What impact drills do you own?
 

Just looking for an impact drill, needed one for a while. Looking at an 18v one for working on my car, what do you have or recommend?

Did you even try searching ?

https://www.scoobynet.com/general-te...ue-to-buy.html

I have dewalt 10.8v it is ok for home diy but for a car You will need airgun

Nope didn't think there would be a topic about it.

I bought a dirt cheap one from MachineMart, must have cost only £40-50. 400lb/s torque and literally got any nut unstuck, even the long rear hub bolt.

Im trying to find it on there but it seems to have disappeared...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Clarke-Ele....c100338.m3726

Must have been on offer when i bought it but this is it

Really?

Cheers for link, i was thinking about getting a battery one, but to be honest electric one might be better. As will mainly be using at home.

I've got a clarke cew1000. Can't fault it. However, it was about half the price that they are on ebay today!

exactly! must have been some introductry offer when we bought ours!

Strange thing is that they were commonly available at that price. I realise this doesn't help the OP.
this one looks remarkably similar and has roughly the same spec:

I have a Makita 18v impact wrench, and in all fairness it is a bit gutless. Great for taking most bits apart, but for example if a wheel nut is done up really tight (as in, it's either rusted on there, or a tyre shop has gunned it up), or a a crank bolt is really stuck on etc, it does not do anything useful.

It's great for loosened up nuts, and nuts that aren't crazy tight (ie normal wheel nut style), as it's nice and easy to manoeuvre into place etc.


I also have a silverline air impact wrench, and that's has about the same power, but of course needs an air line etc, which is annoying if access is tight. One benefit is that it's a bit smaller than the Makita, so sometimes it just about fits.

My third wrench is a snap-on "blue point" wrench from last century. It leaks air, doesn't hold on to sockets anymore etc etc (bought cheap off ebay), but it's amazingly powerful. I have not come across a bolt/nut that it will not undo yet.

I tend to reach for the Makita first, and then use a breaker bar, or failing that, use the old air gun.

Swear by my snap on, great bit of kit. Not the cheapest, but worth every penny.


https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.sco...7d6ba649a8.png

That dewalt dcf899 is the 1, glowing reviews on the track time pages on fb, fawor is on about another model as this is the 1 to have, bit bulky compared but top.
About £150 for body and £50-£60 for a battery n charger separate works out cheaper

i use one of these
really good got everything off so far

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Kielder-1-....c100005.m1851

I been on the hunt for one of these too. Still yet to decide which to go for. Snap on has mixed reviews but dewalt seems to be the brand to go for!

Dewalt are black&decker, we have a good few of their drills in work and impact wrenches. I think clever marketing sells them over how actually good they are..........personal opinion.

I got a Dewalt DCF899 a couple of months ago for track days etc. and the thing is a beast. Not struggled to get anything off with it. Fairly bulky unit but massive power with the 5ah Li-Ion battery. Deffo recommended.,

Dewalt are the high end range for durability and for a industrial market, black n decker is for the low end market like the home diyer. Hence prices.

Agree, I went with real life reviews of owners by reading etc and the dewalt, snap on and Milwaukee were the top dogs. But the dewalt price buying it seperate came in cheaper which encouraged me. You can also get copy Chinese batteries which I've read are pretty decent to save some money too.

i bought this a few years ago http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/24-Volt-1-...25.m3641.l6368

its 24v and decent but not too good for stubborn buggers

so i bought this last year

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clar...SABEgK5PvD_BwE

its heavy but its a fecking monster and easily removes the stubbornest (is that a word?)of nuts/bolts

That is not so tight as it is suspension bolt under constantly stress.
Try with rear diff bolts :norty:
I see You change mind like a women, now is for home not for a car:hjtwofing
And above is worth more than Your car:lol1:

This one:

https://uk.ryobitools.eu/power-tools...8iw3/r18iw3-0/

Can't believe I struggled for so long without one.

Speak English woman, what you talking about.

My mate has a Ryobi and swears by it. Just need to remove things like hubs, suspension, turbo, exhaust etc.