Remove Water Heater Plug
Last fall I was unable to get the water heater plug out to winterize the system. I ended up just blowing out all the lines with compressed air but could still hear water bubbling in the water heater t...
Forum Discussion
ScottG wrote:
I prefer using an impact rather than a long lever. The impact doesn't cause the whole WH to want to shift and rotate.
X2!
I remember the first time I really saw that in an impact wrench. I was a kit of about 16 or so, needed to swap the pulley and fan from old alternator to new. Strap wrench to hold the fan, breaker bar on the nut nothing. Took to local shop, the mechanic set the alternator on the workbench grabbed a impact wrench and shop rag! Placed the shop rag over the fan blades and gripped it, then put the impact wrench on the nut and gave it a hit off came the nut!! I figured it would have ripped the rag right out of his hand.
Now days one of my go to tools!!!
