rabjohns

Goodyear junk, DeWalt +1

ngoldrich

My 1/2" snapon does not work as well as my 1/2" Dewalt which is why I purchased the Dewalt.

Norm

NJcroc

I love my Ingersoll-Rand W360, It is amazing and never quits

lawjdc

You will not find a more powerful cordless impact wrench than the 1/2" 28 volt Milwaukee. Period. You owe it to yourself to take a look and compare. It comes in a case with 2 batteries and a quick charger.

Bryan Watts

http://www.motherofallcordlessimpactwrenches.com/

The Milwaukee lists it's max torque at 325 ft. pounds. The Snap-On lists a max torque of of 620 ft. pounds.

DogInBlack

Just a friendly reminder- Check final lug torque manually. Don't rely soley on your gun settings.

Larry Herman

If it doesn't have enough torque to do this,



It ain't worth squat!

Veloce Raptor

Werd. Although REAL men have 5 lug hubs.

And I told you torque was king!

Rassel

+1,
Also, the light function that some have can be handy.

dmwhite

i've been using one since early 2005...it gets used a LOT and has worked great for me...the only issue i've had was one of the batteries dying last year...

kurt M

DeWalt is owned by B&D the tools are made by many companys. My DeWalt 3 hp router is made by Elu for example just like Snap-On.

+1 on the IR. I have the Snap on and when it wanders off or breaks I am getting the IR. Nice gun, nice trigger and feel. Good price on the gun and batteries from a well known national company. Whats not to like?

The DeWalt and Milwaukee and any other non VSR gun have a real problem in being on/off only IMO. Without variable speed the tool is limited to knuckle dragging lug bolt work only and even in this task also risks cross threading. With a VSR gun you can start off nice and easy running the nut down the stud and not ding the threads if you feel the nut bind. I use my Snappy for all kinds of work from knocking lug nuts loose to resetting plastic 10mm undertray nuts. It has stood up to all kinds of unreasonable tasks and abuse levels normaly reserved for ex wives for many years so far.
Look at the weight of the tool the Mill is 10 pounds and large in frame.

As to reasonable batteries for the Snap-On. You will not find them on the Strap-On truck as they are $150 or so. You can rebuild them yourself or send them out to a battery shop. Google replacement rechargeable battery packs and you will find plenty of shops. You can also get a battery pack of the same voltage from Home Depot open it up and solder the battery cluster into your Snap-On pack. I got a set of two 18V packs for $45 on sale a while back.
LI batteries last for about twice as many charges but cost twice as much and so far don’t have cheap rebuilds. The older batteries will last longer if you do not fully discharge them. When you feel the power drop off, recharge. They are not like the first gen rechargeables and do not take a memory. Most can be left in modern name brand chargers without any issues. I have some non LI that are 3 or 4 years old and countless charge cycles and just swap them out as I use them. The key is recharging when the power drops off not when dead.

mrbill_fl

goodyear is marginal for me... it will not break free my nuts! ha!

I'm torquing to 90#, and need to use the breaker bar on each nut... its quick but only does part of the job...

techno99

I stopped having a problem once I stopped using a 3/8" socket with adapter. Once I started using a 1/2" socket, I haven't had any trouble unless my battery is almost dead.

Seth Thomas

Corrected for you.

Back the question, I have a Snap On from 2001 that has been working flawlessly since then. The only issue has been replacing batteries

Geoffrey

The Snap On unit will work with centerlocking nuts and mine has been fine for 4 years.