Recommendations for cordless impact wrenches

Originally Posted by BGTV8 Be careful when using high torque rattle guns to tighten wheel nuts ... that has stripped more studs than any other source. I always set mine

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Recommendations for cordless impact wrenches

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12-04-2017, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by BGTV8

Be careful when using high torque rattle guns to tighten wheel nuts ... that has stripped more studs than any other source. I always set mine (DeWalt, 10 years old and still keeps trucking') at low torque and finish with torque wrench having missed a race many moons ago having to replace a stud

I only use the impact for removing nuts and bolts, never installing them. There is too much of a risk of messing something up. If I'm feeling lazy I'll use a pneumatic ratchet wrench to run it in then use a torque wrench to put fasteners back on.

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