Im a huge gearwrench fan and used them when I worked at a dealer. I had issues with super tight lug bolts and thought my impact was just too weak so I used a breaker bar until one day I tried a regular 17 impact socket and it was able to remove it. I’m guessing they just don’t hit as hard due to mass. From then on I just started wrapping a regular socket in electrical tape to protect the rim
Yea I think you're right it's there to prevent damage to the lug nut. My main problem with the insert is they prevent some lug nuts from fully seating on to the socket, so they need to be removed.
Good stuff. I was annoyed when i warranties some wheels after the shop scratched every lug nut hole…. A different store mounted the replacement set and still scratched every lug nut hole less severely. I wonder why shops don’t already use these types of sockets by default… see you wheels for thousands of dollars and proceed to scratch them on first mounting. The manager said that manufacturers avoid this factory by wrapping wheels in plastic and using robots with laser guidance for zero scratches
Yea I agree, especially since most shops take off the lug nuts like they are in a Nascar pit crew. The rims today cost way too much money for some careless mechanic to scratch them all up.
All the tools in that shop.... I'm sure you have a set of calipers in there somewhere. Outside diameter data for comparison against standard impact sockets would have been helpful 😁
Thanks for the feedback. You're right, instead of just talking about the size differences and showing pictures I probably should have also included the actual sizes. I went out this morning and measured all of them. All measurements are in mm and compared to my regular Gearwrench 1/2 impact sockets (amzn.to/3YvwJC4). Hope this helps. (1) 22mm Gearwrench Impact: 31.88 Matco Carbon Fiber CT22M6: 32.10 Matco CPT22M6: 33 Titan: 32.65 (2) 21mm Gearwrench Impact: 31.85 Gearwrench Protector Impact Socket: 30.60 Titan: 30.65 (3) 19mm Gearwrench Impact: 29.85 Gearwrench Protector Impact Socket: 28.50 Titan: 28.54 (4) 17mm Gearwrench Impact: 25.78 Gearwrench Protector Impact Socket: 26.36 Titan: 26.53
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Thanks, good review
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching.
Thank you for this video - which Milwaukee impact wrench were you using? M12 or M18 and 1/2" or 3/8"? Thank you!
Glad you liked it! The impact in this video was the Milwaukee M18 Fuel 2962-20 1/2"(amzn.to/41pt8av ).
Im a huge gearwrench fan and used them when I worked at a dealer. I had issues with super tight lug bolts and thought my impact was just too weak so I used a breaker bar until one day I tried a regular 17 impact socket and it was able to remove it. I’m guessing they just don’t hit as hard due to mass. From then on I just started wrapping a regular socket in electrical tape to protect the rim
Thats a good idea to wrap the socket with electrical tape!
I think the insurt is there for removal of spark plugs or to possibly not damage the end of your lug nut
Yea I think you're right it's there to prevent damage to the lug nut. My main problem with the insert is they prevent some lug nuts from fully seating on to the socket, so they need to be removed.
Good stuff. I was annoyed when i warranties some wheels after the shop scratched every lug nut hole…. A different store mounted the replacement set and still scratched every lug nut hole less severely. I wonder why shops don’t already use these types of sockets by default… see you wheels for thousands of dollars and proceed to scratch them on first mounting. The manager said that manufacturers avoid this factory by wrapping wheels in plastic and using robots with laser guidance for zero scratches
Yea I agree, especially since most shops take off the lug nuts like they are in a Nascar pit crew. The rims today cost way too much money for some careless mechanic to scratch them all up.
All the tools in that shop.... I'm sure you have a set of calipers in there somewhere. Outside diameter data for comparison against standard impact sockets would have been helpful 😁
Thanks for the feedback. You're right, instead of just talking about the size differences and showing pictures I probably should have also included the actual sizes. I went out this morning and measured all of them. All measurements are in mm and compared to my regular Gearwrench 1/2 impact sockets (amzn.to/3YvwJC4). Hope this helps.
(1) 22mm
Gearwrench Impact: 31.88
Matco Carbon Fiber CT22M6: 32.10
Matco CPT22M6: 33
Titan: 32.65
(2) 21mm
Gearwrench Impact: 31.85
Gearwrench Protector Impact Socket: 30.60
Titan: 30.65
(3) 19mm
Gearwrench Impact: 29.85
Gearwrench Protector Impact Socket: 28.50
Titan: 28.54
(4) 17mm
Gearwrench Impact: 25.78
Gearwrench Protector Impact Socket: 26.36
Titan: 26.53
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