Electric impact wrench

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  1. Sirguydo

    Sirguydo Fastest milkman in the West Paid Member

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    Just the top few best sellers from ffx Ive bought off the quite a bit usually through eBay
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  2. Finite

    Finite Paid Member Paid Member

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    Never heard of FFX before. The website looked like a bit of an amazon front end, but they are a proper store. Seems like they've just stopped price matching amazon on the dewalt kit 45 more now.

    I take it all back Makita have a 3/4" with more torque +75Nm undo +100 do, M24 rather than M20 bolts, but it's a 25% more.
     
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  3. Sirguydo

    Sirguydo Fastest milkman in the West Paid Member

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    Ive got the 3/4 makita for our big machines at work . Doing a hundred M20 12.9 hex head screw on a blade change .
    Only struggles with damaged bolts /trapped threads . We torque down to 450ftlbs and gun whips them out a month later .

    FFX arent always the cheapest just has a good selection of equipment in one place to give you ideas .
     
  4. Finite

    Finite Paid Member Paid Member

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    They don't seem too bad. No one else got close to the amazon price that I could find. They must run price match software as it's been up and back down again in the last 1/2 hr
     
  5. Sirguydo

    Sirguydo Fastest milkman in the West Paid Member

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    Ive got the 3/4 makita for our big machines at work . Doing a hundred M20 12.9 hex head screw on a blade change .
    Only struggles with damaged bolts /trapped threads . We torque down to 450ftlbs and gun whips them out a month later .

    FFX arent always the cheapest just has a good selection of equipment in one place to give you ideas .
     
  6. Finite

    Finite Paid Member Paid Member

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    I see your thread now nice bit of kit.
     
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    Thread revival alert :)

    As I've been doing a bit of work on my daughters 1988 GTI 8v, and the previous owner seem to have a love for overtightening things or afraid of applying appropriate torque, I had to get an impact gun.

    I ended up going for a Milwaukee M12 Subcompact with 3/8 fixings. That way it is not only super small to get into awkward places, but also very light to hold. It hasn't disappointed at all and so far has managed it all and that engine mount was tight :)

    I'm using it together with some US Pro deep impact sockets in 3/8 as well.

    Next job over the weekend is to try it on those swollen lug nuts on my Range Rover...
     
  8. Savagesam

    Savagesam Moderator Staff Member Moderator

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    Nice, I’ve heard the milwaukee stuff gets a good write up
     
  9. Bl4ckGryph0n New Member

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    It’s doing with 12V tools unbelievable things. Perfect for the enthusiast DIY I’d say :)
     
  10. Savagesam

    Savagesam Moderator Staff Member Moderator

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    I’ve got a Snap On 14.4 3/8 impact gun, that I does most stuff you need on the drive. And the 1/2” 18v version for anything else, the big one doesn’t get used too much tbh.
     
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  11. Bl4ckGryph0n New Member

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    A little picture to show how tiny this Milwaukee impact wrench is. With a bottle of beer for comparison

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  12. Savagesam

    Savagesam Moderator Staff Member Moderator

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    Very nice!
     
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    I love makita. That 1000NM model is a bit heavy to use but it has plenty of power.
     

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