Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Tool question: OK its a longshot I know

[Michael James (cavallino_rapante]

If you're working from the wheel-wells, doing a belt service, they're invaluable.  If you have a frozen part, the handle on an air ratchet is going to want to 'turn' instead of the fastener - and your hand will be caught between the ratchet handle and whatever is about to be that spinning-ratchet's 'backstop'.  There are several folks who work on Ferraris in their own garage here in Greater New England - not many of them use a pneumatic ratchet for anything if they own a 'butterfly' wrench.  I have one, and I don't have a pneumatic ratchet at all.  If you're dead-set on spending money on one, by all means - but get a cheap one like Clyde suggests. 

 

My Ferrari mechanic Never, EVER uses a pneumatic for tightening ANY fastener on a car, no matter what it is - the Factory WSMs have torque specs for everything that no pneumatic can correctly torque to.  In his professional opinion, everything should be torqued by-hand.  Might seem like a PITA, but he's factory-trained - I'm not.

 

M

--- On Tue, 3/30/10, Mike Fleischer <themightytoe [at] gmail.com> wrote:

From: Mike Fleischer <themightytoe [at] gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Tool question: OK its a longshot I know
To: "Michael James" <cavallino_rapante [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 10:25 AM

OK I am looking at a picture of one now, and I do not see how that would fit better than a ratchet?  Really its the overall length from the socket to the back that needs to be small to get into a tight spot, most often you have parts or chassis or a hole that you can just get your fist into to work on removing a bolt, or replace one, and a ratchet gets you in there, but an air ratchet saves your arm with a stubborn nut or bolt  :)  For example changing headers?  Very tight space for most cars, though my Ferrari was probably best case for doing something like that...  Much easier than the Vette (or M3's..., or god forbid I tried that with a Boxster!)...

Mike


Michael James wrote:

I have found from my local DIY Ferrari Community that the most useful pneumatic tool to work on close-quarters Italian cars is a 'Butterfly' wrench, affording the user some leverage to press DOWN on the nut/bolt being removed while the torque breaks the fastener free...not many recommend a pneumatic ratchet due to its access restrictions.

 

M

--- On Tue, 3/30/10, LarryT <l02turner [at] comcast.net> wrote:

From: LarryT <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Tool question: OK its a longshot I know
To: "Michael" <Cavallino_Rapante [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Date: Tuesday, March 30, 2010, 8:29 AM

Hi Mike -
    That Corvette exhaust sounds cool!  I'm adding another exhaust outlet to
the passenger side of the muffler on my 911.  Supposed to be an easy
add-on - only needs a hole saw to cut a 2.25" hole, then weld in a short
pipe that looks like the one on the drivers side & modify the lower valence.
Pretty basic stuff.  Those who have it say there's a deep rumble at idle
(but still pretty quiet) but it makes great  noises at higher rpm.  It's
supposed to pass any noise reqmnts.

    I have a air ratchet like you mentioned - I only use it occasionally and
I believe it came from Harbor Freight (as Clyde suggested) - but if it were
a daily tool I'd go with Chicago Pneumatics.

LarryT

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From: "Mike Fleischer" <themightytoe [at] gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 9:02 PM
To: "Larry Turner" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Subject: [Ferrari] Tool question:  OK its a longshot I know

> OK
>
> Guessing this is a long shot, but can someone make a recommendation on
> an air ratchet wrench?  I have an impact wrench already but I need a
> decent ratchet to get into tight spaces more easily.  Who makes a decent
> quality one?
>
> On a side note, I just put an exhaust on the Vette that makes babies cry
> :)  Its pretty cool sounding on heel-toe downshift too, lots of burbling
> and popping.  All the and cool American V8 sounds :)  Different from the
> Ferrari's high pitched symphony but when the Vette fires up it makes the
> hair on the back of your neck stand up which is great :)  Can't wait to
> drive it with the top off and the windows down :)
>
> Thanks
> Mike
>
>
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