20v DeWalt Impact Loosens Bus Lugnuts!

[chessie4905]

Lug nuts that have been removed in past year come loose a lot easier than ones that havent been touched, say for 10 years.

[Scott & Heather]

Another reason to remove your lugnuts more often than once every ten years. I don't have that problem. I drive my bus over 15,000 miles every year. So it's constantly getting the lugnuts removed for various maintenance reasons.

[6805eagleguy]

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

I run all M18 fuel (brushless) tools and they have more power then you would believe!
I took 6 tires on my bus off with the same battery, still had plenty of power to put them back on. (so far I don't have a 8 point socket for the inside duals!)

My new brushless impact has twice the amount of torque as my old brush with!
When I got it I was disappointed because it just wouldn't take the drivers side lug nuts off...  oops! :-[reverse threads!!!

[Geoff]

I'm old school, and still use my Chicago Pneumatic 3/4" 1200 ft lbs torque air gun.  I can use the bus air to take wheels off and don't worry about batteries.  Plus I don't let anybody use a 1" air gun on my wheels!