Cordless impact wrenches/wheel bolt guns
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Cordless impact wrenches/wheel bolt guns
Does anyone have one of the above - any recommendations? There are lots to choose from but I'm not sure whether it's worth spending more to get a higher torque rating or going for an £80 job like the Clarke CIR24? Seems pointless to buy one which wont quite undo tough bolts!
Any advice re the above gratefully received!!
Thanks,
SVVG
Any advice re the above gratefully received!!
Thanks,
SVVG
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cheapest I can find that model, but no battery or charger.
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Machine mart have a vat free day sunday and im picking a low sling jack and one of these up for track days
Clarke CIR13C ½" Impact Wrench Kit (12v) - Machine Mart
Clarke CIR13C ½" Impact Wrench Kit (12v) - Machine Mart
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Depends on what air gun you go for tbh. the corless is handy for odd jobs but wouldnt give it something really hard to go at thats where the air gun come into its own my snap on air gun has something crazy like 900ft/lbs torque so you can imagine it just twists things off for fun
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Depends on what air gun you go for tbh. the corless is handy for odd jobs but wouldnt give it something really hard to go at thats where the air gun come into its own my snap on air gun has something crazy like 900ft/lbs torque so you can imagine it just twists things off for fun
Currently have a Sip gun but it doesn't have enough grunt and I still have to use a breaker bar once in a while.
How much does they come in at if you don't mind me asking?
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If you want it to always work, and have plenty of grunt, snap on 18v is weapon of choice. Ingersol rand didn't work for me and I got a refund to get the snapon one. Had a cheapy draper one but motor burnt out, snapon stuff lasts and lasts, and you will always be able to get support for it locally.
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i got a sealey 24v it's top banana for the price £120 also got the snap on 18v but bit of a price differance
i'm yet 2 come across a nut i couldn't undo with the sealey and it's used regular for lorry wheels
it's about 15mths old now and still going strong
i'm yet 2 come across a nut i couldn't undo with the sealey and it's used regular for lorry wheels
it's about 15mths old now and still going strong
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I bought the Hitachi- which comes with two extra batteries, although I've never needed them. I use it quite a lot and have found it great so far, although i doubt its commercial grade like the snap-on will be
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i have a snap on impact gun got it 3 weeks ago got it second hand paid 130 for it it less than a year old and its a million times better than my other none branded gun ive been using for the last year or two
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Thanks for replies guys - I'll only need the gun for occassional wheel changes for track days, rather than for commercial/regular use - probably 4 or 5 track days a year or so with occassional maintenance re brakes and the like. So in terms of durability it wouldn't have to be as robust as something which is used several times daily, day in and day out. Snap-On and Makita seem to be the main recommendations for cordless impact wrenches - I guess I'm trying to get a feel for the miniumum amount of torque a wrench should have before I consider buying it. There is a Clarke Impact wrench which is corded (i.e. you plug it in to the mains) - this has 450nm torque - which should be plenty I'd have thought (?) and is only £50 or so from Machine Mart. Might make sense to get that bearing in mind I'll only really be chaging all 4 wheels at my home....?
As an aside, what torque settings do people put their wheels on to? (I'll always torque the nuts up with a torque wrench - the gun is really to help save a bit of time with undoing and nipping the bolts back up).
Thanks for the advice and info!
As an aside, what torque settings do people put their wheels on to? (I'll always torque the nuts up with a torque wrench - the gun is really to help save a bit of time with undoing and nipping the bolts back up).
Thanks for the advice and info!
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