Used and Abused by an Eagle Talon

[Granny]

On the other site I started a thread about the amount of strength it takes to wrench on cars.

A lot of the discussion went to the proper use of tools which I'm still a big fan of but I'm brused all the way up my arms working on a clutch replacement on a Talon.
I'm not complaining but to think it doesn't take a lot of upper body strength training to do this job is insane.

I busted a lot of the bolts by positioning the breaker bar on them and used my foot to push the bar poping bolts with the strenght in my leg.

I know the more I do this the stronger I will get but maybe some free weights would help?

[BigTyla]

I can definitely say that I am thankful for my strength when it comes to wrenching on cars. Makes things a hell of a lot easier for sure. Were you wearing gloves? I've found that mechanic's gloves are very helpful when you need to apply a little more pressure with your hands.

[stealthee]

I use my lower body strength as much as I can when working on cars. I honestly can't even explain my own strength at times.

[KPZVR4]

Im with Tyla. When it comes to brute force, I like being a big guy. When I was changing my engine mounts, my M18 Milwaukee 3/8 impact couldn't break the top mount bolts free (driver side). I put a tire-iron on them and broke them free by hand. There are the times that the brute force has broken shit too tho.

[green-lantern]

I don't even use wrenches, I break that shit loose with my fingers.

[stealthee]

LOL, thats part of one of my mottos. "When all else fails, use brute force."

[gltasn]

make leverage your bitch! my motto.




i did build an engine whith a broken hand and the heads were a pita. i also cracked a rib breaking loose a flywheel bolt.

[Alex3000gt]

I can definitely say that I am thankful for my strength when it comes to wrenching on cars. Makes things a hell of a lot easier for sure. Were you wearing gloves? I've found that mechanic's gloves are very helpful when you need to apply a little more pressure with your hands.

Gloves also keep your knuckles safe from cuts and gouges in the event you are wrenching on a bolt and it lets go.

[UTRacerX9]

Brute force... eh. It can be helpful sometimes, but other times I find it causes as many problems as it solves. (Broken bolts, stripped heads, etc.) Far more important than force, is simply having the RIGHT TOOL for a given job. I can't count the number of times in my life where I've tried to remove a bolt from some awkward place or something, using the tools at my disposal, and it'll be a complete bitch. Then, after struggling and swearing for awhile, you hop in the car, head to autozone, buy the right tool, and it takes two seconds to get the job done.

[BaadVR4]

I've been doing this for 50 years now. There is no problem so large, complex or difficult that it can not be solved with brute force and ignorance. If nothing else, the now broken part(s) will uncover the root cause of the problem. And the professional you hire will have a lot less trouble finding the root cause of the problem. ROFLMAO