oops, did i mess up? standard socket stuck on windy gun

[eltax91]

Hi all.

Needed to zip some wheel nuts undone on my landy earlier as one of the tyres has a slow which needs repairing.

I grabbed a standard 27mm socket from my trusty halfords set and undid them. I didn't use an impact socket (dont have one big enough).

Now, its stuck on the last few mm of the windy gun. I'm a relative air tools novice, but I can't get it off, no matter what I try. There is a collar on the gun's drive square, which I've only just realised!

So, has the time come to get the hacksaw out, or is there a trick I'm missing?

[eltax91]

Anyone?

[6fire]

Would heating it with a blowtorch and then whalloping it with a hammer work?

Probably not, but it's what I'd probably try. But then I'm a philistine who thinks a toolbox should just contain different sizes of hammer.

[wolf1]

There's usually a collar/ring on the end of the drive to keep sockets from just falling off. Hold the gun tightly and slip a bar behind the socket and give it a good whack with a hammer (the bar not the gun!) should come off then. Worth cleaning the end of the impact drive and keep the collar/ring lightly oiled.

[Athlon]

Push the socket all the way back onto the gun then get a lever between the socket and the gun body and give it a dig and it should pop off.

I always get rid of the lock spring on the guns,I would rather the socket fall off than get stuck like this.

Bah, beaten to the post!

[Fubles]

tried warmimg it up?

[Rollcage]

Bang the socket back onto the gun fully and try again with help of some WD40 or similar. They all should come off in the end!