[Sirrotica]

One thing about pneumatic tools, is they don't quit in the middle of the job. I'm already so invested in pneumatic tools, and compressors, that it would cost me a fortune to replace everything.

I do own a few cordless tools, but the battery life, and failure rate of batteries that quit taking a charge is rather dismal in my experience. Overall I believe the tool life is better, and cost of ownership is much lower for pneumatic tools.

I just saw a alert on You Tube that battery powered tools are going to take a huge price leap due to cost of lithium, and the demand for it used in the batteries.

[importsmasher]

My Pontiacs are all stick cars; I've always just locked the transmission in 2 gears. That makes it super easy to both remove and install the balancer bolt. Obviously this won't work with an automatic.

Importsmasher

[Goatracer1]

Shiny you tool was similar to what I made except I used two of the small bolts to hold it on.

[Shiny]

I would have preferred 2 bolts like yours but I would have had to either cut a radius or cut/weld/bend the angle iron to clear the inner hub.

I am lazy so I took a chance with a single bolt and it worked fine. The bolt did not bend. I drilled a second hole in the other end of the angle when I installed the balancer. This let me use the same "leverage" when turning the other direction. Again, the single bolt was more than strong enough to resist bending and shearing. The threads in the balancer seemed fine after holding 160 ft-lbs.

[arbys]

Are you people talking the 1/2' DeWalt impact or the 3/8"?