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ParkCountry
Explorer
Jul 10, 2017

Battery powered Impact WRENCH or Impact DRIVER?

I've been thinking of doing this for years, and this past weekend was the straw that broke the camel's back, sweating my butt off in 90F heat. Simply stated, I want to use a battery powered portable ...
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schlep1967
Nomad
Jul 10, 2017
I am anti-impact for stabilizers.
I am a fan of Home-Depots Rigid tool line. You can get a good 18 Volt drill driver there and the best warrantee you will find. Lifetime on the drill and the batteries.
I could understand having a separate impact driver for removing lugs but I would caution against over torqueing them on install. Any mechanic worth anything will run the lugs on and then use a torque wrench to finish.

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