30 buck cordless impact wrench
07-10-2005, 10:52 PM
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30 buck cordless impact wrench
Just bought a new Drill Master 18V cordless impact wrench (~85 ft-lbs torque) from Harbour Freight for $30 (made in China). Seems to work well for quickly tightening & untightening bolts, but I'm not sure about it's torque capability and if it can really be used for wheel lugs (4th gen 4runner requires 83 ft-lbs). Should I always do the final tightening with a manual torque wrench? Anyone tried this impact wrench?
07-10-2005, 11:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Rishi
Just bought a new Drill Master 18V cordless impact wrench (~85 ft-lbs torque) from Harbour Freight for $30 (made in China). Seems to work well for quickly tightening & untightening bolts, but I'm not sure about it's torque capability and if it can really be used for wheel lugs (4th gen 4runner requires 83 ft-lbs). Should I always do the final tightening with a manual torque wrench? Anyone tried this impact wrench?
07-21-2005, 09:45 PM
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Originally Posted by getitdone
It's so damn loud though isn't it? Kind of embarrassing.
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07-22-2005, 06:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Rishi
Lots of noise, but poor performance. It's torque is far less than the specified 85 ft-lbs. After making lots of noise on the wheel lug nuts, I found they had to be tightened still much further with a regular torque wrench to get to 83 ft-lbs. Perhaps I should return it to Harbour Freight.
Not to be a d!ck, but for $30 for a cordless torque wrench, what did you expect. DeWalt's are like $300. I have heard they work well.
Return it and buy a decent torque wrench.
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