Impact Gun

Those are good too. I prefer the friction ring to the pin detent anvil but that's just a preference. It's a good impact wrench. I think most of them will be good and work well. The question should be 'how much impact nut busting torque do you want'? And stay with same battery and tool lines to get your bang for your buck

 

This bubba has NO issues with breaking torque on any fastener I've encountered. I took a picture with the hog ring anvil installed and the detent anvil removed. They are easy enough to swap out if I'm breaking fasteners over 1" oriented vertically.

 

I like the hog ring better too but haven’t had much issue with the detent pin.

Everyone should already be on the battery platform made by an American company (Dewalt cough::cough).

 

Which one is better for this and why?

 

I'm bummed that I've yet to use the 5AH battery I bought for my Milwaukee.

The 2AH battery it came with has lasted through two tire rotations, and a full leaf pack removal/install and removal/tightening of wheels again.

Still has a bar of battery left.

 

Yup. All impact drivers and impacts are really good on battery life.

 

The detent just provides an extra layer of security for the sockets. They tend to be very heavy and it will fall off the hog ring if you aren't being deliberate with how you move the gun. My 2¢

 

Watched a buddy break a front tooth when a 18” extension slipped off a hog ring and smacked him in the face. But I still cuss every damn time I have to push a screwdriver to depress the detent so I can pull my socket off my big impacts.

 

I couldn't have said it better myself.

 

Would any of these have issues pulling an axle nut?

 

DEWALT 20V MAX XR Impact Wrench, Cordless, 1/2", 700-lbs of Torque, 2400 IPM, Bare Tool Only (DCF899HB)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WTQW7JA

This doesn’t have problems with anything.

 

I’ve had quite a few but bang for the buck I would say ryobi for a cheaper one and if you want to spend more the dewalt brushless is hard to beat. Whatever brand you decide on the batteries they come with usually suck. My dewalt will break bolts with the big 8ah flexvolt battery, probably double the power.

 

I just got the biggest one Makita makes for christmas. I think it has about 1200 ft lbs of breakaway torque on the max setting. More than enough for most things on our trucks. You gotta be careful with that much torque, can easily shear bolts.

Makita XWT08Z 18V LXT® Lithium-Ion Brushless Cordless High-Torque 1/2" Sq. Drive Impact Wrench, Tool Only

https://www.amazon.com/Makita-XWT08Z-Lithium-Ion-Brushless-Cordless/dp/B01CA04RH4

Tested it out the other day. I haven't been able to get my sway bar end links off for years cause they are so corroded. Took 5 seconds to undo each nut with this...

 

I can corroborate that. This impact can do WORK.

 

I have a 6 or an 8ah battery for my impact. Its seen the occasional use over MONTHS and still shows full.

 

Since when does DeWalt make 8.0Ah batteries for the FlexVolt lineup? Did you mean 9.0Ah? There isn't double the power at all using the FlexVolt batteries on 20V MAX. With that setup, you just get longer run times as the battery only runs at a peak of 20V pushing 9.0A for nine hours. It only functions with higher output on FlexVolt tools at a peak of 60V, but that reduces the current output to a total of 3.0A for a total of one hour. Bottom line is that the power is identical on a 20V tool with a 60V battery as it is with a 20V battery.

 

This isn’t correct for the following reasons:

- The bigger batteries have different impedance so in many cases performance is improved. Also, the tools are programmed to ID the battery and adjust performance accordingly. This gives the best combo of power/runtime for all battery packs.

- The way you stated the battery capacity makes it seem like in 60v mode it can’t output as much current. Except it can output like 100A in 60v mode. And basically the same in 20v mode. But the advantage is that in 60v mode the power is higher since power = volts x amps. I think what you were trying to point out is that the amp hours is lower in 60v mode. That’s kinda misleading because it makes it seem like the battery has less energy capacity in 60v mode, but really it has exactly the same as 20v mode. Both modes have the same 180Wh (Wh = Ah x Voltage).

 

I used to have the Milwaukee fuel M18 compact 3/8 impact, and it took the axle nuts off of my '03 4runner with over 200K miles.

Any brand name 1/2" impact should be able, I would think.

 

Really?
Edit: I'm wrong. I have a 1/4" driver version that I have a 3/8 attatchment on so i remembered wrong. I don't think my M18 3/8" can't even take off a lugnut. My 1/2" one does though. Maybe I need to give lil 3/8" another try. must have to have the wheels almost all the way unloaded for the 3/8" to zip a lug off.

I hope Ryobi makes a 40V impact. I've started collecting their 40V yard tools. Mower, brush trimmer, branch saw, weedwacker. The milwaukee yard stuff didn't appeal to me much for some reason so I figured if I wasn't going to use the M18 batteries for lawn stuff anyways, not a big deal if I switch companies.

 

All discernable nuance aside, we agree that the power is fixed at a total of 180Wh on either tool. There isn't a power bump. That being said, I am thinking he may have mistakenly put FlexVolt when it's just the normal 8.0Ah, 20V battery; in which case, this REALLY has been an exercise in futility.