Recommend me a cordless impact wrench

[scz4]

Looking to purchase a cordless impact wrench for working on the car. I have a specific job for it in mind, help me remove the propshaft & driveshaft bolts, but it would be handy for wheel nuts, suspension bolts etc etc.

I read that an impact driver is a different beast altogether and not suitable for those types of jobs, is that right?

So, can anyone recommend my a budget cordless impact wrench? I don’t want to spend a fortune for all I’ll use it, say £100-£130 with a battery would be ok.

Something like this would be great, but it’s only ¼” drive. I’d say it needs to be ½” minimum.

http://www.screwfix.com/p/erbauer-eri692ipd-18v-2-...

[Vincecj]

I have a Dewalt with 3 settings. It's been excellent.

[samdale]

Impact drivers, including the one in your link are definitely a different beast.

The "1/4" drive" is actually a hex shaped hole for holding screwdriver bits, not the 1/4" 4 sided protrusion for putting sockets on.

As you've said, look for a 1/2" drive.

Just bought myself and impact driver, can't be much help with an impact wrench though I'm afraid.

[33q]

I use my impact driver to remove and refit my wheel bolts. Dewalt 18v....and my 10.8 is almost as good

I just need to crack them off with a long bar and of course torque them up.

[SystemParanoia]

If it cant undo the crank bolt on an engine, or fully torqued up wheel nuts on its own...

whats the point ?

[Joe M]

I know you say cordless, but if you can get an extension cable to it you can get a much more powerful one for under £100

[scz4]

Joe M said:

I know you say cordless, but if you can get an extension cable to it you can get a much more powerful one for under £100

Yeah that would be absolutely fine. Just not seem any examples online...

[megaphone]

You need something like this. https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-cir220-24v-...

They have a range on their website.

The one you linked to is for screwing in screws, mainly used for inserting dry-lining screws into metal, for some reason used for wood screws by many.

Edited by megaphone on Monday 16th January 13:39

[Dan Gleables]

I've got one of these - its brutal tbh

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-cew1000-ele...

I've got one of these on my birthday list for more convenience also http://www.kielder.co/collections/impact-wrenches

[redandwhite]

Been looking myself (it needs to be cordless for me) and the Sealey CP2400 is currently at the top of the list
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sealey-2-inch-Square-Cord...
(shop around the link isnt the cheapest)

[Basil Brush]

Vincecj said:

I have a Dewalt with 3 settings. It's been excellent.

I guess thats the DCF899 like mine. It is really good and can get the wheel nuts off my Touareg without even trying. A bit more than your budget but I managed to get mine with 4 amp battery and charger for about 185 quid.

[EggsBenedict]

megaphone said:

You need something like this. https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-cir220-24v-...

They have a range on their website.

Edited by megaphone on Monday 16th January 13:39

Those are ste. I have one. Don't go there, other brands costing much more for what seems like the same thing. They are not - the money is going somewhere. 4 wheels and that tools nothing.

[scz4]

EggsBenedict said:

megaphone said:

You need something like this. https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-cir220-24v-...

They have a range on their website.

Those are ste. I have one. Don't go there, other brands costing much more for what seems like the same thing. They are not - the money is going somewhere. 4 wheels and that tools nothing.

I was just about to order one of those, but the 240v version, now even more confused.

Have you replaced yours with something else then?

Also, how do you restrict the torque on these to ensure you don't over torque? They don't all seem to list "3 settings" as a feature.

[samdale]

scz4 said:

how do you restrict the torque on these to ensure you don't over torque?

You use these to undo stuff.
You use a torque wrench set to the correct setting to apply the correct torque when assembling.

[Basil Brush]

EggsBenedict said:

megaphone said:

You need something like this. https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke-cir220-24v-...

They have a range on their website.

Edited by megaphone on Monday 16th January 13:39

Those are ste. I have one. Don't go there, other brands costing much more for what seems like the same thing. They are not - the money is going somewhere. 4 wheels and that tools nothing.

I have an old Dewalt that beat that in a group test and the DW won't shift wheel nuts freshly torqued to 100 ftlbs so can't imagine the clarke would be much use.

[plug]

Have a look at the bosch 18v gdx v-ec. It Is both a wrench and driver, I have one and it's extremely useful.

[scz4]

samdale said:

scz4 said:

how do you restrict the torque on these to ensure you don't over torque?

You use these to undo stuff.
You use a torque wrench set to the correct setting to apply the correct torque when assembling.

I appreciate that's it's primary use, but as an example, you can use them to nip up wheels studs\bolts too, then torque them up with a torque wrench.

I guess the more expensive ones (out of my budget) probably have the ability to limit the torque.

Edited by scz4 on Monday 16th January 16:47

[Magic919]

Basil Brush said:

I guess thats the DCF899 like mine.

I haven't seen anything better than this on batteries. It's the one I bought.

[strath44]

Homebase are currently selling off their "Guild" branded impact wrenches 18v rechargeable for £37 (not heard of them).
I should have just grabbed one at that price but January is a long month to pay day!

Not sure how good they are but at that price what's the worst that could happen ;-)!!

[strath44]

From a personal point & understanding of these...........the idea is they "wrench" off the nut or bolt etc they are not able to in any way gauge torque when replacing the said item.

That part as several people have mentioned should be done by hand with a proper torque wrench, the issue is that if the thread runs you will feel it better by hand refitting that some power tool hitting it with a ton of power!