buying a cordless impact wrench

[Dave]

I have been looking at cordless impact guns lately and was wondering if anyone here has any comments or experience they'd like to share on them.

I think either Charlie or Skafrog had one at Putnam, but I can't recall which one.

I am leaning towards a Ridgid brand one at Home Depot.

Anyone have any thoughts?

[arsevader]

I have been looking at cordless impact guns lately and was wondering if anyone here has any comments or experience they'd like to share on them.

I think either Charlie or Skafrog had one at Putnam, but I can't recall which one.

I am leaning towards a Ridgid brand one at Home Depot.

Anyone have any thoughts?

I think you'll find that while they may be useful, cordless impact guns don't have the torque required for most of the fasteners you'd want an impact gun for on a car, especially a ~15 year old car with corroded bolts. All the cordless impact guns I've seen go up to about 80 ft/lbs which is ok for wheel bolts but not much else.

James

[Dave]

I think you'll find that while they may be useful, cordless impact guns don't have the torque required for most of the fasteners you'd want an impact gun for on a car, especially a ~15 year old car with corroded bolts. All the cordless impact guns I've seen go up to about 80 ft/lbs which is ok for wheel bolts but not much else.

James

This one states it does up to 220 ft/lbs. As does the Milwaukee one I am considering. Would that work better, or are the numbers they quote BS?

[arsevader]

This one states it does up to 220 ft/lbs. As does the Milwaukee one I am considering. Would that work better, or are the numbers they quote BS?

That sounds good to me. As long as it's true then I'd go for it. I didn't realize they came so powerful.

James

[turnofftheradio]

milwaukee has been a good brand to me in the past, but a problem I found with most cordless impacts, are that they are larger than most air powered guns. I would never be able to squeeze it into some of the small spaces my air one could.

[Hick]

IR pneumatic impacts have up to 1200ftlbs of torque

[modifiede30]

I just purchased the Rigid you mentioned and thus far, I love it. I purchased it primarily for quick removal of wheels at track events but I'm finding it useful for other things. The only thing about them I don't like is that they don't have the standard 1/4 or 1/2 socket drive already on them. You have to buy one and the shaft on the socket drive is pretty small.

By the way, the torque you mentioned is probably in in/lb, not ft/lb. The one I have if I recall correctly is about 100ft/lb, which is sufficient for my purposes and its portable with a good battery life - and charging only takes about 20 minutes.

[Dave]

I just purchased the Rigid you mentioned and thus far, I love it. I purchased it primarily for quick removal of wheels at track events but I'm finding it useful for other things. The only thing about them I don't like is that they don't have the standard 1/4 or 1/2 socket drive already on them. You have to buy one and the shaft on the socket drive is pretty small.

By the way, the torque you mentioned is probably in in/lb, not ft/lb. The one I have if I recall correctly is about 100ft/lb, which is sufficient for my purposes and its portable with a good battery life - and charging only takes about 20 minutes.

No the one I am looking at is definitely 220 ft/lbs. I may just go with the Milwaukee as has the 1/2 inch socket drive on it and is only marginally more expensive.

[royalflush313]

I've been wanting to pick one up too. It'd be nice for doing wheel swaps and what not. Though I don't really know what other uses I would actually get out of it.

http://ww2.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=46701

[e30sd]

i would rock the milwaukee one, my neighbor who runs in POC has the one that never ceases to impress me. go to bfc and do a title search for cordless impact, there are a few good threads in the track forum on the subject.

[jht3]

everyone i've used has been a 3/8" drive Snap-On. nice units. i suggest a 2nd battery because everyone will want to borrow it and the battery will be dead in no time. also, write your name all over it so it's easy to identify or it'll walk away in a heartbeat

makes pulling wheels off at the track simple

[e9nine]

I decided to go ahead and try the HF one they had for sale
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=92798
It ended up being back ordered so I am yet to receive it...hopefully it will at least last me through a year

[Charlie]

I've been slinging the 129 dollar HF 19.2 volt model around for 2 years now, and it definetly does the job. takes lugnuts on and off with no sweat. They're cheap enough so that when/if you break them, you can get a new one.

-Charlie

[royalflush313]

I decided to go ahead and try the HF one they had for sale
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...emnumber=92798
It ended up being back ordered so I am yet to receive it...hopefully it will at least last me through a year

holy shit, only 69 bucks!
I wonder what makes this one 69, and the one i posted 149 (except for the marginal difference in weight).

For those that use these things to bolt on/off wheels, do you still use a torque wrench to check the torque? Or eyeball?
Or do some of these wrenches come with toque settings too?

[modifiede30]

holy shit, only 69 bucks!
I wonder what makes this one 69, and the one i posted 149 (except for the marginal difference in weight).

For those that use these things to bolt on/off wheels, do you still use a torque wrench to check the torque? Or eyeball?
Or do some of these wrenches come with toque settings too?

I always use a torque wrench before going on the track.