Electric Impact Wrench?????
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scrotal surge
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Electric Impact Wrench?????
I've been looking around trying to make myself self-sufficient while living in an apt. with my car RIGHT underneath my balcony in the underground garage. I have room to work on it, but need air tools. Thought I'd go with a strong electric impact wrench to help out. Anyone use one before? Axle nut needs like 250lbs. of torque to take off?? I KNOW air is the way to go, but can't store a big enough compressor to make it worth it. Anyone mess with an electric one?
How much torque would I need to get most jobs done?
How much torque would I need to get most jobs done?
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i have an electric snap-on and it works great! its popped off everything ive thrown at it.... hell its even broken extensions, sockets and bolts. its got plenty of torque to do what you need to do. oh btw its a snap-on 1/2 impact wrench 18 volt model ct3850
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scrotal surge
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Originally Posted by kiddcarbuff
i have an electric snap-on and it works great! its popped off everything ive thrown at it.... hell its even broken extensions, sockets and bolts. its got plenty of torque to do what you need to do. oh btw its a snap-on 1/2 impact wrench 18 volt model ct3850
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Mechanic accross the street from my neighborhood swares by them. He has the Snap-On also. He is an old timer mechanic who has the air tools also in his very well equiped shop, and says he doesnt even use his Air Impact anymore. Just someone's 2nd hand $.02
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Originally Posted by beatertuner
Mechanic accross the street from my neighborhood swares by them. He has the Snap-On also. He is an old timer mechanic who has the air tools also in his very well equiped shop, and says he doesnt even use his Air Impact anymore. Just someone's 2nd hand $.02
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I have the Harbor Freight cordless impact and it has never had a hiccup for 2 years.
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Quick thought to keep in mind:
Air tools need shop air (a perfectly constant 90psi) to perform as advertised. the regulators on most home compressors cannot keep up to this. My Matco/IR 1000lb max reverse can't do much better then 300-ish pounds on my home compressor. Plenty to pull axle nuts and crank pulley bolts, but at the shop it can do much more much faster.
Electric tools will always perform as advertised, since home electric power is no different then what you get in the shop.
Air tools need shop air (a perfectly constant 90psi) to perform as advertised. the regulators on most home compressors cannot keep up to this. My Matco/IR 1000lb max reverse can't do much better then 300-ish pounds on my home compressor. Plenty to pull axle nuts and crank pulley bolts, but at the shop it can do much more much faster.
Electric tools will always perform as advertised, since home electric power is no different then what you get in the shop.
