Title: 345 ft. lbs? - Probably not
Product review: I also purchased this electric impact wrench to avoid messing around with a compressor and pneumatic wrench. I have separate sets of summer and winter tires each mounted on their own rims. I always use a torque wrench when replacing wheels for the season, or detailed cleaning, etc. The only time they are possibly not properly torqued is at State inspection time - 1x/year in PA.The DeWalt tool has never been able to break the wheel nuts loose after a few days of the nuts being properly torqued. The nuts are steel and the wheels aluminum, and maybe some galvanic corrosion is taking place. But it's hard to believe that it takes more than the rated 345 ft-lbs to loosen the nuts. I use an 18" breaker bar to overcome the initial loosening, then use the DeWalt wrench. It does make the job faster in that respect; eliminating the spinning by hand. At least I get some use out of the tool, but it's disappointing that it won't work fully as intended.
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