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I'm wanting to get an impact driver to change tires. I can find great reviews for impact drivers that work with screws and other carpentry tasks but nothing for lug nuts. Suggestions and or opinions?
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Depends on the money you are wanting to invest. There is no place more true to the statement "you get what you pay for" then in tools. If you are willing to spend $100 or more, then I would go with a DeWalt, Hitachi, or Makita. All of these can be found at Lowes or Home Depot. You will probably get two batteries, a charging station and a carrying case. I have owned all three brands of tools and each have their own issues, but all three are good dependable products that will last.
You can also go with a Craftsman tool, but I stopped buying Craftsman tools after they stopped fulfilling the Lifetime Guarantee. This was a Sears issue if IRC, and now I believe they have fixed the issue, but I haven't bought any since then.
You could also step up to an Ingersol Rand, harder to find unless you go to Grainger or Fastenal, or somewhere like that.
If you don't want to spend that kind of money, Harbor freight has two different styles. Mark and I have both, they have a blue one and a red one. The blue is less expensive and not as powerful. At 80 ft lbs torque on the lug nuts it won't always break them. The red one is much stronger and has a cool LED light on it. The problem with the Harbor Freight tools is they cheap out somewhere, and on the Impacts its the battery. The battery will get you through one day of autox, but it will wear out soon. Never looked to see if you can buy a different, better battery, but you can always just go back and trade it out.John Kilgore...if winning was easy, losers would do it.
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My dad sells MAC Tools if you're interested. I can get you discounts, their parts are re-badged Ingersol on most of the electric tools and air tools. However they're are special made for MAC so usually have a higher torque rating than the standard Ingersol products. He can also get Dewalt through a different vendor.- Jerry Ledford
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Thanks but I already ordered one. We have a rewards program at work and I was able to get this one for free!http://www.lowes.com/pd_22822-70-DCF...cetInfo=DEWALTOriginally posted by jledford View PostComment
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Get me one! I could seriously use one of these...especially at drift events.Originally posted by SamC_g35 View PostNick StoneComment
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That was almost all of my points. Now I have to start saving again.Originally posted by seducksauce View PostComment
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probably should have gone for the 3/8ths over the 1/4. It's hard to get enough torque out of those skinny socket extensions.M. Cholewa
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I have a DeWalt and it's great. Mine is 1/2 inch chuck though.- Jordan, GS-15
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I broke the older version of that driver...twice. If I ever start racing again I'll be buying a 1/2" dewalt. I borrowed one once to change out a rear hub at the track (a common occurance). I torque them to 100 ft/lbs when I put them on and the dewalt didn't hesitate removing it."Its an incurable disease not to leave well enough alone." -Ricky
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just for changing wheels and what not at the site, you will be fine with the 3/8 impact.John Kilgore...if winning was easy, losers would do it.
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well I've ordered it so we'll see what it does once it comes in. It claims to be able to torque up to 130 ft/lbs so it should work.Comment
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I've got a 18v cordless 3/8ths driver that claims 120 ft/lbs.
I have to break the torque with a breaker bar before it will even wiggle the lug nuts, and it ends up torquing them to about 70 ft lbs on a full charge. So I still need a breaker and a torque wrench.M. Cholewa
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Well it turns out i have to do the same. Oh well it still speeds up the whole process.Originally posted by Cholewa View PostComment
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Break em loose with the bar, spin em with the driver, then when you tighten just torque em. Same amount of tools, but less work, and faster.Originally posted by SamC_g35 View PostNick StoneComment
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