joda
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taurus
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Personally I'd avoid anything with NiCads, especially if it's not in regular use. NiCads will lose charge just standing in the box so by the time you come to use the wrench you'll need to recharge the battery.
Lithiums are a whole lot better - once charged they keep their charge so they are ready to use whenever you want.
They are more expensive, but for the additional price they are much much better. Well worth the extra.
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Or get one with a trailing lead you can hook to the car battery?
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I have a cheap one - waste of time / money and regret not saving up the pennies for a decent make even if secondhand. Not enough power to crack wheel nuts or undo tight / bound nuts. It's a case of getting what you pay for so you can therefore expect the performance of a sub £100 to be nothing like that of a £500 item.
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If your on a budget and its for occasional use maybe a 240v will be better. Aldi or lidl are suppose to sell corded ones that are supposedly ok for money. Keep looking out for one to buy, but to no avail. I thought Composimmonite above had one I think but could be getting mixed up with another member.
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Last Edit: Mar 9, 2015 19:36:00 GMT by bigfella2
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lewis
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omegod
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Last Edit: Mar 9, 2015 21:27:27 GMT by omegod
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Indeed spent £90 on one of these and its sh*te. |
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For wheel nuts I've got a 3ft breaker bar and a 4ft piece of scaffold tube to slide over it, hasn't been beaten yet! Then once cracked you can whip them off with whatever takes your fancy. Impact is handy for crank nuts and the like where you need to jar them loose rather than just turn the whole component.
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Mar 16, 2015 13:00:02 GMT
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Mar 17, 2015 15:06:41 GMT
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Personally I'd avoid anything with NiCads, especially if it's not in regular use. NiCads will lose charge just standing in the box so by the time you come to use the wrench you'll need to recharge the battery. Lithiums are a whole lot better - once charged they keep their charge so they are ready to use whenever you want. They are more expensive, but for the additional price they are much much better. Well worth the extra. I've got an outstanding favour to do for a mate that's basically making up a lithium ion battery pack for him out of an old, long dead ni-cad one packed with ebay lihtium cells. A few DIY forums have guides for popular drills. Maybe there's an option to do this for a cheapo impact driver battery too? |
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omega
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Mar 17, 2015 20:32:18 GMT
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[/quote]I've got an outstanding favour to do for a mate that's basically making up a lithium ion battery pack for him out of an old, long dead ni-cad one packed with ebay lihtium cells. A few DIY forums have guides for popular drills.
Maybe there's an option to do this for a cheapo impact driver battery too?[/quote]
will we feel the bang down here?
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Mar 18, 2015 23:04:40 GMT
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lexi
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Mar 18, 2015 23:23:29 GMT
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I have an older Sealey 240 v. Ok but would not remove really stubborn stuff.
I wonder if some of the cheaper guns really do attain the torque figures they claim. I always meant to torque something to the 400 lb ft and then try unwind it with my gun.
The air guns with mahoosive compressor seem more brutal IME.
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I have a makita 6818 or something. It's a little 12v jobby. As others have said, it hasn't got the balls to remove fully torqued up wheel nuts (well it might, but I don't fancy listening to the clutch mechanism for that long lol) but it will do most other things happily.
It came in especially handy during a recent emergency diff change in a field.....
It is a Ni-Cd, but then the batteries can be had aftermarket for about £15, so they are borderline disposable :-)
There are a few on eBay at the moment if you search Makita Impact wrench, the lithium ones come up too, but I'm not 100% on the prices of them.
Lee
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Mar 20, 2015 12:09:33 GMT
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I've got an outstanding favour to do for a mate that's basically making up a lithium ion battery pack for him out of an old, long dead ni-cad one packed with ebay lihtium cells. A few DIY forums have guides for popular drills. Maybe there's an option to do this for a cheapo impact driver battery too? Go careful... |
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Mar 20, 2015 13:15:25 GMT
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Hi, absolutely, beware the phone in your pocket.
Colin
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Mar 22, 2015 22:59:13 GMT
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Have a word with your local snapon dealer my one this week had a 18v used gun as a trade in with 2 batterys and charger for £150 that way you know its going to do the job and if the gun stops working in a year or two you can send it back to snapon and have it rebuilt for about £75.
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omega
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Mar 23, 2015 21:33:46 GMT
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Have a word with your local snapon dealer my one this week had a 18v used gun as a trade in with 2 batterys and charger for £150 that way you know its going to do the job and if the gun stops working in a year or two you can send it back to snapon and have it rebuilt for about £75. have it rebuilt? thought these where guaranteed for life hence the cost. |
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