Cordless Impact Gun

[floodys 4 1 Cars]

I fancy getting a 24v or similar cordless impact gun for wheel bolts etc, i was offered a sealy one from my motor factors for £200 with 2 batterys, ive seen some on ebay for around £70 delivered, think made by boschmann? Anyone got one of these? I know some people will say to get a snap on type one for £500 like but TBH i want one sub £100, so please just some advice on the ebay ones good and bad. Cheers

[Cameron 16]

Sub £100 isn't going to last 5 minutes.

 

You don't get anything for free, remember, it'll be cheap for a very good reason.

[Masekwm 2]

I have an eBay special, it's great at whipping off bolts but I don't trust it to do up things.

[rallysteve 22]

Ive got one of the Clarke Jobbies, puts up with truly legendary amounts of abuse, have dropped it several times without problems. Came with two batteries that last ages too.

 

Steve

[Batfink 201]

I think mine is a clarke one, it was under £100 and is now a few years old with no problems. Not powerful enough to get hubnuts or stubborn wheel bolts off but certainly makes light work of most jobs.

[Rippthrough 98]

Sub £100 isn't going to last 5 minutes.

 

 

 

My £70 clarke one is still going well after 3 years of abuse, dirt, oil and being left in the mud on events....

[Cameron 16]

Maybe I'm just a snob then.. but I wouldn't trust one.

[Tom Fenton 1,548]

I think these tools have come on leaps and bounds in recent years- certainly a few years ago it was very much the case that if you bought cheap you got crap, nowadays I think the cheaper makes have really closed up the gap a long way.

 

The only thing I would suggest is to stick to a well established make. Something like a Sealey will give you a good chance of getting say a new battery or spare bits for it in a few years time. Buy a Sukiyaki special and if it craps out then it is bin time.

 

Personally I've a Dewalt, but even that won't always shift some really really tight corroded wheel bolts- you cannot beat a good breaker bar.

Edited April 5, 2011 by Tom Fenton

[lukesaddy 0]

ive never used any but if i was to get one, DeWalt would be my first choice, id always check them with a ratchet and breaker bar too like for peice of mind

[j_turnell 137 3 Cars]

Snap on 18v FTW, you get what you pay for at the end of the day. There around £350 so rather than getting one for £100 that may last a only a short time just save up and get a decent one to start with, seems false economy otherwise imo.

[Rippthrough 98]

Maybe I'm just a snob then.. but I wouldn't trust one.

 

See, that's why your spaceframe project is on the back burner, you're trying to buy £200,000 worth of tools to make 10 grands worth of car

[Cameron 16]

 

Actually.. current estimates are at £22K.. hence the back-burner!

[custard-rallye 25]

i have a snap-on one its good on cars but does struggle with the heavy duty stuff takes off most driveshaft nuts

[Paulmac19 4]

My friend has the sealey one and its very good to be honest, does most of the tasks he sets it, only the occasional wheel nut on a lowish battery seems to cause him any hassle.

He has been working on cars for 35 years and has the gun 2 years he doesn t know how he done without it now..

My advice is go a few quid extra and give the £200.00 for the sealey one with the 2 bats..

Cheaper and your just buying an electric spanner

[Cameron 16]

Well, I definitely stand corrected in that case! I'd been thinking the cheapo ones would be crap. I've had cheap cordless drills in the past and they have died after an annoyingly short amount of time - one overheated the motor, one the batteries stopped holding charge.

 

Not convinced about a sub £100 one, but £150-200 seems like they would have made a good compromise between quality and price.