Impact wrenches.

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Anyone here own/use/have experience of these things?.
Never had the need to aquire one before yesterday,but watching a mechanic rattle out 5 flywheel bolts that i just couldn't shift with a spanner or socket got me thinking.
He used an air powered tool,but with the cost and storage of the compressor,i have looking at corded impact wrenches.
Can anyone shine any light on the good/bad points of each and recommend a solution?.I've been looking at the Sealey ones in Machinemart at about £58,including bits as a guide.
TIA.
 
58 squid with bits sounds a bit on the cheap side , you get what you pay for n all that , but they do have to take some abuse, i use em for driving 10 inch bolts into timber and they do need to be well made, dewalt make a half decent one at 220 volt , but i think its a bit more like 250 euro , one way or another it depends on how much you intend to abuse it!
 
the trade seem to be switching to electric impact guns, but they're not cheap.
 
if its for occassional use, you'd be better off with a hand held good quality impact driver.

I have a snap-on one that will undo anything with a couple of blows

i also have an air gun and compressor that won't remove much over M8.
 
i have a 1/2" Chicago Pneumatics windy gun and a 3HP/150L compressor, and i don't recall it ever failing to undo anything.

it's a bloody godsend sometimes :)

i use a manual hammer type impact for phillips case screws, but not had much luck shifting stubbon bolts with it. it is some cheap shit though :nenau
 
cookie said:
i have a 1/2" Chicago Pneumatics windy gun and a 3HP/150L compressor, and i don't recall it ever failing to undo anything.

it's a bloody godsend sometimes :)

i use a manual hammer type impact for phillips case screws, but not had much luck shifting stubbon bolts with it. it is some cheap shit though :nenau
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my dad's mate .......:dabone

its the initial shock that cracks the bolt off
 
deWalt 18volt units here. Expensive but good, as they get some pain out in the papermill.
1/2" drive units can be too powerfull for some applications on motorcycles.

T.
 
if i was buying from scratch, i'd still go for the trad option.

don't underestimate the usefulness of having compressed air in the garage :)
 
Kaister said:
if its for occassional use, you'd be better off with a hand held good quality impact driver.

I have a snap-on one that will undo anything with a couple of blows

i also have an air gun and compressor that won't remove much over M8.
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I've got to admit that I've never come up against anything that my (reasonably cheap) hand held impact driver hasn't been able to shift. I must admit that if I did find something like that I'd be tempted to toddle off to someone like St. Eptoe anyway in case there was something stupid I'd missed about the fixing that was giving me a problem.

Watched a friend of mine strip the head off a reverse threaded screw on his pushbike because he just kept trying bigger bars when he couldn't shift it.
 
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