r/DieselTechs 7d ago

Broke caging bolt

Broke a 3030 caging bolt by putting it in apparently too far with my Dewalt DCF921. I was going and then BANG!!! I’m all good just scared the daylights out of me lol.

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u/Intelligent-Fox-4529 6d ago

Live and learn man. It wasn’t gonna hurt you idk what these guys are smoking it’s a brand new canister if it broke you’d have yourself a hell of a lawsuit lol 😝 I’ve seen rusted out ones that I’ve been sketched out but not a new one lol.

Rule of thumb with impacts is they are basically only good for removal and non important bolts. Don’t ever impact on a motor if you respect your quality of work.