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Re: Impact Wrench
« Reply #60 on: 26 December 2013, 14:42:21 »

Hummm Clark one is rated a tad more @ 450Nm, but only one battery. At Vat free price that is very tempting

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/clarke-cir450-24v-high-torque-cordless-impact?da=1&TC=SRC-impact%20wrench

Gets favourable reviews ... though doesn't state if it has progressive trigger action :(

Otherwise, that ticks all the boxes here too! :y
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Re: Impact Wrench
« Reply #61 on: 26 December 2013, 14:46:10 »

Cheaper than Sealey too, if you get with Vat free. Would one battery be enough  :-\
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Re: Impact Wrench
« Reply #62 on: 26 December 2013, 14:51:02 »

Cheaper than Sealey too, if you get with Vat free. Would one battery be enough  :-\

Should imagine so tunnie. After all, I'd imagine that you'll not be using it intensively. Bit of planning before you start a job should see you through OK ... IMHO ;)
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Re: Impact Wrench
« Reply #63 on: 26 December 2013, 14:55:47 »

Cheaper than Sealey too, if you get with Vat free. Would one battery be enough  :-\

Should imagine so tunnie. After all, I'd imagine that you'll not be using it intensively. Bit of planning before you start a job should see you through OK ... IMHO ;)

I might have to ask little fatty nicely, as I've not been given a vat free code  :(
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Re: Impact Wrench
« Reply #64 on: 26 December 2013, 17:17:43 »

Will you be shopping online Tunnie?
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Re: Impact Wrench
« Reply #65 on: 26 December 2013, 21:52:17 »

Can it do it in the real world?  :-\
Unlikely, seeing as the Sealey/Clarke 450Nm one struggles unless battery is tip-top.

Check the states for Makita ones that fit your batts, I reckon thats your best bet. And accept you have to crack wheelbolts first.
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Re: Impact Wrench
« Reply #66 on: 26 December 2013, 21:53:21 »

As said earlier, my Clarke is a Sealey 2400 (I think), and no progressive trigger
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Re: Impact Wrench
« Reply #67 on: 26 December 2013, 22:35:13 »

If your main use will be for wheels, then a cordless impact is an expensive luxury. Its real use is for large bolts, such as on suspension, pullers or spring compressors.

The torque rating seems to be a 'multiply it by a wishful thinking amount' as wheelnuts aren't that tight, but many of 200nm rated wrenches struggle with them. Small tools have smaller, low capacity batteries; large ones work better but take up more space. Battery quality is critical, as is motor efficiency. The CP3002 Sealey one I had worked OK for about a year, but its effectiveness tailed off quickly after that. A new battery was almost as much as a new tool, so I used it until it stopped working.

We've been skirting around this for a while, but the best advice is buy a tool that you already have the batteries and charger for. Or, start from scratch, and buy the system that has the most useful tools available to you. I bought into the Ryobi One+ last year as a drill, angle grinder, impact wrench and small vac that share batteries are very handy for small, off the cuff jobs. The grinder works well, when I want to cut/grind a small thing(bolt, short weld, rusty patch etc),  but it's not up to a full sill replacement which is when I'll get the corded tool out . I'm tempted by the jigsaw too, as all of my use for such a tool are for small jobs - MDF hammerforms for example.
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Re: Impact Wrench
« Reply #68 on: 27 December 2013, 14:25:57 »

Will you be shopping online Tunnie?

Not sure

Can it do it in the real world?  :-\
Unlikely, seeing as the Sealey/Clarke 450Nm one struggles unless battery is tip-top.

Check the states for Makita ones that fit your batts, I reckon thats your best bet. And accept you have to crack wheelbolts first.

I think the batteries I have cannot fit any of the impact wrenches  :-\
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Re: Impact Wrench
« Reply #69 on: 27 December 2013, 14:52:27 »

I need to check but I think mine are 12v  :-\
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Re: Impact Wrench
« Reply #70 on: 27 December 2013, 15:34:37 »

Got a vat free code here if you need it Mark.
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Re: Impact Wrench
« Reply #71 on: 27 December 2013, 15:43:23 »

Got a vat free code here if you need it Mark.

Ooo thanks very much  :y

Might take you up on that, as the Clarke one is tempting :)
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Re: Impact Wrench
« Reply #72 on: 27 December 2013, 17:32:16 »

I have the sealy one, has never failed to undo anybolt on the omega, eg rear bearing nut,its been dropped,kicked and got damp, the only problem i encountered was the charger doesn't like falling from the bench onto the workshop floor with a battery in.. But found one on ebay for £30 :y

yes the snap off ones are good so is the new mag tools one, but its the old do i need one or is it i just want one,, i looked at corded but do get called out by friends n family,so cordless was chosen.
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