Electric Impact Wrench???

[BigJimZ28]

Originally Posted by Danase

I have a Chicago Eletric / Harbor Freight Impact Wrench I have had since about 1998. It's awesome. I use it all of the time too.

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and if you catch it all on sale you can get it and 2 sets of sockets for <$70

[Stryder]

Aw man, went to Home Depot to check out electric impact guns by Dewalt and Rigid today... and those things are HUGE. The air ones are a lot smaller. Hmm decicsions, decisions.

[jshillin]

Originally Posted by Stryder

Aw man, went to Home Depot to check out electric impact guns by Dewalt and Rigid today... and those things are HUGE. The air ones are a lot smaller. Hmm decicsions, decisions.

They have to be huge! If you have a decent size compressor, pneumatic is the way to go!!! If you do not, suck it up and get a big heavy electric one!!

[baseballlover1]

i have always wondered about the impact wrenches and why they dont torque the cars like in F1 and nascar (in nascar there prolly just to stupid, but that just my thoughts ) anyway, we use a cordless makita impact wrench for changing wheels at the track. Its pretty neat but we always need to use a torque wrench.

[metload1]

Originally Posted by baseballlover1

i have always wondered about the impact wrenches and why they dont torque the cars like in F1 and nascar (in nascar there prolly just to stupid, but that just my thoughts ) anyway, we use a cordless makita impact wrench for changing wheels at the track. Its pretty neat but we always need to use a torque wrench.

lol no they're not stupid, they probably use torque sticks like I like.

305TSKTA, Extension Set, Wheel Torque, 1/2" Drive


Personally I can't stand torque wrenches, at least the ones I've dealt with. I have a nice snap on one and it's shot. One drop and they're gone. I really don't feel like sending them in for calibration all the time. And you have to store them correctly... ugh. I'm not sure about the gauge/electric ones though, they interest me. I've seen demonstrations for these torque sticks though and they had a 100 lbs stick and it tightened to 99.8 lbs. They were a different brand though not snap-on. I think I'm going to be getting a few of these though, maybe an 80 and a 100. No re-cal to do ever.

The electric ones I saw at Sears looked neat, anyone have experience with them? I'm normally not a craftsman fan but I'd get one if someone had good experience with it. I'm guessing the non-clicker ones don't need to be calibrated as often. I kinda need an inch/lbs one too for my valve covers lol. I'm guessing the electric could cover both.

To the OP, I got a 250 ft/lbs pneumatic impact wrench and it was worthless. It wouldn't even turn the lugs. The only use it had was spinning them on nice and fast in the first place. I think I might have a nice chicago pneumatic under the tree though! I've used an electric snap on though and I thought it was pretty nice, although I didn't try it on hard stuff. I used it at work when the maintenance guys asked for help with the white boards. Working in IT gets interesting sometimes lol.

[2002 Z06]

I was excited when my soon to be father in law gave me an electric impact from his job, contrustion, but I was not impressed. He said they use it everyday on constrution sites but the thing wasn't strong enough to get the bolt off the top of a strut tower....I hope that it is better when it comes to putting things back together.

[BigJimZ28]

Originally Posted by 2002 Z06

I was excited when my soon to be father in law gave me an electric impact from his job, contrustion, but I was not impressed. He said they use it everyday on constrution sites but the thing wasn't strong enough to get the bolt off the top of a strut tower....I hope that it is better when it comes to putting things back together.

Really?

I have used my cheap harbor freight electric impact to remove 20+ year old rusted suspension bolts with no problem

[Stryder]

Well my GF got me an air compressor for my bday/christmas! It's a 30 gallon oil-lube vertical Husky that delivers 5.5 CFM at 90 psi. Not the most powerful but good enough for what I'm trying to do, which is to run an air impact wrench, a pneumatic fluid extractor, and inflate my tires. I also just bought an Husky impact wrench, 600 Ft. lbs. of reverse torque and 550 Ft. lbs of forward torque. And it only requires 4 CFM. I can't wait to play with my new toys!

[jshillin]

Originally Posted by Stryder

Well my GF got me an air compressor for my bday/christmas! It's a 30 gallon oil-lube vertical Husky that delivers 5.5 CFM at 90 psi. Not the most powerful but good enough for what I'm trying to do, which is to run an air impact wrench, a pneumatic fluid extractor, and inflate my tires. I also just bought an Husky impact wrench, 600 Ft. lbs. of reverse torque and 550 Ft. lbs of forward torque. And it only requires 4 CFM. I can't wait to play with my new toys!

You should be good to go with that. The tank size is a bit small, the motor will run a lot when you are working it, but it should work out fine for ya...

[NCZ13]

go with pneumatic. my friend and i split a impact wrench when we were bolting on my exhaust, and it didnt help do anything. it was heavy, loud, and made nuts nice and round =)

[themightytimmah]

Originally Posted by metload1

lol no they're not stupid, they probably use torque sticks like I like.

305TSKTA, Extension Set, Wheel Torque, 1/2" Drive

Aren't those the handiest things ever? My friend's dad had a set up at his shop, and I don't know how I ever got by without them.

[BigJimZ28]

Originally Posted by NCZ13

and made nuts nice and round =)

that would be from using the wrong size socket