Ordered an impact gun

[T16]

Originally Posted by SCP440

Yes my Milwaukee is the same, some crank bolts are crazily tight but now they just undo. I remember one Fiesta I had to do was a mare, I had a 4 foot breaker bar with a scaffold pole and I didn't think it was going to budge. I borrowed a battery impact wrench and I was sold. After a couple of seconds of work it was undone.

I need one of these.

Milwaukee you say?

Last time I did a crank bolt, I had an Iveco Truck dealer with an alleged 1000nm gun unable to shift. Ended up with 5ft scaffold, and I was bouncing up and down level with the rear quarter panel at the back of the car.

I was using 3/4" tooling too, and had it covered in towels in case the joint/anything shattered, things were that serious. Possibly the single worst job I can ever remember doing.

having said that, I now have a specially modified crank pulley tool, with all this impact talk, I'd honestly be really wary of the shocks going through the crank tbh, mind you, no-one has actually reported any issues so far, so just pure paranoia I suppose on my part.

[Mike Noc]

As long as you have the pulley held by the tool the forces won't be going down the crankshaft - they all stay at the end you are working on.

The one I had was crazy tight though.

[Discofan]

Originally Posted by cbr1100xx

I've got the ryobi battery gun and it hasn't failed to undo a nut yet , driveshaft nuts, wheel nuts and suspension shackles on my other car , just make sure its the biggest battery and fully charged.
Stan

Hi,

Im seriously considering the Ryobi with a 4ah or 5ah battery. Their vast range of tools seems a great idea with one battery / charger for all.
I assume you are happy with it?

[cbr1100xx]

Very happy with it , I haven't found a nut yet that it won't undo , including drive shaft nuts and the rear suspension on the 18 year old ford explorer which had never been changed as far as I can tell.
Get the biggest battery (5 I think) and keep it charged.

One other thing is never charge the battery straight after using it as it will blow the charger up as I found out but ryobi exchanged it without charge so pretty good customer service as well
Stan

[rockerbox]

Thought you just set the breaker bar on the pulley bolt so handle near ground and turn the car over !

[andy willi]

i have Milwaukee 3/4

drive electric gun will take anything out crank pulley no problem .

andy

[Discofan]

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Originally Posted by cbr1100xx

Very happy with it , I haven't found a nut yet that it won't undo , including drive shaft nuts and the rear suspension on the 18 year old ford explorer which had never been changed as far as I can tell.
Get the biggest battery (5 I think) and keep it charged.

One other thing is never charge the battery straight after using it as it will blow the charger up as I found out but ryobi exchanged it without charge so pretty good customer service as well
Stan

I would have thought putting a battery on the charger after using it would be a normal action by most owners? Strange but will bear it in mind. I think Mrs Santa may be shopping for impact wrench this year

[macafee2]

model numbers please.
Milwaukee web site is hard work to use

macafee2

[cbr1100xx]

Originally Posted by Discofan

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I would have thought putting a battery on the charger after using it would be a normal action by most owners? Strange but will bear it in mind. I think Mrs Santa may be shopping for impact wrench this year

That's what I thought but talking to their customer service people if you use it for a while the battery gets warm and when you plug it into the charger it pops , strange but true as I found out

[Arctic]

Quite a few sales on the DeWALT DCF899H etc Screwfix, Amazon DCF899HN-XJ Cordless Brushless High Torque Impact Wrench, 18 V, I presume are the same