonder if those who had issues with these on their variator nut perhaps had heat or other damage to the threads?

So let's think this through to it's logical conclusion.

It's late at night and you are driving along a country road in the rural countryside.  The first snow flakes have just started wafting down, but you know a nasty north-easterner is brewing.

In the distance you see the car pulled over, and slow down.  Megan Fox is there in her Bentley, the front tire flat as a pre-augmented actress.  She is so relieved to see you, and wiggles out to inspect the failed tire with you.  "Never Fear!", you exclaim, calming her rising panic.

You return to your trusty scooter and pull out the 1,500 foot extension cord, tell Megan you will be back shortly, and start out for the farm house across the field and through the woods, stringing out extension cord as you go.  By now the snow is starting to accumulate.

Unfortunately, the cord funs out a few hundred feet before you reach the house, so you return to your scooter to get another one.  Megan is sitting in her car, shivering because she is afraid to turn on the car for fear a flat tire might cause exhaust gas to back up (or something - who knows; Hollywood).

You finally get to the farm house, extension cord in hand.  When the 80-year old couple answer the door you start trying to explain you are NOT some weirdo trying to scam them out of their social security check.  You finally convince them you have NEVER voted for Obama, have never even been to San Francisco, and do NOT think the 2nd Amendment should be repealed (or ignored).

~~~~ HOWEVER ~~~~

While you were on your Odyssey Jerry Script came zipping by at break neck speed, passed the Bentley and realized it was Megan inside.  He slowed down and circled back to see what was the problem.  Megan emerged from her car chilled to the bone, now uncertain what to do.  You have been gone a long time .... and Jerry seems awfully handsome / knowledgeable.  Jerry retreats to his trusty scooter, lifts the seat and removes TWO things.  First, a blanket which, with great care, he wraps around Megan's chilled frame.  Second, his old, reliable $20 Harbor Freight impact wrench.  In mere minutes he has it hooked up, then "zip ... zip ... zip" the wheel is off, and "zip ... zip ... zip" and the spare is on.

Megan, blushing in both admiration and magnetic attraction to this Knight with Shining Scooter, suggests the two of them drive to the next truck stop for an intimate conversation over malts and burgers.

~~~~~

Later, as the two of them ponder baby names in the warm confines of Alley's Truck Stop & Diesel Emporium, you finally make your way through the now-thick snow to where the Bentley once stood.  Extension cord in hand you stare at the empty spot on the side of the road, fall to your knees, and break down in an anguished wail, "WHY, Lord???  W H Y "

Only then do you realize your scooter is nowhere to be seen.


I think that about covers it.