Opinions on a harbour freight impact wrench
10-30-2005, 01:33 AM
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Opinions on a harbour freight impact wrench
Has anyone used this? just looking for some feedback. I was gonna blow 250 bucks on one then I saw this for 70 
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http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=2623
.http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=2623
10-30-2005, 01:46 AM
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Re: Opinions on a harbour freight impact wrench
find a used craftsman or snap-on on egay. my father in law has one (half his garage is harbor frieight) and it just sucks. does the job, but if you are gonna use it all the time, I wouldnt use it. find a used craftsman and take that ---- back, get a new one.
10-30-2005, 01:54 AM
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Re: Opinions on a harbour freight impact wrench
ill tell you the same thing i tell anyone that buy ---- from my work...you get what you pay for.... i mean seriously you think a $70 harbor frieght impact gun will hold a candle to my roommates IR Ti? lol ---- no...
i fell in love with this tool when it removed a Honda crank pulley bolt with NO pistons or rods in the motor. if the Ti cant get it loose it probly wasnt ment to come off...
i fell in love with this tool when it removed a Honda crank pulley bolt with NO pistons or rods in the motor. if the Ti cant get it loose it probly wasnt ment to come off...
10-30-2005, 01:57 AM
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Re: Opinions on a harbour freight impact wrench
Cheap impact guns blow and you will have problems removing the crank pulley bolt on a Honda.Air supply is critical as well but cheap impacts regardless suck.Ingersoll Rand,Ultra Pro [NAPA] Snap ON Craftsman etc.This is one of those things where you don't want to cheap out.
Edit- I have tried the gun above and that is bad ***.Light as well.I want it bad.
Edit- I have tried the gun above and that is bad ***.Light as well.I want it bad.
10-30-2005, 02:12 AM
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Re: Opinions on a harbour freight impact wrench
we had some sick guns in our sams club tire garage, and then they got craftsmans and ---- like that, and even though i got a craftsman at home, they couldnt handle that much of a beating everyday afeter like 2 weeks wed be bringing em back cuz they would just start locking up trying to get the lug nuts off....
10-30-2005, 06:45 AM
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Re: Opinions on a harbour freight impact wrench
lol, i have both craftsman and the harbor freight one and i sware there both the same ------- gun. they're both made in the same country and i think the craftsman one is just rebadged everything about the gun is exactly the same as the central pneumatic one.. IR makes some good guns. id get a used matco or snapon from ebay
10-30-2005, 07:14 AM
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Re: Opinions on a harbour freight impact wrench
If you are going to use it for work every day, then I would say no. If this for home use, then it should be fine. 625 ft of tq should handle most of the stuff you will run across at home.
