Lidl corded Impact wrench 29.99

Wig

I got one of these on the weekend Lidl branded "Parkside".

It is a corded 1/2 drive impact wrench. I am thinking of taking it back.

It is too fast, it has two modes of operation on or off, when it is on it spins about 3000 rpm and it rips itself off the bolt or maybe breaks your wrist.

It is too violent to be of much use, I was thinking I could loosen the bolts first and then try to finish off with this, but that seems to defeat to object.

It would be better if it had 2 or 4 speed settings.

Can anyone tell me what is the rpm of these air powered guns used in garages? and what I remember of watching mechanics using guns when the nut is tight the air gun socket does not spin around violently it just stays still and hammers the bolt until it slowly comes undone.
This is what I need, but, so far, using the Lidl, this did not happen, maybe I'll try again on some wheel bolts and see what happens, but I don't want to break my wrist!

---lee---

I can't comment on the Lidl one but my air impact gun has 4 power settings and is also affected by air pressure. I usually use it on the minimum setting and it does not feel like it rotates or pulls against the wrist, it simply hammers the nut/bolt loose, usually immediately and then spins it off.

I also use it in situations where you would normally have to hold one side of a bolt with a spanner whilst loosening the other, instead you can just use the impact driver on one side and not bother with the spanner on the other.

bigjl

Where you using a proper impact socket?

BeenThroughItAll

The Sealey corded 240V wrench a colleague bought is the same. I'm afraid I've never seen a cheap impact wrench worth buying.


Last year I invested in a cordless Milwaukee M18CHIWF12. Over £400 but worth every penny; my Ingersoll air gun hasn't been out of the toolbox since I bought it.

bigjl

BeenThroughItAll wrote: »

The Sealey corded 240V wrench a colleague bought is the same. I'm afraid I've never seen a cheap impact wrench worth buying.


Last year I invested in a cordless Milwaukee M18CHIWF12. Over £400 but worth every penny; my Ingersoll air gun hasn't been out of the toolbox since I bought it.

I now have significant tool envy....

BeenThroughItAll

bigjl wrote: »

I now have significant tool envy....

It is a fantastic bit of kit. Every bit as good as any other cordless wrench I've tried, including the Snap On guns.


Nothing I've shown it yet has defeated it, including some pretty hefty light commercial stuff.

nickcc

Have a corded 110v Bosch impact wrench, this has two speed settings, hi/low, and is a great piece of kit.

EdGasket

I have the Clarke corded impact wrench. It was about £60 and although it only has one setting, it is brilliant for removing pulley bolts, suspension bolts, and overtightened wheel nuts. It just hammers the bolt and does not try to spin out of control. Best £60 I ever spent as I couldn't have done some jobs without it; (pulley bolts which my MAC cordless impact wrench couldn't shift.)

facade

Wig, was there any sign of it hammering, as in brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr when it was undoing a tight nut?

I have a Bosch one that is only 500W 250Nm and runs at half that speed off load, and it has a couple of ball bearings inside a clutch that strike an anvil and hammer the spindle round.

They don't work very well if you have an extension bar between the socket and the driver, not sure why, perhaps the extension absorbs the impacts.

I bought a cheap 12V wheel nut undoer "impact gun" once, and how that worked was a motor spun really fast and once upto full speed a centrifugal clutch flew out and snatched the spindle, nearly breaking both your wrists in the process. I wonder if the lidl one is the same?

Normally Parkside tools are very good for the money.

bigjl

I fear it may be a case of getting what you pay for perhaps?

Sounds very much like the tool facade has talked about is very similar to the one Wig has bought.

Perhaps it is really only meant to be used on wheelnuts??

Wig

I tried the Lidl on wheel bolts today, being a bigger contact area (the socket going deep over the bolt heads as is the nature of wheel bolts) and a firm grip of the thing ....it did hammer away without spinning off, (yes, I am using impact sockets) made a hell of a noise, however it was not very good at removing the wheel bolts, it removed 3 out of 4. It has a untightening torque of 300 - 400Nm and a tightening torque of 100Nm

Still not sure I want this thing, but I'll try a few more bolts with it and decide.

I prefer corded to cordless, all that battery expense and charging hassle... but there are few and far between corded impact wrenches.