Howdy,
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Matt Murray wrote:
> Several posts from 2000. Most of it is still relevant. I bought
> the Makita 24 volt. You can use "Torque sticks" that might give
> you a max torque setting. I haven't tried one yet.
Torque sticks work reasonably well. At a buddy's shop we tested a 100
ft-lb one and got good (+- 5 lb-ft compared to the torque wrench we were
using) results.
Not sure how well they'd work with the battery powered impacts though.
I'd want to test that.
The Milwaukee 1/2" cordless impact is pretty nice. Seems heavier and a
little slower than the Snap On cordless impacts I've used, but its
substantially cheaper at $300 via harbor freight (www.harborfreight.com)
or the tool warehouse (www.thetoolwarehouse.com), comes with two batteries
and a case, etc. Easily breaks loose lugnuts at 100 ft-lbs.
Mark
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