Impact gun

[davyfireball]

Do anybody make a electric impact gun 3/8 drive that will take off lug nuts or rusty nuts . Can t believe what the manufacturer says.

 

[JGayman]

When you say electric, do you mean battery powered or an AC plug-in unit?

 

[DoubleO7]

I am also researching for purchase of 1/2 inch electric battery impact.

You might want to visit the youtuber "torgue test channel".I

He does what I would say are real world tests.

This post was edited by DoubleO7 on 10/11/2022 at 09:12 am.

 

[rrlund]

I've got a half inch drive Dewalt that has more power than my Snap On air impact has at 120 PSI. I don't know about a three eights.
I've got a quarter and three eights drive that's handy as can be, but nowhere near the torque that you're talking about.

 

[davyfireball]

. ( battery)

 

[Destroked 450]

Look at Milwaukee Fuel impact guns
My 1/2 drive model has 1200 lb torque
Takes the lug nut off of semi wheels but adjust down for smaller jobs to prevent twisting bolts into

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

(quoted from post at 08:43:27 10/11/22) Do anybody make a electric impact gun 3/8 drive that will take off lug nuts or rusty nuts . Can t believe what the manufacturer says.

Why 3/8" drive?

The vast majority of impact toolage is 1/2" drive.

Dewalt and Milwaukee are legendary, can't go wrong, with the exception of the latest Milwaukee 2767-20 model with serial codes H96B, which has had enough problems lately that they've been pulled by Milwaukee. Dealers should no longer be selling those.

On the budget friendly side the Harbor Freight Earthquake XL used to be a great value, but they've been discontinued. You know HF is making a good tool when they discontinue it. It has been replaced by new impact guns in their Hercules line.

 

[Geo-TH,In]

My Dewalt would not remove over torqued
lug nuts.
I would like to borrow a Milwaukee before
buying one.
On paper the Milwaukee sounds very good.
I'm waiting for Santa to bring me a
Milwaukee. Been waiting for years now.

 

[jon f mn]

I have both a 1/2 and 3/8 Milwaukee and
love them both. They make to power leves,
so make sure you get the good one. My 3/8
gets the most use and I use it specifically
to put wheels on as the 1/2 WI get them
too tight. The 3/8 will take them off if
they were put on right, but not if they are
over torqued as they frequently are. The
1/2 will either take them loose or twist
them off, which ever is necessary. I use
the 3/8 most because it's lighter and
easier to use and they last me about 4
years. My 1/2 ust quit after 7 years and
had to be replaced. I use them a lot and
think that's not bad. In both cases they
just quit working with no warning. I'm
going to send them in to see what's wrong
with them.

 

[gears]

I got the 18v brushless Ryobi 1/2" and it is amazing. The 3/8" brushed impact won t even break 5/16 Briggs cylinder head bolts free... I might try the 3/8 brushless if I get a chance.

 

[Sprint 6]

Milwaukee M18 Fuel, all the rest are toys.

 

[runwoolf]

Double the comment on the Milwaukee M18. Have yet to meet a nut/bolt it will not break loose. (1/2 drive)

 

[544hydro]

My vote is Milwaukee M18. I love mine.

 

[DoubleO7]

(reply to post at 07:40:59 10/12/22)

Except for the "improved profit margin" 2767-20 H96B version which has been failing miserably.
And recalled.
Milwaukee is reverting back to the previous design now.

So beware of which version you buy.

 

[Goose]

I have one of those. It's rated at 300 ft lbs torque.

When I bought it I said it would be handy around the shop, but I didn't expect it to compete with my 1200 ft lb air impact. I haven't used the air impact since I
got the Ryobi.

 

[Tony in Bama]

I second that...

 

[Tony in SD]

Our construction crews use Milwaukee M18 7/16 hex and 1/2 square impacts. They work very well. I doubt that you will find a 3/8 drive that will break lug nuts reliably.

 

[sotxbill]

dewalt xr series 1/2 inch cordless. It replaced my 3/4 inch ingersolrand air driven for most projects.

I still have an electric ir 1 inch for shredder blade bolts but it strips about everything it touches.. especially the left handed bolts that I dont detect in time.

 

[Mule Meat]

I picked up a 1/2" drive DeWalt DCF891B a few weeks ago and so far it has impressed me to be so lightweight. It has removed the lug nuts on cars and trucks including Ford F450's with ease. I can only think of three times that something bigger was needed to remove three or four over torqued nuts. It has three mode settings that I like and the LED light has a dim and bright setting. It works best with 4+ amp hour batteries which last much longer than I thought they would on the tool.

At just $225+/- for the tool only it is well worth the money. And I plan to pick up a couple more of them to carry in the daily drivers.

With you would rather have a red one. MAC tools has the exact same tool around $279. DeWalt and MAC power tools are the same tools just different colors and labels. Both DeWalt and MAC battery packs are same.

One thing I learned from testing them. Once the tool stops spinning the bolt or nut. No need to keep hammering it. For once it stops it has reached max torque for whatever mode you have it set on.

 

[davyfireball]

I ended up getting a DCF 932b dewalt . I tried it out and it took off lug nuts on car . The lug nut was torqued at 120 ftlbs . I was given a 1/2 Dewalt drill with 2 batteries and charger . Thank you for replying to this thread. Davy

This post was edited by davyfireball on 10/13/2022 at 05:06 pm.