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Hello,
I bought some air tools at Costco made by Kawasaki. I haven't used them yet out of fear that I shouldn't keep them. First off, they're made by Kawasaki and I didn't know they made tools. Secondly, once I got them home I was actually able to see the tech specs and I'm not sure they're powerful enough to do any good. I'd like to hear from the experts if these sound too meek.

1/2" impact wrench, 175 ft/ft of torque. this sounds low, no?
3/8" ratchet, 45 ft/lbs of torque
1/4" die grinder, 17k rpm
150 mm air hammer, 450 BPM.

Can anybody out there give me fair warning on whether these are worth keeping?
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Hello,
I bought some air tools at Costco made by Kawasaki. I haven't used them yet out of fear that I shouldn't keep them. First off, they're made by Kawasaki and I didn't know they made tools. Secondly, once I got them home I was actually able to see the tech specs and I'm not sure they're powerful enough to do any good. I'd like to hear from the experts if these sound too meek.

1/2" impact wrench, 175 ft/ft of torque. this sounds low, no?
3/8" ratchet, 45 ft/lbs of torque
1/4" die grinder, 17k rpm
150 mm air hammer, 450 BPM.

Can anybody out there give me fair warning on whether these are worth keeping?
Impact wrench is fine for removing wheel lug nuts - of course won't budge the 36mm axel nu or the flywheel nut. I buy air tools from Harbor Freight for real cheap. Made in China. Work fine - cheap enough to toss when they stop working. I tend to mis-use for other purposes - like the $9 air muffler chistle (suspect same as your air hammer?) for cutting trench in concrete in basement floor -- till works fine just dusty. If ya didn't spend over $100 - then great deal.
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