Opinion on impact wrenches.

[jdvorwe]

Guibo bolts are being stubborn. Should I pay $30 and rent a "good one" for the day or buy a cheap one and hope to get a few uses out of it?

These are the two I have in mind:

One from Autozone
and
One from Harbor Freight

Has anyone bought any of these to know if they actually put out the torque stated? Heck, I'd be happy with half of the stated torque since the guibo bolts are only supposed to be torqued to ~90 ft-lbs.

Probably going to go out and buy one tonight so any opinions would be nice!

[Robotin]

if your talking about the 6 bolts on the guibo (3 connect guibo to trans, 3 connect guibo to driveshaft) then just use two 17mm wrenches. i dont think your gonna b able to fit that drill under the car. hope thats helps!!

['e30love']

Guibo bolts are being stubborn. Should I pay $30 and rent a "good one" for the day or buy a cheap one and hope to get a few uses out of it?

These are the two I have in mind:

One from Autozone
and
One from Harbor Freight

Has anyone bought any of these to know if they actually put out the torque stated? Heck, I'd be happy with half of the stated torque since the guibo bolts are only supposed to be torqued to ~90 ft-lbs.

Probably going to go out and buy one tonight so any opinions would be nice!

impact gun with swivel sockets. i manged to take two bolts out with 2 adjustable wrenches but the rest wouldnt budge.

[jdvorwe]

My guibo is the 19mm one. I've tried many different options. Ratchet with cheater bar, Working two combination wrenches against eachother, poor man's impact on using box wrench side and I have tried linking some combination wrenches together to get more leverage. I've tried doing this with and without the transmission support bar mounted. I posted a thread in the Transmission and Driveshaft last weekend. Anywho, seems like an impact wrench is my last option, and that is what others on here have told me to use as well.

[jdvorwe]

impact gun with swivel sockets. i manged to take two bolts out with 2 adjustable wrenches but the rest wouldnt budge.

did you look at either of the ones from Harbor Frieght/Autozone? Which one out of the two do you think will be better quality?

[Bimmerman325i]

I love my cordless dewalt impact.

['e30love']

look for a used snap-on at harbor frieght but if i had to choose id say the one at harbor

[scottinAZ]

both impacts appear to be the same manufacturer (regardless of brand on the box) and appear to be shit as well. Rent one and see if it does what you need it to do

[jdvorwe]

I love my cordless dewalt impact.

Not really trying to drop $170 on a tool right now. Limited funds college student. lol.

[accident]

I have the cordless AutoZone carries. I love it. I've used it so much it's more than made up for the $100 price tag.

[accident]

Also my friend has the corded one, and while it works well it's a lot bulkier than the cordless.

[jdvorwe]

I have the cordless AutoZone carries. I love it. I've used it so much it's more than made up for the $100 price tag.

Do you have the 3/8" 14.4v or 1/2" 24v cordless?

How long have you had it / any problems?

[accident]

1/2" 24v. I forgot they had a 3/8", they don't carry that one in the store. I haven't had any issues with it that I didn't cause, like forgetting to charge the battery.

[StereoInstaller1]

The HF impact gun is quite impressive, IMO. I would buy it, and if it sucks or you don't have enough air, just return it.

Impact guns need a BUNCH of air.

[jdvorwe]

The HF impact gun is quite impressive, IMO. I would buy it, and if it sucks or you don't have enough air, just return it.

Impact guns need a BUNCH of air.

I am looking at electric ones. Still think the same of the HF one? lol.