Impact guns and performance

[Kaldek]

Thanks guys, looks like I just don't have enough torque on mine.

 

[BFun]

Anyone used a Bosch gun? I wws looking at getting one of those eventually, keen to hear how they compare

 

[Size1]

I have a small Bosch driver and have always used Bosch angle grinders, kill an angle grinder every year or two after much abuse but Bosch power tools are of good quality as far as I know.

 

[TME_Steve]

The milwaulkees are awesome. A mate of mine runs bish been. Seems fine. I was committed to the battery of Makita so just stuck with it, they're only cars we're working on so not that tight really.

What I've noticed is that the smaller Makita impacts don't work as good as the rating suggests. So you can get 160 and 280nm models and they are ok but they won't get real tight stuff apart. But they're nice and small and light. I have a bigger gun that's 450 which isn't massively more. Craps all over the smaller ones and I've never had a bolt on a car it couldn't undo. Not one.

 

[Kaldek]

I have a bigger gun that's 450 which isn't massively more. Craps all over the smaller ones and I've never had a bolt on a car it couldn't undo. Not one.

That must have been the one I used to remove my wheel nuts last week. Time to ditch all my AEG stuff maybe, unless AEG somehow have a 450Nm+ unit hiding in their catalogue.

 

[TME_Steve]

If it was heavy with a single switch running forward and reverse then yeah.

Like i said nothing special about Makita just all of my stuff is Makita for battery swapping. I think i have about 9 makita battery tools so one battery type is handy

 

[Size1]

Talking to one of my team mates at work he has AEG at home and swears by them. Reckons its better than his DeWalt he uses at work. Also same company owns Milwaulkee and AEG and are made at same factory. Dont quote me as this is second hand info but AEG might not be as bad as you suspect @Kaldek.

 

[Badger]

AEG used to be the best tools you could buy, but they're aren't as good as what they used to be these days, they come out of China now lol

 

[Kaldek]

If it was heavy with a single switch running forward and reverse then yeah.

That's the one I used. Thanks mate.

 

[Kaldek]

Talking to one of my team mates at work he has AEG at home and swears by them. Reckons its better than his DeWalt he uses at work.

That doesn't surprise me, as the CEO of one of my previous employers told me how in a previous CEO role for the parent company of DeWalt he basically rebuilt the DeWalt brand as a premium brand without actually making the gear any more premium.

 

[BFun]

Dammit @TME_Steve. Fixed lol.

 

[pretzil]

That must have been the one I used to remove my wheel nuts last week. Time to ditch all my AEG stuff maybe, unless AEG somehow have a 450Nm+ unit hiding in their catalogue.

Sorry, do you actually mean wheel nuts? or axle nuts?
Wheel nuts shouldnt be that tight should they?

 

[slickd1]

https://sydneytools.com.au/milwauke...ion-cordless-fuel-3-4-impact-wrench-skin-only thios thing is the one I was taslking about from Milwaukee, 1016nm fastening, 1627nm breakaway torque.... ridiculous

 

[Kaldek]

Sorry, do you actually mean wheel nuts? or axle nuts?
Wheel nuts shouldnt be that tight should they?

I do mean wheel nuts. My AEG must be more gutless than I thought. I had no issues getting the axle nuts off with my AEG though. Weird.

 

[NuffNuff]

I love my ryobi impact, but the 1/2 inch drive one, not the little hex drive thing, older ones like mine have about 270 nm, newer 3 speed ones have 360 nm.

Milwaukee make the bees knees of impact drivers, some now with over 1000 nm of torque. but very exxy.

Also just got Jess a light small De-Walt 10.8v 3/8th drive impact driver with 2.0ah batteries and 130nm, not bad for a light weight little thing.

I only got it out a few times. Turns out the speed settings are torque settings. I was using the first setting expecting it to be slower but higher torque. This is not the case. Higher speed higher torque. Bam popping off bolts like there's no tomorrow now Lol

 

[Dice]

Damn I missed out my Ryobi doesn't have speed settings - I would have bought that instead if I knew it existed.

 

[NuffNuff]

its actually pretty good now im using it correctly, pretty silly mistake but oh well. made sense to me how i was using it lol

 

[dwarfmarine]

Damn I missed out my Ryobi doesn't have speed settings - I would have bought that instead if I knew it existed.

Insider tip,
If it's under warranty, return it to your local Bunnings,
They are a 2 year replacement warranty, almost no questions asked, say it cuts out when at full torque.
If they don't have the old model, which I doubt they will, you'll get upgraded to the newest model.

AEG is under Ryobis Parent company Tektronics,
The old AEG models usually become the basis for Ryobis new models.

Makita have two 18v impact guns, one is around 300nm, the other closer to 500nm

I personally have AEG, the hammer drill, impact driver, Rattlegun and cordless grinder(greatest invention ever)

 

[Tas_Legnum]

I got the Ryobi One+ 1/2" Impact and to start with was mildly unimpressed. But I only had the stock batteries. Grabbed a 5ah one (they have 6s now) and it turned into the gun it was meant to be. Always takes off wheel nuts with ease. I'm a One+ fan. Have the Drill, Impact Driver, Impact Wrench, Corner Cat Sander, Orbital Sander and now the smaller 12v mini drill. They use the same batteries as the Milwaukee M12 range, just with a different clip.

 

[wintertidenz]

I've got an air impact - one of the Super Cheap branded ones, the heavy duty one. Ramp the air pressure to 110psi or so and there's almost nothing that bastard won't budge.
Done flywheel bolts, exhaust bolts, etc with no issues. Downside is that it needs a compressor...

If the flywheel bolts really piss me off one day I'll just get a 17mm socket for my 3/4" breaker bar, and get them off that way... lol.