Cordless Impact Wrench?

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chrismscotland

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I've been adding to my tools since picking up my MR2 with a decent socket/spanner set, trolley jack and axle stands having been very handy.

Looking to add a couple of other bits but looking to start with a cordless impact wrench just to make life a little easier when working on the car and wondered if there were any reccomendations?
 
Got a Makita DTW1002 here, overkill for pretty much everything, but very useful - something smaller and lighter would be ideal most of the time, so may pick something up at some point (maybe a DTW285)
 
My local tyre place might be a grotty place but they have three Milwaukee 1/2"impact drivers and they just wizz tight nuts off -these are drills but almost same thing.

 
The Dewalt are also very good
https://www.dewalt.com/products/pow...-impact-wrench-w-hog-ring-anvil-bare/dcf899hb
This is also very overkill and will be more than enough for a small garage, let alone home use.

I agree that the equivalent Milwaukee will be better but also 2-3 times more expensive and not worth it.

Bear in mind all of these are brushless, heavy duty and trade rated so even the cheapest will be overkill for DIY use.
 
+1 for the Dewalt
1650nm is plenty of hub nuts and just about everything you'd ever need to remove
 
It looks as if the Dewalt & Maikta are almost identical in terms of spec, go for whichever one is cheaper. I have the Maikta because I have lots of the 18/36v dual battery tools already.
It undid a Ford Transit hub nut like it was finger tight (450nm).
 
I have a one by Kielder which is more than adequate, 420nm and comes with 2 4.0ah batteries for around £200. Have had no issues and used it for many uggah duggahs. Apparently they are used a lot in the WRC, or maybe just the UK scene, still a great bit of kit!
 
Except that it has a quarter of the power of the Dewalt or Makita ones...
Agree that it should work for most things, until you find a seized bolt or even a wheel nut that has been tightened with a few too many ugga duggas at a tyre shop. 400 Nm is good, but nowhere near as reassuring as 1600 Nm
 
Cristian said:
Except that it has a quarter of the power of the Dewalt or Makita ones...
Agree that it should work for most things, until you find a seized bolt or even a wheel nut that has been tightened with a few too many ugga duggas at a tyre shop. 400 Nm is good, but nowhere near as reassuring as 1600 Nm
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double the price if not more than that?

I mean I'd expect it to have more push.

for really bad things I've got a big fat corded gun that'll probably take anything off lol.
 
Surely the first question should be do you have any 18v tools already, as most companies make impact guns so if you already have the power sources stick with them.

I have the big DeWalt wrench, and also a small impact driver with a 1/2" adapter for the lighter work and together they do everything without breaking a sweat. In honesty, the impact driver is 205nm and could do 95% of jobs on its own, but it's always useful to have the big guns just in case.
 
Second the Ryobi, it's done everything including hub nuts for me. Like the chap above said though, depends if you've got anything already in a manufacturers range...
 
For me, taking literally every bolt out a rusty MX5, if the Ryobi didn't do the job then a supposedly better Snap On didn't either and it was breaker bar out.

I don't think I could justify the cost of a high torque gun for home use, for those bolts that are really stuck, crack them with a bar and then use the gun.
 
I've got the Ryobi one as well and it shifts 99% of everything thrown at it including rusty suspension bolts that havent been removed in 15 years and 150k miles.
 
I'm a big fan of the Milwaukee cordless range. I've got the big 3/4" gun to do the worst nuts. For everything else, I've just bought their new 3/8" M12 Fuel stubby. I've got a set of these as well: Laser 3/8 stubby sockets
 
Thanks for all the recommendations folks, I've ended up springing for the Dewalt-DCF899 with charger/batteries, I'm needing some other bits for car/home use (Drill first) so lets me go down the Dewalt Route for that too.
 
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