TimC
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| posted on 11/10/20 at 07:54 PM |
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Cheap battery impact gun.
Hello,
For infrequent use,
1. Will I likely be okay with a c.£60 rattle gun?
2. Any recommendations?
Ta
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 11/10/20 at 08:28 PM |
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You get what you pay for! I suspect a decent 3/8” drive will have more torque than a cheap 1/2”
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obfripper
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| posted on 11/10/20 at 09:39 PM |
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Lidl PASSK 20-Li is good for the money (same tool as the draper stormforce one) and £60 with battery and charger, they might have some still in stock
in your area.
If you've got dewalt 18v batteries already(ideally 5ah or higher), then a dcf899 is among the best you can buy and around £150 for the bare
tool.
I've got the dewalt at work, if it won't undo a bolt, you'll need to get out the 3/4 breaker bar out and undo/snap the bolt off!
The lidl one is ok for everything on the striker and saves carting the work tools around, also saves using the compressor at home instead.
Dave
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sebastiaan
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| posted on 12/10/20 at 07:34 AM |
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I recently picked up a fake makita. Totally against my normal "buy makita, buy once" attitude towards powertools, but when fitted with a
genuine 5 Ah Makita 18V battery this will actually undo wheelnuts (if they weren't done up by a gorilla giving it all the ugga duggas ;-))
Not bad for 30-ish quid if you already have the batteries. I actually tried a genuine "200Nm" Makita before and it wouldn't touch a
wheel nut.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=dtw285z&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_osacat=0&_odkw=makit
a+compatible+impact+gun
Lots of them about, all similar as far as I can see.
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Slimy38
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| posted on 12/10/20 at 07:54 AM |
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I went for the Clarke mains powered one. I appreciate it's not a battery one, but it's also not air driven one. It's
'ok', it helped me separate an MX5 driveshaft with the help of a hub puller and it can undo hub nuts fairly easily. The main issue is that
it's really heavy, I mean properly 'almost uncontrollable' heavy.
I would have preferred a battery powered one, but checking the torque capacity of the Clarke against similar priced battery ones the numbers won out.
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russbost
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| posted on 12/10/20 at 08:42 AM |
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I recently bought one of these
Ebay link realy wasn't expecting much from it & bought on the basis that I always have an air
powered one to fall back on, but I have actually been quite impressed. Does it do 530Nm like it says? Not a chance, I doubt it does half that, but
it's sturdy & manages wheelnuts as long as, like Sebastian says, a gorilla hasn't been at them
It's also a lot more compact than the air one & I don't have to bother putting the compressor on & messing around with air hose to
use it - it was actually under £35 when I bought & the battery must be worth that on it's own - lasts for ages!
I no longer run Furore Products or Furore Cars Ltd, but would still highly recommend them for Acewell dashes, projector headlights, dominator
headlights, indicators, mirrors etc, best prices in the UK! Take a look at http://www.furoreproducts.co.uk/ or find more parts on Ebay, user names
furoreltd & furoreproducts, discounts available for LCB users.
Don't forget Stainless Steel Braided brake hoses, made to your exact requirements in any of around 16 colours.
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/furoreproducts/m.html?_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1
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tweek
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| posted on 12/10/20 at 09:57 AM |
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One thing to note is that the size of the battery can have a big effect on the performance of the tool.
I have the Ryobi three speed one and it works significantly better with a fully charged 5Ah battery over a fully charged 4Ah.
Might be worth waiting for black friday/Christmas sales to get a good deal?
Hope that helps
"oh dear..." said god,
"I hadn't thought of that"
and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic
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coyoteboy
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| posted on 12/10/20 at 01:48 PM |
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I keep getting torn with this question as well. The only time I've borrowed one it failed to undo even a slightly rusty nut (Makita). I have a
pneumatic and it won't touch wheelnuts torqued up with a torque wrench. Seems to be one of those tools that *should* be ace, but never seems to
work out for me, and I can't see a cheap one touching even the easiest of nuts.
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Tatey
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| posted on 13/10/20 at 08:04 AM |
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I bought the Lidl 400Nm impact gun and I am very impressed with it for £60.
It has taken the crank pulley bolt off my zetec without even breaking a sweat. It will happily take off my wheel bolts torqued to 120Nm. It comes with
some long reach impact sockets and it has a built in torch/torque selector which for the cost seems like a good addition.
I bought it just for the occasional use, I typically prefer using hand tools but for the time when you have quite a few bolts to get off it definitely
saves a lot of time.
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russbost
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| posted on 13/10/20 at 08:18 AM |
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"and I can't see a cheap one touching even the easiest of nuts" - well, all I can say is that the £35 one I bought (now around £43)
from Ebay, is waaaay better than I expected - will it last remains to be seen, but initial impressions of both performance & build quality are
good
I no longer run Furore Products or Furore Cars Ltd, but would still highly recommend them for Acewell dashes, projector headlights, dominator
headlights, indicators, mirrors etc, best prices in the UK! Take a look at http://www.furoreproducts.co.uk/ or find more parts on Ebay, user names
furoreltd & furoreproducts, discounts available for LCB users.
Don't forget Stainless Steel Braided brake hoses, made to your exact requirements in any of around 16 colours.
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/furoreproducts/m.html?_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1
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ReMan
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| posted on 15/10/20 at 07:44 AM |
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My thread:
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/viewthread.php?tid=215614&page=1
I just wouldnt bother with a cheap one.
www.plusnine.co.uk
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40inches
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| posted on 15/10/20 at 08:53 AM |
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I have a Ryobi one, but as said it needs a 5ah battery to tackle the heavy jobs, 2.5ah does wheel nuts ok.
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nick205
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| posted on 15/10/20 at 10:54 AM |
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Don't have an impact driver myself.
Audi mechanic neighbour swears by his Ingersol Rand one, but it cost him close to £500. He uses it all day at work though so in a different league
IMHO. His comment the other day was all the internals are metal with no plastic and the whole thing is serviceable. Again if you're using it
for a work tool then I guess that is what you need.
For home/DIY use I'd probably budget £60-£100 and maybe look for battery interchangeability with other cordless tools.
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britishtrident
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| posted on 15/10/20 at 12:31 PM |
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Lidl guns are USELESS
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