20v DeWalt Impact Loosens Bus Lugnuts!

[Scott & Heather]

Put it to the test today. Loosened my insanely tight bus lug nuts with one hand! Awesome tool. Blew me away. I watched the tire guy use a 1 inch huge air impact and had to hold it with both hands while it drilled away to remove my lugs. This thing is a game changer.

[eagle19952]

i would check/verify the torque.
then take some off
and then put them on
and then i would check/verify the torque again

[DoubleEagle]

DeWalt has a number of models, which one is this, and what size socket drive is it? I have a 20V XR with a 1/4 inch drive that is great for removing screws and small bolts, but it would not undo a 450 lb torqued nut. I have a 1200 lb air impact that will come close, but it will not remove stubborn nuts. The real test would be to torque the nuts with a calibrated torque wrench to 450 lbs, and then see what happens. The 58-1 geared wrenches are what is needed in tough cases if the bigger two-hand impacts are not available. If your DeWalt works wonders, that is great, but it might have it's limits.

[gg04]

There are currently six different manufacturer's offering cordless impacts with over 1200 Ft pound's of break away torque..got rid of my high dollar tool truck one and bought the Makita love it.  Have yet to find any fastener it won't break loose.

[luvrbus]

I have a new Mikita LXT on a full charge I can break 6 lug nut loose after that it's not much,I tried it on head bolts tightening @ 240lbs after 5 in fell off on number eight I was down to 188 ft lbs they are handy though.lol sure pisses you off to pay extra for a charger and battery, when then they start that stuff 

[gg04]

You have the 3/4 drive one Cliff? After I got it I sold my Cromwell...

[kyle4501]

From the Dewalt website --- "Up to 700 ft-lbs of max torque and 1200 ft-lbs of max breakaway torque"

I have used one, very impressive. Definitely capable of breaking stuff.

[chessie4905]

Shoulda got a Harbor freight Earthquake....1180 lbs. ft. just doesn't cut it these days.lol

Looks like this one may be king of the hill now till hf brings one out for less than $300.

https://www.milwaukeetool.com/Products/Power-Tools/Fastening/Impact-Wrenches/2864-22

[windtrader]

Does the batteries have enough capacity to loosen/tighten say four sets of nuts? If not, then you are into another battery to keep going without waiting for a charge up as Clifford points out. Seems like a 60:1 wrench along with a regular impact would be more capable than one of these running out of gas half way through.

[chessie4905]

To do 4 sets, I'll be at home with my 1"air wrench with 1/2" hose and 175 psi. If you have a 60 to 1 wrench, then you probably are not considering one of these. His is only 18 volt. They are moving to 20 volt. Probably then 24,  36, 40 or more in coming years. I can see where air wrenches will become a thing of the past. Just like flashlights with D cells with incandescent bulbs.

[luvrbus]

To do 4 sets, I'll be at home with my 1"air wrench with 1/2" hose and 175 psi. If you have a 60 to 1 wrench, then you probably are not considering one of these. His is only 18 volt. They are moving to 20 volt. Probably then 24,  36, 40 or more in coming years. I can see where air wrenches will become a thing of the past. Just like flashlights with D cells with incandescent bulbs.

They need to get the price down,a extra battery for mine was a 100 bucks and no one knows yet the life span of a battery because they change models and specs every day like a cell phone.You are into a good one for some bucks lol and they still won't air up a tire 
 

[Jim Blackwood]

Milwaulkee makes good stuff. I don't have the one posted above but I've been using their M18 stuff for a few years now and can't really see how you could do much better. I use birthdays and xmas to add to my collection. Last one was a grease gun. Haven't really tried it out yet but a test run looked very good. The 1/2" impact retired my air impact, the 3/8" impact retired my butterfly impact, the 1/4" hex impact (with 1/4" square bit) now handles most all bolts up to 1/2"/13mm sockets. The smallest battery pack is light and handy, lasts a long time in the impacts. Charge fast, the charger keeps up on charge-and-switch. I keep the larger battery packs in the 1/2" and the drill. Batteries aren't cheap and I don't have one for every tool. But I have enough to do any job I'm likely to tackle.

Their M18 Fire stuff uses brushless motors, and are claimed to be lighter and more powerful. Might try that in a angle grinder as brushes are the most common failure point. M18 and M18 Fire are interchangeable.

Jim

[gg04]

Just finished rebuilding one of  the 3126's in my youngest brothers  toy boat. Tore the whole thing down with just two batteries... My daughter and son in law talked me into the Makita, the only thing they and their friends carry 300 to 1000' up a tower..

(first cat I've done in years, and had factory fractured rods, didn't know that)                                         
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[luvrbus]

Just finished rebuilding one of  the 3126's in my youngest brothers  toy boat. Tore the whole thing down with just two batteries... My daughter and son in law talked me into the Makita, the only thing they and their friends carry 300 to 1000' up a tower..

(first cat I've done in years, and had factory fractured rods, didn't know that)                                         
(

A lot Cat engines have those rods Mack did to

[Scott & Heather]

FYI, torque multiplier wrench's don't work when you have Chrome hats and caps. So some of us need a good high torque impact wrench. My lugs were stupidly tight from the tire guys who just hammered the lugs with their 1" air gun. This is the 1/2" gun from dewalt and it has 1200ft lbs of breakaway and 700 ft lbs of tightening torque. I haven't charged the battery yet and I removed all the lug nuts on one wheel so far.