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Chat Area => General Car Chat => Topic started by: biggriffin on 17 October 2015, 11:35:47
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In today's Sun pg 59.
Wolf 1/2 impact gun £59.99.
Same as sealey,and machine Mart.
Or www.ukhs.tv (http://www.ukhs.tv)
Also other deals, well they might be.
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Ideal for running nuts off....250lb/ft....skin and rice pudding comes to mind ;D...you would more than likely have to break the nut with a breaker bar and pole before that gun would be of any use....I.m.o,,,yep ok as d.i.y. and as the saying goes you get what you pay for...save your money and get a decent one that will do the job as it is intended for. :y
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Can be had from Amazon for same price.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wolf-Cordless-Reversible-Sockets-Battery/dp/B004CZ3WV8 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Wolf-Cordless-Reversible-Sockets-Battery/dp/B004CZ3WV8)
Say 270Nm - can't see it doing that based on reports of other impact drivers.
Webbys one was £180 with no battery....
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Cheap impact wrenches are very disappointing. Their real use is on things like large suspension bolts that have already been loosened with a breaker bar, but are still hard to turn with a ratchet..
£50 will buy you a 600mm long handled ratchet that will be much more useful, and far better value. Sealey's AK6695 for example.
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I have the sealy, one and it works fine, I also have a 2ft breaker bar,
The impact wrench has performed as it should,.
If I was in a work-shop I would have my old faithful CP air gun in use, but am not so for home use the sealey,works fine ::)
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Cheap impact wrenches are very disappointing. Their real use is on things like large suspension bolts that have already been loosened with a breaker bar, but are still hard to turn with a ratchet..
£50 will buy you a 600mm long handled ratchet that will be much more useful, and far better value. Sealey's AK6695 for example.
My Halfords long breaker bar was only about £25 IIRC. Well worth it.
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imho the most soul destroying thing is to buy an impact wrench on the cheap and it wont undo your lug nuts. been there done that. im not loaded (in fact I bought it with some money my granny left me when she passed as I wanted something to keep). but as I now do this for a living I needed to invest in a good one either way.
that Makita is one of my best tools. expensive. but awesome :y
I remember the Clarke one I brought...£60 and promised 450nm ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D wouldn't undo an omega bolt done up to 110nm :-X
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imho the most soul destroying thing is to buy an impact wrench on the cheap and it wont undo your wheel nuts. been there done that. im not loaded (in fact I bought it with some money my granny left me when she passed as I wanted something to keep). but as I now do this for a living I needed to invest in a good one either way.
that Makita is one of my best tools. expensive. but awesome :y
I remember the Clarke one I brought...£60 and promised 450nm ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D wouldn't undo an omega bolt done up to 110nm :-X
Spelt it correctly young bear, this is England,were we use English. Not one of the colonies. :D
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Go on webby, Pull him up on his spelling ;D ;D
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Go on webby, Pull him up on his spelling ;D ;D
I can't read, I can't write,but I can't just about drive a tractor :D
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Go on webby, Pull him up on his spelling ;D ;D
I can't read, I can't write,but I can't just about drive a tractor :D
;D
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imho the most soul destroying thing is to buy an impact wrench on the cheap and it wont undo your wheel nuts. been there done that. im not loaded (in fact I bought it with some money my granny left me when she passed as I wanted something to keep). but as I now do this for a living I needed to invest in a good one either way.
that Makita is one of my best tools. expensive. but awesome :y
I remember the Clarke one I brought...£60 and promised 450nm ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D wouldn't undo an omega bolt done up to 110nm :-X
Spelt it correctly young bear, this is England,where we use English. Not one of the colonies. :D
If you are going to criticise spelling, you want to be correct 8)
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imho the most soul destroying thing is to buy an impact wrench on the cheap and it wont undo your wheel nuts. been there done that. im not loaded (in fact I bought it with some money my granny left me when she passed as I wanted something to keep). but as I now do this for a living I needed to invest in a good one either way.
that Makita is one of my best tools. expensive. but awesome :y
I remember the Clarke one I brought...£60 and promised 450nm ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D wouldn't undo an omega bolt done up to 110nm :-X
Spelt it correctly young bear, this is England,where we use English. Not one of the colonies. :D
If you are going to criticise spelling, you want to be correct 8)
I wise criticizing the bears use of Americanism (lug nut), and put the correct word in. :)
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I wise criticizing the bears use of Americanism (lug nut), and put the correct word in. :)
does American spelling count too? ::) ::) ::) ;)
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I wise criticizing the bears use of Americanism (lug nut), and put the correct word in. :)
does American spelling count too? ::) ::) ::) ;)
American everything. Period.
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Period.
Arggggh! :-X
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Period.
Arggggh! :-X
Full stop.......
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Aw jeez, I'm taking a raincheck from this thread. :P
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There's a lot of comedy material to take advantage of here....but I'll resist ;D
''She was so priddy I couldn't help marself...now she ain't breathin' none'' ;D
Yeeeeeeeee haaaaaw!
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Just remember they haven't had the language as long as us and are still getting the hang of using it. :y
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I have the Clarke/Sealey 450Nm cordless one (far more powerful than this one), and its shite. As Nick W says, only any good if you loosen bolts first, or just about manages wheelbolts if you abuse charge it, then immediately use.
The deWalt one is a delight in comparison. Despite only claiming 200Nm, its just powerful enough to undo wheel bolts without abusing the batteries. Smaller, lighter and a variable trigger as well.
I'd always assumed the original Clarke one I had was a bad example, but its replacement following the fire was no better. Nor was the Sealey I'd used in a garage. Hence getting the little deWalt (to match the other deWalt stuff my little bro pulled from a skip following the fire, and passed on to me).
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The little De-Walt one I have is the 3/8" one. I have my Makita for big stuff. but the 3/8 I have for service work. Worksbrilliantly. except the dodgy securing/locking ring for the sockets.
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The little De-Walt one I have is the 3/8" one. I have my Makita for big stuff. but the 3/8 I have for service work. Works brilliantly.
Interesting, as I have one too and it's a tool that looked far more useful than it is. I'm glad I bought it cheap as I hardly ever bother with it. The small Dewalt drill that goes with it is excellent and is the one I use most of the time.