Recommendation on electric windy guns.

As the title really. Getting tired of undoing 48 wheel nuts by hand when swapping tyres over from one truck to the other. Also sometimes you just have to get medieval on some of those bolts.

is money an object?

Does me although if the wheel nut was done up with 'Mr Breaker Bar' it does sweat a bit. But then so does the bod in the local tyre place when he gets to change the tyres on the Truck :lol:

Sort of ... I am sure its something people would be interested in and they all have different budgets.

Last edited by Gazeddy on Sun Mar 30, 2014 12:43 am, edited 1 time in total.

for me its snap-on
having used their battery impact gun i know what its capable of and its worth its money
but it aint cheap
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/271429675650?hlpht=true&ops=true&viphx=1&lpid=95&device=c&adtype=pla&crdt=0&ff3=1&ff11=ICEP3.0.0&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=95

link is nothing to do with me just an ebay link i found

the dewalt ones arent bad either but ive not used their bigger stuff only up to 3/8"

I have a Sealey 24v (iirc) one which has been ok for a budget one, this was the one I used down the woods all the time in the "early day"...

Also have a Hilti one, 22v, a bit more expensive but it does work really well and has a nice small head, so fits in a million places the Sealey couldnt....
Thats the red one, you have probably seen it down the woods Neil. That does up stuff that my mates snap on gun wont undo, and undoes stuff his wont also.

More often than not, you dont need a breaker bar with stuff with this one, but its kinder to it and I want it to last so I tend to crack stuff first still.

You do get what you pay for, like with most things, but when you price a compressor into the equation also then getting a goodun isnt unachievable.

What would be a reasonable budget? As I'd love one but really have no idea about them at all lol. What's a good spec? What's a naff spec? Worth buying used ones from eBay or cash converters etc?

I had a Clarke 24v, 1/2" nut runner bought for me that delivers 450 Nm. It came with 2 batteries and a few sockets and charger obviously. It is well robust and well heavy, not a great problem if you're working under the car but not so good under the bonnet. It won't shift a wheel nut or ball joint nuts as I found out but still saves loads of time once you've cracked them with a bar and zipping up them is a sinch. I'm glad I've got it but I did'nt pay the £145 for it.

I have the same clarke one, on a full battery i've had no problems on wheel nuts that have been torqued up properly. Not so much joy on the ones that have been done up with a breaker bar by some muppet doing it "as tight as it'll go"....... :shock:

I always torque mine up properly and it does the job fine.

Can't complain at £100 mine was, but its still nothing on my mates snap on gun so most of the time i just use that as its in the workshop. Its like everything snap on, you think "bugger me i'm not paying that", then you get something else and eventually use or borrow the snap on equivalent and think, "i wish i'd got that now" haha.

Got to agree with Gaz its got to be Snapon!!!.

I have a Bosch imitation 24v bought it brand new off eBay a few years ago for £90 the battery life is short but it's quick charge instant power I can undo 24 wheel nuts with one battery even when some of the bolts have been breaker bar tightened.
It's not about how much you spend on one it's the spec it provides.
The snap on 18v is good but over priced the 24v version is just a daft idea, my mates just got a 24v snap on and yes it's good but not worth the price difference compared to mine.
Colley can vouch for mine it's saved us loads of time effort and grief. :thumbup:

Recently bought a snap on latest gen impact gun, was £600 but it's pretty much paid for itself all ready in jobs done and time saved, it'll even undo light truck wheel nuts......

Thing is £600 is a lot of money for a tool that won't pay for itself in home mechanics.

Liking the idea of Sealy. I have several Sealy things in the garage and have done the job nicely. Will have a looksee and mull things over.

Oh you used to be able to get a 240 volt gun, think it was Milwaukee or something like that.