Any experience with electric impact guns?

[passat TS]

Josh,

If I have to buy a new one today. I would go with the $69 variety from
Harbor Freight.
I know people that have them and there is no difference between this one and
the one I use($$$ DeWalt) in terms of use.
I was told that the armature on the cheap one won't last as long as the ones
in the $200 bracket, but for a not so frequent use it shouldn't matter.
The same person told me that if you use the cheap one don't let it get too
hot, i.e., if a bolt is not turning after few attempts, wait a little bit,
allowing the tool to cool off. I don't know about that, but I'm just passing
along the info.

Good luck,

Carlos.


>From: josh Wyte <josh_wyte at yahoo.com>
>To: quattro at audifans.com, A4 at audifans.com, scirocco-l at scirocco.org
>CC: vw-vr6 at onelist.com
>Subject: Any experience with electric impact guns?
>Date: Fri, 7 Dec 2001 06:06:14 -0800 (PST)
>
>Sorry bout the total cross posting guys.
>
>Please reply privately to me...
>
>I need to buy an impact gun to work on my project and
>I've priced out several.  There's the $180 Craftsman
>300 ft lb one, then Harbor Freight has several.
>
>However, Harbor Frieght has 2 that cost $49.99 and
>seem to have about the same specs as the ones that
>cost closer to $200.  They're made by Chicago Electric
>Industrial.  240 ft lbs of torque, 120 Volts, 7 Amps,
>2400 BPM, 2100 RPM unloaded.
>
>Primarily I'll be using it to break free suspension
>bolts, lug bolts etc...
>
>Anyone heard of this/used it with good results?
>Obviously I'm attracted by the super low price tag in
>comparison to the others.  I can actually buy one of
>these *and* a set of impact sockets and still eat real
>food!  :-)
>
>-josh
>
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