After swapping tires the "old fashioned way" for a year I'd had enough. I just got my new 240 ft-lb CORDLESS impact wrench. All I can say is this rocks for taking stuff apart. Short work of those gnarly suspension bolts that are torqued to 8 zillion ft-lbs. as well as the lug nuts. This replaces the creeper as my favorite tool

Have fun,
Kevin


Check it out:

Kinda amazing when you think of how whimpy cordless screwdrivers were a few years ago when they first started hitting the market. Quite an improvement when you can use cordless for an impact!

who makes that and how much?

my favorite tool is

How mutch? Who sell's it.

Electric impact wrenches work well too and are probably a bit cheaper.

It's a Milwaukee model 9079-22. Price? Take a deep breath, breath slowly, ready? ~$350.

Yeah, I remember those piece o crap cordless drills. This thing is heavy: ya gotta have the strength of ten men just to pick it up On a price per pound basis it's probably cheaper than a $60 cordless drill.

Have fun,
Kevin

My Snap on Tool dealer tryed to sell me one when thay first came out, it was about $480. But that thing would take the lug nut's off of his tool truck.

Really cool. I'll wait until they drop another hundred bucks. Is it adjustable (the amount of torque)?

Is there any nut on a 914 that's more than 240 pounds? I don't think so.

Hmm.. thanks for sharing this!

There sure is!!! And they have the same nick-name as you do!


I have an air impact gun, high end, cost about the same as that one.
I think it has something like 600+ ft/lbs. I never torque anything on with it.

No torque adjustment other than how long you let it hammer on a bolt. I'm pretty much a torque-wrench-set-to-factory-specs for putting stuff back together kind of guy. So like Mark, I doubt if I ever use it to tighten anything on the car.

Have fun,
Kevin

Here's my new favorite:



It does 600 foot pounds in reverse and has adjustable forward torque settings. The best thing is that it was only $100 off ebay (new in box).

Just bought the De Walt 14.4 volt model on ebay....239.00 shipped.

Hey Anthony good buy on that Impact wrench

http://www.pelicanparts.com/catalog/shopca...toolsD_main.htm

almost got 1/2 off

My favorite tool?

a 2.50$ part!!! It's an adaptor for a cordless drill that enables you to install 3/8 sockets on it.

Got tired of removing and installing the lug nuts by hand. Now i just untorque, take the cordless drill to them with a 19mm socket, and they are off.

Ok not as fast as a F1 pitstop tire change but pretty close!!!

Marc-André