The right tool for the job

[Anthony@HTM]

You probably had the old one which is junk.

http://m.craftsman.com/craftsman-c3-189-8221-heavy-duty-impact-wrench-kit/p-00945195000P

The new one has handled everything I've thrown at it, it comes with a 4 amp lithium battery. I also have 2 other buddies who use it for track days.

I had the dewalt before but it couldn't handle much, I couldn't even remove lug nuts off on my truck and it felt bulky. It may have been redesigned now.

the C3? my wife bought me one for Christmas in 2014, battery took a shit last month, rather than buy another battery for $100, I put the money into a Dewalt 1/2 cordless impact, the C3 worked great, but for the battery to go bad in that short time is inexcusable

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[Monica_Stang]

Thanks for the help guys, I ordered a 24 inch breaker bar yesterday, hopefully that will be able to handle the jobs I throw at it.

 

[scott_0]

You probably had the old one which is junk.

http://m.craftsman.com/craftsman-c3-189-8221-heavy-duty-impact-wrench-kit/p-00945195000P

The new one has handled everything I've thrown at it, it comes with a 4 amp lithium battery. I also have 2 other buddies who use it for track days.

I had the dewalt before but it couldn't handle much, I couldn't even remove lug nuts off on my truck and it felt bulky. It may have been redesigned now.

thats the very one I had, took everything I threw at too, for a year and half lol, hell the led's stopped working about 2 months ago as well, it worked great until recently

 

[Anthony@HTM]

That's a shame, so far so good. I also have 2 1/4 impacts as well that I use for work.

thats the very one I had, took everything I threw at too, for a year and half lol, hell the led's stopped working about 2 months ago as well, it worked great until recently

 

[DevilDogDoc]

Impact wrenches are valuable and awesome tools. I hse a DeWalt corded model. Its not as strong as an air-powered impact wrench but its worked for most jobs (but not all) that I've needed it for.

To remove wheels: Breaker bar or large torque wrench to loosen the nuts /slightly/ while the wheels are on the ground (with the car in gear or parking brake on.

Then you can jack up the car and use the impact wrench to remove the nuts.

The impact wrench alone will do most nuts, but an unsecured wheel off the ground will just spin if you try to use a strong impact wrench to take a wheel nut off.

A torque wrench is preferred for tighteneing nuts after you've gotten them close with the impact wrench.

Using a torque wrench for anything other than to torque something to spec is a great way to ruin it......

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