Impact Wrench Recommendations

[Brett Dikeman]

On Jul 11, 2006, at 12:28 PM, Mark R wrote:

> Some air-powered impact guns have some rudimentary torque  
> settings.  They're
> not precise (air pressure variations make that so), and are there  
> for the
> people who use the IMPROPER technique of driving fasteners  
> initially on with
> the impact gun, then finishing off with a torque stick or (best  
> option)
> torque wrench.

What's wrong with driving fasteners on until they're loose but 'fully  
assembled'?  Using the air impact wrench on its lowest setting even  
when fed 100PSI will do squat on a lug nut beyond "finger tight", and  
it speeds up the job quite a bit...

As for electric guns- my father bought a Milkwalkee electric impact,  
and it worked as well or better than the air-impact; it seems to  
yield a lot more blows per second.  I prefer it over the air tool for  
getting lug nuts on/off.

Impact guns in general are the best thing since sliced bread.  It  
made changing the upper link in the rear suspension about a 5 minute  
job once the wheel was off.

Brett