von haus imopact gun

handsomejackuk

handsomejackuk

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just acquired a von haus electric impact gun. my biker mate had one a few weeks ago and showed me it i got to say i was a little dubious about it being so cheap.. £35

when i spoke to him the other day he said he used it to get off a 42 mm motorbike nut on something, he had a 4ft bar on it and it wouldnt move... well i though lets get one and give it a try, as i have been doing suspension and some pretty tight bolts on my front shock absorbers the drivers side shock absorbers was original and 22 year old and i had to use a 4 ft bar on the to get the 18mm nuts moving... any tried this thing out today and must say it cracks off nuts pretty well and made light work of my passenger side suspension nuts which were far too tight for mt breaker bar...

any way just thought i would share this... its obviously not classed as a professional tool but a hnady tool to have in you armoury...

500nm loosening torque and a 2 year warranty..

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ohhhh it did occur to me also that maybe if a 12v to 240v invertor was used it could be used in the car for emergencies,, not sure whether it would work but worth a try..
 
At £35 it's practically a consumable item. I bought a secondhand cordless Makita with 2 x batteries and charger for £50
 
Great bit of kit to have for occasional use. The fact that it is 230V is what gives it such a high torque.

Think you’ve pushed the price up though. Cheapest I can see is £45 on eBay. Still a good price though.
 
Redline said:
Great bit of kit to have for occasional use. The fact that it is 230V is what gives it such a high torque.

Think you’ve pushed the price up though. Cheapest I can see is £45 on eBay. Still a good price though.
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nope £35 is what i paid for mine.. i can post a link if anyone interested
 
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Do electric ones make the same cool noise that air guns make though?

My air gun only comes out for really awkward fixings. Front strut top nuts and drive shafts spring to mind. Otherwise my breaker bar and a 6-sided socket rarely let me down and is quicker then getting the compressor out.
 
@mrscalex yeah they do make the gudunking sound like the air ones do i used mine in anger tonight reassembling my front strut and made very light work of doing / undoing the nuts i not completely confident yet in its tightening ability so have been going over the nuts with my breaker bar and torque wrench and they all do up nicely... there is the ocasional stall but that is the initial startup once it gets going it works great as a notice by holding the head of a bolt with a 1/2 inch bar when tightening the nut and jamming my finger in between the anti roll bar and the bar lesson learnt quickly....
 
I must admit I wouldn't mind using an electric one, preferably cordless more often. But that would be more to save time in day to day work with repetitive bolt removal.

I'm going to have a look at your one.
 
even used it to undo the drop link 13mm nuts.. i think its going to make me a bit lazy.. would be interested in trying it with an 12v to 240v invertor.. that would make it a nice tool to have in the car or for portable use...
 
handsomejackuk said:
even used it to undo the drop link 13mm nuts.. i think its going to make me a bit lazy.. would be interested in trying it with an 12v to 240v invertor.. that would make it a nice tool to have in the car or for portable use...
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You'll have to check the current draw. I'm not sure a car inverter would be man enough. Their limit is usually things like laptops without large moving parts.
 
i cant make out that on the rating plate of the impact gun it says 210w... i mean thats nothing... for the power output that this thing gives... !!!
 
I thought about getting an inverter to charge the batteries for my Ryobi impact wrenches and 3/8" ratchet but was advised by eBay sellers that they will not do that. The outside tyre fitters used inverters to power tread cutting tools where I used to work but I don't know how much current they drew. I would not be without that wrench now and I rarely use my compressor these days.

Tony.
 
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