Cordless Impact Drivers

Mashead

Mashead

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Sorry if this is on the wrong section/covered before, but anyway . . .

I'm looking at getting a Cordless Impact driver for speedy wheelnut shenanigans. Does anyone know good ones, ones to avoid, good suppliers, torque specs etc??

Ta
 
I've got a Lamborghini one.

Gutless..

Have to crakc the bolts off but can then use it to spin them off and back on again. They do then need pinching up though.

To sum up. Not impressed..
 
I bought a cheap one and its the same, you have to crack wheel nuts off first and give them a half turn by hand to make them tight.

Mines an 18v one, says 320nm max on it but its nowhere near that.

Realy speeds up everything though, would not be without it!

EDIT: defo get a half inch drive one, and one with 2 batteries.
 
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what's your budget mate? the Snap-On are meant to be the best, but have a price tag to match! Have heard some really good things about some of the Sealy cordless ones. Specifically the Sealy 3002 (285 lb/ft) LINK, 3003 (300 lb/ft) LINK and 3004 (400 lb/ft) LINK.

Some folk don't like Sealy, and while their tools might not be as great as some, I personally have never had an issue. Can't comment on their cordless impact wrenches, but their air powered ones are fine. I have a 460 lb/ft air powered Sealy one that has never let me down.

For nothing more than tyre changes the 285 lb/ft one should do the job just fine. A good supplier is Justoffbase.com

Items are shipped directly from the manufacturer to your door.
 
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I have used both 1/2 drive and 3/8. the 3/8 isn't that brillaint but handy at times. Your better off going with a 1/2 drive and (if needed) use a adapter for 3/8 stuff.
The 1/2 drive is good from what i have used but always needs a check with a rachet or torque wrench just incase becasue the battery just dies which doesn't tell u when its low on juice (can cause a big incdent i shud imagin)
One word of warning with the 1/2 because of obvously the amount of torque the thing had it can snap sockets after time etc. may be good idea to get your mrs to get u sum impact sockets as a side present :) hope that helped.
 
Yup, impact sockets are a must have, normal sockets will crack too easily. As for 1/2" or 3/8", always go 1/2" (like the ones I linked to).

As for torquing up the wheels you should ALWAYS double check with a proper torque wrench, never trust an impact wrench to do it right. You can get torque limiting adapters for use with impact wrenches that avoid over-tightening of nuts/bolts so they can be properly torqued by hand.
 
Ive had a sealey 19v and a snap on 14.4v 1/2" gun at the same time. The snap on would kick the sealey 19vs ass.
I got a snap on 18v now. Pretty much the best you can get but come with a hefty price tag. 2nd hand is worth a look and the best person to ask will be your local snap on dealer. They get more on p/ex's for new parts or repo's than you can find on ebay or the like.
 
Yup, have heard things like the above. The smaller Snap-On's are better than the bigger ones from other companies. As said, tho, comes at a price, but you generally get what you pay for.

Snap-On is pretty much top-end market. Sealey is middleclass almost and the Aldi home brand are bottom of the lot.
 
as all the rest have said save up and get the snap-on guns 3/8 snap-on impact gun is a nice size and can just about loosin and tighten a genuine 120nm which is more than enough for majority of wheel nuts. also with the nice size can be used pretty easily around suspension, engine, brakes etc...

snap-on 1/2 impact gun is the best youll buy battery lasts a good time and the power of it is great
 
Thanks again for the info chaps. No fear, I'm pretty anal about torquing the nuts. Cheers for the heads up on the impact sockets. I reckon it'll be a half n half pres judging by the prices tho lol
 
the snap on that i have used is awsome lots of power and has never let the owner down in his job (my dad, agricultural engineer, and he has to undo some seized up muddy, rusty shit) he reckons its the best money he has spent and he has a lot of snap on tools but recokns this has helped him out the most
 
Ive got the big makita 18v gun. Think it 440 n/m. Not mega cheap but i wanted extra batteries for my other makita kit (im a chippy) Made removing subframe nuts a breeze :)
 
i got a "boschman" one off ebay for £60 delievered off fleebay

24v

1/2 inch

2 battery's (1.3amp)

works fine on skid days (unless you over tighten them.. ok for 110m/m)

stripped my 180sx diff with it :)
 
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