Which Impact Wrench?

[bert]

More powerful the better, wanting a variable speed control one, mostly for bigger jobs. budget around £350

 

[DrDunc]

Milwaukee 18 volt Lithium ion battery. About £360. Over 600nm of torque. There is no equal.

 

[puntabrava]

Milwaukee 18 volt Lithium ion battery. About £360. Over 600nm of torque. There is no equal.

Yes, I found Ray Grahams cheapest.

 

[bert]

Yes they do look the part, what about variable speed though?

 

[jd6820]

Snap-on but not at £350?

 

[bert]

Snap-on but not at £350?

Bit out of my league is snap on

 

[jd6820]

Serious bit of kit, I hardly use Air powered one now. Cordless all the way, it gets some abuse during my day/night job as a JD tech. Will undo rear wheel nuts at 500nm, and £180 full refurbs gun like new when it eventually expires. Lithium 18v batteries last well and charge quickly.

However, when I did the research before buying this one the Milwaukee would have been my choice had I not had a local Snap-on dealer.

 

[Clive]

Had snap-on 18v for years, fine until you need new batteries and they can't be re packed so cost a fortune

Just bought a Fein 18v - half the weight of the snap on and double the torque, proper professional bit of kit and very pleased with it

http://www.fein-uk.co.uk/en_uk/fastening/impact-wrenches/

 

[jd6820]

I'm sure £50 gets the batteries re-conned which according to my dealer effectively means new batteries so he recommends this over new replacements at £90

 

[Clive]

I'm sure £50 gets the batteries re-conned which according to my dealer effectively means new batteries so he recommends this over new replacements at £90

Can get batteries from other power tools recelled locally for £25 but they can't do the snap on ones - there are companies on ebay that recon snap on but not cheap

 

[DrDunc]

Yes they do look the part, what about variable speed though?

Milwaukee speed is variable, 0-2000 rpm. (edit 2000 ish)

No other machine comes close to the torque produced at this price.

The Li-ion batteries don't have the memory issues of NiCad.

 

[Clive]

Anyone know if you can get a torque limiter for an impact wrench ? ie you set the torque you want to wizz wheel nuts etc up to and it would exceed that ?

 

[Jim75]

Think mines a 18v clc 600 nm and got it from kramp for £330. Just occasional use but takes off and replaces studs on sp sprayer no worries at all. In fact have to watch it doesn't strip threads

 

[DrDunc]

Anyone know if you can get a torque limiter for an impact wrench ? ie you set the torque you want to wizz wheel nuts etc up to and it would exceed that ?

You can get torque limiting sockets.

 

[Clive]

You can get torque limiting sockets.

Who sells them - that sounds like what I need

 

[Hesston4860s]

Who sells them - that sounds like what I need

Snap-on do em.

 

[Clive]

Snap-on do em.

Will enquire - do you know if they have preset torque or can you adjust ?

 

[bert]

Milwaukee speed is variable, 0-2000 rpm. (edit 2000 ish)

No other machine comes close to the torque produced at this price.

The Li-ion batteries don't have the memory issues of NiCad.

Cheers Dunc! looks like i will just be trying to find the best price now

 

[Hesston4860s]

Will enquire - do you know if they have preset torque or can you adjust ?

The last ones I saw where a bar type of affair that flexed at a pre set torque. They came as colour coded sets each colour differant torque.

Think Mac do something similar.

 

[DrDunc]

Will enquire - do you know if they have preset torque or can you adjust ?

Other option is a set of colour coded extension bars which have preset torque loads. Allows you to fit any impact socket size, and will be cheaper.

They're called torque sticks in sherman tank land

Edit beaten to it. EBay search torque sticks will find some