3/8" Butterfly air impact wrench

[roombacurious]

Anybody got one of those?

I got fed up with rusted/stuck bolts while servicing my car the other day and started thinking about getting one.

Do you think it would be powerful enough for stuff like wheel nuts or is it just for smaller jobs?

I have a small compressor which wouldn't have enough juice for a bigger 1/2" gun.


George

 

[George_N]

I had a look at the specs. for a couple of impact wrenches after I read your post, mainly because I didn't know what a butterfly impact wrench was (for quickly removing butterfly wings?) and the 1/2" heavy duty wrench I looked at listed only 4 cfm average air consumption compared with 3 cfm for the 3/8" butterfly. I think these things are a little bit like nailers in that you can get away with smaller compressors because they don't run constantly like, say a sander.

 

[Russell]

What king of torque do you need to run up to!