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Offline AlexMozza

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Impact Wrench
« on: 09 August 2011, 15:52 »
Anyone know where to get a good quality impack wrench, I'm looking around the £50-£80 price, pref 18v :)
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Offline AudiA8Quattro

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Re: Impact Wrench
« Reply #1 on: 09 August 2011, 17:18 »
The best impact wrench are the snap on ones, a bit expensive though.
There is a review on other wrenches in this months car mechanics magazine, so if you can grab a copy.
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Re: Impact Wrench
« Reply #2 on: 12 August 2011, 00:28 »
ingersol rand.  they do proper air inpact wrenches that make the snapon ones look ghay, ait cheep and you need lots of air tho
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Re: Impact Wrench
« Reply #3 on: 12 August 2011, 09:41 »
Agree with Danny on the Ingersol Rand but well out of your budget.

Have a look for some Chicago Pnuematic(cp) windy guns.

http://www.cp.com/en/whatwedo/powertools/impact/

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Re: Impact Wrench
« Reply #4 on: 12 August 2011, 14:31 »
I thought the OP was asking for a battery powered wrench?
I have the 14.4v and 18v snap on impact wrenches, and they are everything but ghay  :grin:
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Re: Impact Wrench
« Reply #5 on: 12 August 2011, 19:25 »
Skim read fail :evil:

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Re: Impact Wrench
« Reply #6 on: 12 August 2011, 21:19 »
all the VW's have gone bar 1.

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Re: Impact Wrench
« Reply #7 on: 12 August 2011, 21:21 »
makita ones have done me well.

you may get the bare tool for 50-80 £  but you'll still need an battery and charger sadly that'll probaly put a 1 infrount of your budget
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Offline JDM82

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Re: Impact Wrench
« Reply #8 on: 14 August 2011, 09:47 »
I got a good one from Machine Mart...... A Clarke mains powered one. Its heavy duty and does the job quite well. It was £64 pounds.

http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/product/details/clarke-cew1000-electric-impact-wrench
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Re: Impact Wrench
« Reply #9 on: 14 August 2011, 12:46 »
I've also got one of them. They are very powerful so be careful.
A big negative though is the lack of variable trigger, so its either on or off, and that can be tricky with so much power!
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