Using a cordless drill as an impact wrench

Using a cordless drill as an impact wrench

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C70R

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17,596 posts

103 months

Thursday 19th November 2015
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one eyed mick said:
The proper tools are not difficult to source as shown in posts above , and last a life time , I have sockets etc from my first tool kit which I started to assemble 53 years go ,I have been on the tools right up to retirement and still service /repair my own toy [ mx5 ], I did not mean to upset any one but obviously have and apologise but still think there is to much bull on here
Appreciate the thought and all, but we don't all have the benefit of 53 years of toolkit assembly to save us from the occasional 'bodge'.

Can't really see what's "bull" about getting a job done with a bit of a compromise, but each to his own and all.

Ynox

1,702 posts

178 months

Friday 20th November 2015
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If a hand on a standard length allen key won't budge something, a drill won't either. You really do need a proper impact driver really - for allen bolts on calipers etc one which you whack with a hammer can be quite effective.

Useful for whizzing nuts on/off, but that's about the limit really.

Allan L

779 posts

104 months

Tuesday 8th December 2015
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Please be careful if you do try it:
see what I mean?

Pickled Piper

6,334 posts

234 months

Thursday 10th December 2015
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Surely it is the repeated tapping from the tool that loosens the nut or bolt? That's why the pneumatic versions of the tool are often called rattle guns. It's not the ultimate torque that defines how good it is but the ability to deliver short, sharp and repeated jolts.