which hand impact wrench

[stewartcampbell]

As title, anyone got one of these, which do you think looks best.
http://www.paddockspares.com/powerbar-hand-impact-...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Laser-4590-Hand-Impact-W...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Laser-Tools-6240-Hand-Im...

[DuraAce]

Doesnt look much between them.
What are you using it for?
I can't see how/where I couldn't use my existing breaker bar or electric impact gun instead.

[stewartcampbell]

Honda crank pulley, going to try a breaker bar with jack handle first but if that doesnt work i plan to try one of these, i think that the 1/2in drive laser maybe looks a little weak on the cranked bit.

[DuraAce]

Surely you can apply more torque with a breaker bar and jacking handle extension than with one of these things? I appreciate the shock factor of the hammer but even so.

Never yet come across a crank pulley I couldn't get off with either the breaker bar /jack handle+ crank locked through removed starter hole in extreme cases, or with the new electric impact gun - one of the best tools I've bought.

[stewartcampbell]

Iv got the honda crank pulley locking tool.

[2Btoo]

DuraAce said:

Surely you can apply more torque with a breaker bar and jacking handle extension than with one of these things? I appreciate the shock factor of the hammer but even so.

Never yet come across a crank pulley I couldn't get off with either the breaker bar /jack handle+ crank locked through removed starter hole in extreme cases, or with the new electric impact gun - one of the best tools I've bought.

BIG advantage of these over an impact gun is when access is limited. A crank pulley on the front of an engine is often fairly snug up against a radiator or similar and you need to take a fair amount of stuff off to get an impact gun on it. These will slide into a much smaller space and can save time in the long run.

[imagineifyeswill]

Honda crank pulleys are incredibly tight, I dont know what Honda dealers use to remove them. Ive twice had to admit defeat and send a customer to Honda to have the timing belt replaced, that was after shearing a breaker bar end and shearing a 1/2 inch extension clean in two trying to remove the pulley bolt .My top of the range impact gun had absolutely no effect on it even although the socket got too hot to handle whilst trying.