I just saw a new Makita cordless impact - it's a 24 volt model,
and is supposed to be able to do 150 ft-lbs of torque
Makita, Dewalt, Milwaukee, and Craftsman all have a 24v model now. Sears
have 3 of the 4 all in stock. I think they ranged $289-319. There were about
$10. between each model. The main difference was what they came with, a
couple had helper handles, one had an extra battery one had a nicer case. I
just depends which you liked best.
Greg Reno
Mazda MX-3 GS V6
#36 ES
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Ochi" <jochi@ricochet.net>
To: <ax-digest@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: Cordless Impact Guns
> I've used both the Makita 6911HDW and the Snap-On CT-350 cordless impact
> guns. Both of them are pretty nice, but the Snap-On has a lot more
> torque. Using a torque wrench, I tightened a lug bolt to various torques,
> then tried to break them loose with each of the guns. Both guns had fully
> charged batteries. The Makita was able to remove a bolt torqued to 65
> ft-lbs, but couldn't do one at 70. With the Snap-On, I got up to 105
> ft-lbs without any problems - then I got bored and cut the test short
> without finding out the Snap-On's upper limit.
>
> The Makita is perfectly fine if you're willing to take the time to use a
> breaker bar to loosen your lugs first, and it's much cheaper than the
> Snap-On. But, if you're lazy (like me!) and you do a lot of wheel
changes,
> the additional cost of the Snap-On is worth it.
>
> That said, I just saw a new Makita cordless impact - it's a 24 volt model,
> and is supposed to be able to do 150 ft-lbs of torque. Unfortunately, the
> local discount tool hut where I saw it wanted around 500 bucks for it...
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Jim Ochi
> jochi@ricochet.net
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