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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Maintenance and Repair / June 2006Cordless impact wrench & Goodyear impact wrench
I am considering a cordless impact wrench. Seems like a good idea, but the good ones like Ingersoll Rand or Milwaukee are very expensive. I am considering the Goodyear electric impact wrench. Pepboys has it on sale for 79.99 with rebate. I am concerned that the impact wrench will self destruct after a year or so. >I am considering a cordless impact wrench. Seems like a good idea, but > the good ones like Ingersoll Rand or Milwaukee are very expensive. > > I am considering the Goodyear electric impact wrench. Pepboys has it on > sale for 79.99 with rebate. I am concerned that the impact wrench will > self destruct after a year or so. The answer is that you pretty much get what you pay for. If you are planning to use the impact on a daily basis or even regular used in a repair shop, then the Good Year will not likely make a very good year for you. However, if you intend to use it just to switch you tires once or twice a year then it would likely be a good investment. Kevin Mouton >I am considering a cordless impact wrench. Seems like a good idea, but >the good ones like Ingersoll Rand or Milwaukee are very expensive. > >I am considering the Goodyear electric impact wrench. Pepboys has it on >sale for 79.99 with rebate. I am concerned that the impact wrench will >self destruct after a year or so. Did you perhaps mean "Goodwrench?" In any case, somebody in China is making a cheap cordless impact that is being sold under lots of different names which is what I suspect this is. I bought one to go circle track racing. Its basically too weak to be of any use, so I bought an Ingersoll Rand which kicks a.s! If you search you will find the IR for $300 with two batteries and "flip" wheel sockets and I highly recommend it. Don www.donsautomotive.com > I am considering a cordless impact wrench. Seems like a good idea, but > the good ones like Ingersoll Rand or Milwaukee are very expensive. > > I am considering the Goodyear electric impact wrench. Pepboys has it on > sale for 79.99 with rebate. I am concerned that the impact wrench will > self destruct after a year or so. I have just about given up on most cordless tools, but they are very handy for some applications. (Feel the same about laptop computers. Two hour life ends up going downhill quickly, until you have about a 30 minute life. All but worthless.) I don't have an air compressor (yet), so I bought a 120 VAC Hitachi impact wrench I can use in my hobby shop area. Got it for about $75, and it has been well worth the money. > I am considering a cordless impact wrench. Seems like a good idea, but > the good ones like Ingersoll Rand or Milwaukee are very expensive. > > I am considering the Goodyear electric impact wrench. Pepboys has it on > sale for 79.99 with rebate. I am concerned that the impact wrench will > self destruct after a year or so. Goodyear makes tires, but I don't think they are making tools. I may be wrong though... Basially you will get what you pay for, and I would be very concerned about accuracy of the adjustment on a cheap impact wrench. You could overtighten small bolts or undertighten wheels and not know it. Also, give some thought about whether you really need an impact wrench. > Also, give some thought about whether you really need an impact wrench. I find them invaluable. On removing wheels (but not replacing them), doing struts, or other heavy type dismantling, they save you a ton of time and sore muscles. But you are right, John... Not everybody needs them, and in some hands they are a weapon of mass destruction. <H...@nospam.nix> wrote: > > Also, give some thought about whether you really need an impact wrench. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > are > a weapon of mass destruction. For the average homeowner mechanic who rotates tires on 2 cars and does the usual repairs I don't see the need. The ones to watch out for have no means of setting power or torque. A ratchet, speed wrench and a torque wrench are what most of us really need. > For the average homeowner mechanic who rotates tires on 2 cars and does > the usual repairs I don't see the need. The ones to watch out for have > no means of setting power or torque. > > A ratchet, speed wrench and a torque wrench are what most of us really > need. A torque wrench is imperative, for most. I never bought a tool that I didn't (eventually) use. > > For the average homeowner mechanic who rotates tires on 2 cars and does > > the usual repairs I don't see the need. The ones to watch out for have [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > A torque wrench is imperative, for most. I never bought a tool that I > didn't (eventually) use. Yeah, ...I've been acused of having a serious case of GAS...(Gadget Acquisition Syndrome). > I am considering the Goodyear electric impact wrench. Oh boy, something is wrong here, namely "Goodyear" being juxtaposed to "impact wrench". Somehow, alarms go off when you read that combination. You see, impact wrenches and lugnuts don't mix. The only correct use for an impact wrench in connection with a lugnut is to /remove/ a lugnut that was over-torqued by some moron who used an impact wrench to put it on. > sale for 79.99 with rebate. I am concerned that the impact wrench will > self destruct after a year or so. But you're /not/ concerned, for instance, that you will be stuck in the middle of nowhere with a flat, unable to use your regular tire iron wrench to undo a lug nut that was impacted into place. Really smart! >> I am considering the Goodyear electric impact wrench. > >Oh boy, something is wrong here, namely "Goodyear" It probably should have been "Goodwrench." Lots of cheap tools all sold under the "Goodwrench" name. > being juxtaposed to >"impact wrench". Somehow, alarms go off when you read that combination. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >middle of nowhere with a flat, unable to use your regular tire iron >wrench to undo a lug nut that was impacted into place. I wouldn't be concerned either, at least not if the tire was put on with the $79.99 unit. I doubt that it would have the balls to overtighten the lugnuts. Don www.donsautomotive.com >Really smart! > I wouldn't be concerned either, at least not if the tire was put on > with the $79.99 unit. I doubt that it would have the balls to > overtighten the lugnuts. > > Don > www.donsautomotive.com Those idiots at some of the tire stores seem to be able to do it with their torque stix. Twice bitten, now gunshy. >The only correct use for an impact wrench in connection with a lugnut >is to /remove/ a lugnut that was over-torqued by some moron who used an >impact wrench to put it on. Not to mention, allows can be destroyed if severely overtightened, especially repeatedly. >> sale for 79.99 with rebate. I am concerned that the impact wrench will >> self destruct after a year or so. > >But you're /not/ concerned, for instance, that you will be stuck in the >middle of nowhere with a flat, unable to use your regular tire iron >wrench to undo a lug nut that was impacted into place. It's not a real flat if the lugnuts come off without dancing on the end of the wrench. Jasper > > I am considering the Goodyear electric impact wrench. > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > middle of nowhere with a flat, unable to use your regular tire iron > wrench to undo a lug nut that was impacted into place. The stubby lugnut wrench that comes with most cars is not long enough to safely loosen properly tightened lugnuts. A much better solution is to keep a star wrench in the trunk. > Really smart! |
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