Impact guns and performance
- Thread starter Kaldek
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- NSW
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- Steve
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- 2010 nt did pajero tow car / 2000 6spd gc8 wrx tarmac rally car / 2000 Manual Subaru Outback 2.5 just a car
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.
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
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- Location
- Melbourne
- First Name
- Ed
- Drive
- 2000 Legnum VR4 Manual, Ford Territory family runabout, BMW K1300R.
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- #25
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.
- Location
- NSW
- First Name
- Steve
- Drive
- 2010 nt did pajero tow car / 2000 6spd gc8 wrx tarmac rally car / 2000 Manual Subaru Outback 2.5 just a car
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
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
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
Leaving Skid Marks
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
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- Location
- Melbourne
- First Name
- Ed
- Drive
- 2000 Legnum VR4 Manual, Ford Territory family runabout, BMW K1300R.
- Thread starter
- #30
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.
Dammit @TME_Steve. Fixed lol.
Sorry, do you actually mean wheel nuts? or axle nuts?
Wheel nuts shouldnt be that tight should they?
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
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
Damn I missed out my Ryobi doesn't have speed settings - I would have bought that instead if I knew it existed.
dwarfmarine
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- Windsor, NSW
- First Name
- Cameron
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- Previous: Black PFL Legnum
Current: TD5 Land Rover Disco
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
Leaving Skid Marks
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.
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.
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.
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