Finally did the deed: 12v impact wrench  By  wutzthedeal (Read 877 times)

Thank you! It will be handy to have, especially when I first replace the variator or anytime I'm riding on a belt that is entering its final part of its life. When you get something cheap like this, you just hope it will serve you the 20 or 30 times you may need it. Or at least that's what I'm hoping for.

First report; interesting and effective. I don't have a torque wrench like I should. This thing isn't exactly an impact wrench. The way it works is it spins up inside (w/o moving on the outside) then "hits" hard for a spin, then revs again (again, the socket stops moving) then it "hits" again. It's more like a hammering socket. I let it hit about five times for my variator. Is that enough? Dunno, but we'll find out. Takes it on and off with ease, plugged into my friggin scooter. Not half bad, so far.

I bought an emergency impact at Wallyworld and it performs the same way as yours does. With mine, I usually hit it about 5 times, but I'm sure ours are different. I've never used a torque wrench on either pully...yet. Maybe one day I'll buy or use some sort of holder.

Mine just has the cigarette lighter adapter. It was $25-30. The adapter is cheap on mine--- smacked it around a few times and fell apart. I put it back together. It came with a few sockets, but they didn't fit my variator nut. I went and bought some sockets at the store.

Overall it gets the job done and I haven't stripped either of the shafts threads. It's not my top priority to get a better one yet, but if it takes a dump then I might.

I looked at that, too; the reviews weren't quite high enough for me to take that leap o faith. Would love to know about its performance when you get it.

That's a nice one too, Hank, and has about 50 more ft.lbs. power for $10 more. Luckily these variator and clutch nuts never need more than 60ft/lbs (mine is 185, yours is 230 i believe). In fact, I think I probably over-did mine. I need to order a few of those nuts for backup.