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Anyone using an electric cordless impact gun?
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11/10/14 03:53 PM
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jbeintherockies
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I'm thinking about buying a cordless impact gun. I was wondering if anyone on here has one, what brand, good/bad, etc. How much torque do I need? The prices are all over the place, with Sears Craftsman starting around $80 and the Milwaukee's up to over $400. The tool will be used to assemble my front suspension (for starters). So it will need to be powerful enough and small enough to fit in some tight places (torquing the UCA's comes to mind). Thank you in advance! 
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Re: Anyone using an electric cordless impact gun?
[Re: jbeintherockies]
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11/10/14 04:06 PM
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DaveRS23
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I use a Milwaukee 1/2" battery impact in the shop almost daily. It does a good job and is very handy. Although, in my opinion, it does not make the advertised torque. (there's a surprise)  My guess is that it probably generates about 125-150ft.lbs.
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Re: Anyone using an electric cordless impact gun?
[Re: jbeintherockies]
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11/10/14 04:29 PM
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Everything I have is the Dewalt 18 volt stuff. Is it as good as a Snap-On, probably not but between the 1/2" drive and the smaller 1/4" drive I can do pretty much whatever I need to. It doesn't hurt that I have about 5 other 18 volt tools so batteries and chargers aren't a problem. 
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Re: Anyone using an electric cordless impact gun?
[Re: DaveRS23]
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11/10/14 04:29 PM
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I use a Milwaukee 1/2" battery impact in the shop almost daily.
Same here. It is awesome for lag bolts into wood, lug nuts etc. It will zip off stubborn lug nuts that my air wrench will not move.
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Re: Anyone using an electric cordless impact gun?
[Re: skicker]
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11/10/14 04:43 PM
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Everything I have is the Dewalt 18 volt stuff.
Is it as good as a Snap-On, probably not but between the 1/2" drive and the smaller 1/4" drive I can do pretty much whatever I need to.
It doesn't hurt that I have about 5 other 18 volt tools so batteries and chargers aren't a problem.
I have the 1/2" myself and love it. Really a sweet unit Dewalt has....
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Re: Anyone using an electric cordless impact gun?
[Re: jbeintherockies]
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11/10/14 05:51 PM
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I have been using 3 snap on ones for over 10 years now. They are alright, the batterys suck. They never last long enough for the job at hand. The snap on batterys are a rip off. I am on my 3 rd set of batterys. I hardly use them anymore and just use air so I'm sure that I get the job done without changing batterys. All three of mine are 3/8 drive because my crew used them for my race car for the engine at first when they were new. Don't need 1/2" for the engine. I also got tired of using a cheap 1/2' air impact that had trouble getting some fasteners loose. So last year I bought this snap on impact, magnesium housing and 900 ft lbs of torque. It's been great to use this past year at work. I keep one cordless at work, it hasn't been out of my drawer in a year. The other 2 I keep at home and use them a little more often, same deal the batterys are always dead or weak when I need it. I know you don't care about air, but here is the ultimate 1/2" impact wrench IMO.  These are a couple of my cordless wrenches, they have not only been used racing, I used them heavily in a truck repair shop. They get tossed around and have held up great, the batterys just suck, did I mention that? 
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Re: Anyone using an electric cordless impact gun?
[Re: jbeintherockies]
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11/10/14 06:42 PM
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DaveRS23
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How often have you needed more torque than it is capable of?
For removing lug nuts, probably 1/2 the time. Of course, many of the shops that put the lugs nuts on use 3/4 air impacts. Which is what I have to use to knock them loose. In other words, the lug nuts are way over-torqued.
Other than that, the Milwaukee probably gets the job done nearly 90% of the time. I'll never be without one again.
My Milwaukee is an 18v, which is quite a bit more powerful than the 12v ones I have seen. And the battery charge does pretty good, too. It is not perfect, there are some things about it I don't like. But overall it has been a handy, dependable tool.
Master, again and still
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Re: Anyone using an electric cordless impact gun?
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11/10/14 07:58 PM
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How often have you needed more torque than it is capable of?
For removing lug nuts, probably 1/2 the time. Of course, many of the shops that put the lugs nuts on use 3/4 air impacts. Which is what I have to use to knock them loose. In other words, the lug nuts are way over-torqued.
Other than that, the Milwaukee probably gets the job done nearly 90% of the time. I'll never be without one again.
My Milwaukee is an 18v, which is quite a bit more powerful than the 12v ones I have seen. And the battery charge does pretty good, too. It is not perfect, there are some things about it I don't like. But overall it has been a handy, dependable tool.
This is why I bought the good 1/2" air impact, so I know I'm going to get the lug nut off right away and not screwing around getting another tool or battery to finish.
I put on lug nuts with my 12V 3/8 drive cordless impact many times. Then checked them with a torque wrench, they were tight enough. But not worth a damn if you are trying to get air impacted nut off, IMO.
And I seriously doubt anyone is using a 3/4" impact to put on reg lug nut's, because it's too heavy to use like that and would snap off the lugs real easy tightening them. I use these all the time for a long time now.
They are using good 1/2" impacts like mine above and then the best 1/2" electric won't touch them, not even the average air one will. NOt saying over torque is good, it's really bad. I used to have to get that heavy 3/4" out every so often too to get some loose, not anymore on light duty vehicles. The new 1/2" is very light and that's good on your body and very powerful.
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Re: Anyone using an electric cordless impact gun?
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11/10/14 11:41 PM
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Wow, thanks guys for the great feedback! I thought the 1/2" drive would be the better choice over the 3/8" drive; more power was my theory. I'll look a little closer at the 3/8" drives and see if my theory holds true. I have a very small garage with no room for a compressor. So, an air gun is out for now. Maybe someday I will have a bigger garage. 
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Re: Anyone using an electric cordless impact gun?
[Re: shanker]
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11/10/14 11:46 PM
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How is the Ingersol Rand stuff?
i LOVE mine....and that's an understatement....it has more power than the snappy one and there is ALOT of info about it on Garagejournal.com
Which model do you have? I was looking at the W360-KL1 model; but it is really expensive. It claims 360 ft-lbs of torque
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Re: Anyone using an electric cordless impact gun?
[Re: jbeintherockies]
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11/10/14 11:47 PM
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I use a "Goodyear" branded 24 volt that I got at Pep boys a few years back, day after thanksgiving sale. The battery crapped out, but I'm using an 18v Ryobi battery in it, and it's great for the $70 I paid.
There was an article (or forum post) I read online where someone compared the Goodyear to a much more expensive gun, and while the more expensive one put out more torque, it wasn't a blowout if my memory serves.
All I know is I'm happy with mine.. but I never use it for torquing-in parts, just removing them.
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Re: Anyone using an electric cordless impact gun?
[Re: Exit1965]
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11/11/14 01:55 AM
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I use a "Goodyear" branded 24 volt that I got at Pep boys a few years back, day after thanksgiving sale. The battery crapped out, but I'm using an 18v Ryobi battery in it, and it's great for the $70 I paid.
There was an article (or forum post) I read online where someone compared the Goodyear to a much more expensive gun, and while the more expensive one put out more torque, it wasn't a blowout if my memory serves.
All I know is I'm happy with mine.. but I never use it for torquing-in parts, just removing them.
I've got the W7150 http://www.ingersollrandproducts.com/am-...orque-impactool
when I got it last year or so...IR was offering a rebate for a free battery, so I've got the tool + three batteries & charger for around 400 iirc...
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Re: Anyone using an electric cordless impact gun?
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11/11/14 01:57 AM
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what I like about the W7150 is the shear power....I just replaced the springs on my R/T...when I was taking the OE u-bolts off, it was nice to be able to have enough power to just break them since they weren't wanting to come off... the W7150 made short work of just busting them off 
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