crazyal
Super Member
I've got a Craftsman 1/2" corded impact wrench (DeWalt I think). It's big and pretty heavy but it works pretty well. A lug nut is at it's upper range if it's really tight, I think there's been a couple that bested it but 99% I was able to remove. I got it for changing wheels when I use to race a Bear Ridge.
I also bought a cheap one, Chuck Hommer (or something like that). I got it because small stones would get inside the motor if it was set down in the dirt and come flying out. The cheap one had the spring loaded ball that held the socket on come out so it would no longer hold it on. Since it was just for racing I mounted one size socket on it and got another week or two before something inside broke.
Since then I switched to a borrowed Milwaukee 18v cordless 1/2" impact. I swear it has more power than the corded one. If money is not at issue I would get one but they do (or at least the last time I looked) cost about 2 1/2 times the price of the corded name brands.
The last think I used it for was to remove the spindle bolts from the mower deck on my lawn mower. It's about 5 years old and easily removed them. Before that was the large crank shaft bolt holding the harmonic balancer/ pulley on an 02' Hyundai with about 100k on it. I had to soak the bolt with penetrating oil and on the third attempt the Craftsman got it.
1/2" bolts shouldn't be too much of a problem.
I also bought a cheap one, Chuck Hommer (or something like that). I got it because small stones would get inside the motor if it was set down in the dirt and come flying out. The cheap one had the spring loaded ball that held the socket on come out so it would no longer hold it on. Since it was just for racing I mounted one size socket on it and got another week or two before something inside broke.
Since then I switched to a borrowed Milwaukee 18v cordless 1/2" impact. I swear it has more power than the corded one. If money is not at issue I would get one but they do (or at least the last time I looked) cost about 2 1/2 times the price of the corded name brands.
The last think I used it for was to remove the spindle bolts from the mower deck on my lawn mower. It's about 5 years old and easily removed them. Before that was the large crank shaft bolt holding the harmonic balancer/ pulley on an 02' Hyundai with about 100k on it. I had to soak the bolt with penetrating oil and on the third attempt the Craftsman got it.
1/2" bolts shouldn't be too much of a problem.