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Posted 22 March 2016
Lidl Parkside mains electric Impact Wrench £29.99 Available Mon 28th March
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£29.99 for an electric Impact Wrench seems like a cracking deal especially for the occasional diy-er. Available Mon 28th March from Lidl.
For direct drilling into concrete and wood, loosening tight screws or assembling car wheels
High-power mechanism with safety limited torque to avoid damage to the workpiece or rims
With robust metal mechanism housing, non-slip soft grip handle and selector switch for right/left rotation
Includes carry case with compartments, 4 impact wrench sockets (SW 17, 19, 21, 22) and 2 spare carbon brushes
450W
Specifications:
Max. loosening torque (Nm): 320
Max. tightening torque (Nm): 100 (safety limited)
No-load rotation speed (rpm): 3,600
Tool holder: 1/2" external square
For direct drilling into concrete and wood, loosening tight screws or assembling car wheels
High-power mechanism with safety limited torque to avoid damage to the workpiece or rims
With robust metal mechanism housing, non-slip soft grip handle and selector switch for right/left rotation
Includes carry case with compartments, 4 impact wrench sockets (SW 17, 19, 21, 22) and 2 spare carbon brushes
450W
Specifications:
Max. loosening torque (Nm): 320
Max. tightening torque (Nm): 100 (safety limited)
No-load rotation speed (rpm): 3,600
Tool holder: 1/2" external square
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39 Comments
sorted byMy mistake. I had a image of a Moss impact wrench open still from my lengthy search and confused the two!
In that case personally I'd have more reason for concern but reviews do seem good. Still voting hot.
Secondly, impact wrenches need to be able to apply torque in either direction. Cars in particular still use lefty-tighty bolts for some applications. So how does it know the difference between 100Nm of a nut going on, and 320Nm of a nut coming off?
(PS, I'm still going to buy one... )
The clarke one is 450nm torque whereas this is 320nm so I guess it is different parts.
The reviews i found online for parkside power tools were all good. If I hadnt ordered the clarke about 30 seconds before coming on HUKD then I would have probably held out another week for one of these.
I want it for undoing a crankshaft pulley bolt on my car and other general garage work.
Tightening is limited to 100Nm, though.[/quote]
I guess you could always return it if its not powerful enough?[/quote]
1: I think it is a tool I would like to keep although it would be annoying to get it out and find it not powerful enough
2: I have nothing to test it on now as the jobs done and I would have only used it to undo - I would have thought it too risky to tighten torqued bolts!
I like these because they don't round the nuts as you can keep the socket square!
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I guess you could always return it if its not powerful enough?[/quote]
1: I think it is a tool I would like to keep although it would be annoying to get it out and find it not powerful enough
2: I have nothing to test it on now as the jobs done and I would have only used it to undo - I would have thought it too risky to tighten torqued bolts!
I like these because they don't round the nuts as you can keep the socket square!
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I only commented because you stated you needed to tighten 140Nm then a further 90 degrees.
The only trouble is they arnt speed adjustable from what I can see. It gives it all in one go!
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I think Clarke quality is pretty pants these days (they use to be good) they just seem to be cheap Chinese quality products a bit like this product but at least the Lidl is half the price + 3 year warranty.
In my opinion the idea of an impact wrench like this is to give a hammer style action when trying to loosen tight/rusty nuts or bolts as with a ratchet wrench/toque bar you can only apply torque with no hammer the idea of the hammer action is to fracture/vibrate the friction of the parts ie this maybe rust or the friction between the two threads, hence hammer and torque combined makes light work of your stiff nuts or bolts.
As for wheel bearings they are usually difficult to remove the retaining nut/bolt due to the heat generated within the bearing over its life time of being on the car so refitting is easy 140Nm most torque wrenches are capable of this then a further 90 degree torque bar no problem I know I've done all 4 bearings on my Golf MK 4 in the last 12 months plus past cars I've owned, a piece of timber from your seat to your brake pedal to lock the brakes (just like they do when your car goes for MOT).
For use on concrete or wood definitely not these are not designed for this "use the correct tool" most drills for wood SDS for concrete/masonry.
As commented above never tighten with these they are not designed for this that's why we have torque wrenchs. oO
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Don't forget £5 off when you spend £40 or more - valid on 28th march only.
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Have a nice day
Picked mine up earlier - gave it a quick test on a 125nm wheelnut and it came off with no problem.
Sounds like a silly test, but the 12v impact wrench I bought off eBay couldn't even shift that, and neither could my 160nm impact driver. So it looks to be the real deal.
Hammer is purely used internally to generate a large amount of torque only, it doesn't move in our out - en.wikipedia.org/wik…nch - imagine a ring spanner on a bolt, and hitting the end with a sledge hammer to turn it - all the kinetic energy in the hammer swing is suddenly sent via the spanner as a huge amount of torque, for a very short amount of time.If i'd of known about that in advance I would've spent the extra tenner!
Also impressed that they opened at 8, and less than 40 minutes later you've gone down there, bought one, got home, got the tool out and started work with it!
less than 1min walk to Lidl, I was first there. Also i was working on the car already in my garage.
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Last weekend I was unable to get the front sprocket nut off with a breaker bar and 5 foot extension.
This thing got it off in two minutes.
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They don't look anything like the same model rebranded to me - usually the plastic shells are identical bar colour, but these two models look completely different right down to the switch, the metal drive section, etc.
Either model looks like a good buy though, if I didn't already have a pair of air powered ones this would be on my shopping list.
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That doesn't sound right and not the normal use for an impact wrench. Looks great value as an impact wrench but would take their description with a pinch of salt.
I don't have a crankshaft pulley to do but I wished I had one of these when I was doing a wheel-bearing - to tighten 140 nm then a further 90 degrees (bloody audi I had to put a scaffold pole on my 600mm bar to get the pressure on) you should have seen the problems I had in taking it off (you had to get someone to stand on the brakes to stop the car from moving while you did it) - anyway I could have done with this (I will get one now) - not sure if 320nm will be enough?
I guess you could always return it if its not powerful enough?
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Tightening is limited to 100Nm, though.
I have a 70quid clarke one, comes in handy where little punch is needed, crank pulleys etc.
The Brushes on the motor are very long and unsupported, when mine wore they twisted jammed and destroyed the motor and brush housing. It would have been fine if the brushes were supported and not left hanging in mid air. Apart from that it was a good bit of kit