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08-03-2004, 10:04 AM
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Location: USA
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My Harbour Freight cordless has been good to me. I use if for removal of things. It holds a charge better than my Makita cordless, albeit it is 8 years younger...but it still has a charge after sitting for a couple of months. I have broken one Harbour Freight impact socket with it and only found one fitting it could not budge. The fitting had been sitting for years (10+) and was put on with an impact wrench by a "mechanic". I had to use a three foot bar and jump up and down on it with my ~225 pounds to budge the fitting.
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08-03-2004, 10:48 AM
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Location: Hickory, NC USA
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Cordless Impacts
You should really consider Hitachi Cordless Impacts. I have both the 12V and 14.4V and they work great. I looked at the DeWalt and Makita, but the Hitachi's had more torque, were smaller, and are very well made. The 14.4V has 1770 in/lbs of torque while the 12V has 1,500 in/lbs.
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Does anyone make an adjustable-torque cordless impact wrench? I wouldn't rely on it for tremendous accuracy, but the cordless drill I currently use has a range of settings that allow me to put lug nuts on and have them torqued to the point where I'm less than a half of a rotation away from where I want to be with the manual torque wrench.
It sounds like the impact wrenches would be great for removing steel lug nuts, but might overtorque them when putting them on. The cordless drill is great for putting them on, but lousy for removing them (I need to use a breaker bar first, which adds a step).
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