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that's a good point! That 1.5 amp battery has very little power. I always use the 3 amp battery - I just used this Bauer to crack free some seriously rusted 21 mm bolts on the trailing arm. I used PB Blaster and a deep socket.
Don’t get me wrong this will break most nuts, I personally use it for valve covers and such, or most things with a torx but the 1300 inch lbs (108ft lbs) is the tightening spec, doesn’t have the same breaking power. I will say however this drill can take a fall and is worth every cent of the price tag( plus the endless attachments for a hex drill) . However if you go with an actual impact wrench, go for Milwaukee, I have personally submerged my m12 in spent oil and flooded the thing with coolant and it doesn’t have an issue. I’ve also seen people using them under water with no issue(pretty sure “ donut media” has a video on comparing specs of the bauer, milwakee and snap on). Bauer is closer in reality with their specs compared to what Milwaukee claims throughout their lines, but the Milwaukee has a superior battery at full torque. But honestly for the $100 it cost for a Bauer 1/2 inch impact it does crack the same bolts as a $350 milwakee and is 100% worth it for an at home mechanic.
Thanks, using the truck wheel bolts was just for a test, I backed off the torque to test. In no way will this be a good impact wrench. I just wanted a way to test the max torque capabilities
Found this video just today. Good video, not sure if anyone mentioned but you are loosing massive amount of torque in the shank of the adapter. I was a tech for 35 years and I found out early that you loose torque in extensions.
Hi, excellent video ty so much, I just got the Bauer 1/4 like in this video, it pulls every bolt except the lugs! I used the short 1/2 adapter with an impact socket, gave it about fifteen seconds and stopped not to burn it out! It pulls struts top bolts right off motor mount bolts right off, not lugs, I’m getting the 1/2 impact and not push this 1/4 to do what it can’t do, regards, Bob,
Hi Joe - thanks for making a very informative video. Since the tool seems to be rated for well above its loosening torque capability, is it possible that tighten and loosen maximum torque are different? That would be strange, I guess, but you never know. It would be interesting to fully tighten the lug with the tool, then see how much torque it took to loosen it. Perhaps you have already done that in another video - I've just discovered your channel.
Thank you for posting this video. I'm interested in buying one of these. I think you could have had better results using the heaviest impact socket for those bolts you could find.
@@JoediyLab What I meant was that with heavier sockets you can get more torque to the fasteners. However the more "connections" one has the less efficient impact guns are. I was trying to loosen a 30mm bolt once using a short impact socket and it wouldn't budge. I can remember why I ended up switching out the socket to a deep socket of the same size and it finally broke loose. All I did was change the socket for essentially a heavier one. I was really rooting for this impact and hoping it would break the fastener loose at a higher torque setting. I think I remember seeing another video where a bigger battery (amp hours not volts) makes a positive difference. No pun intended 😉 Thanks again for posting this video. Hopefully I'll be able to pick up one of these to add to my toy collection.
@@latinoheat111 Thanks for the reply, I just read an article that indicates extra amp capacity helps depending on the how hard you use the tool. Here is a link. www.protoolreviews.com/tools/power/cordless/batteries-chargers/battery-amp-hours-affect-power/53874/
@@4tacosfor25cents I reduced the torque of the lug bolt to the max torque setting of the impact driver and then keep on reducing the torque until the bolt was loosened. I just was using the lug bolt as a test fixture. No way was the bolt torqued to the proper wheel rating
Go back and watch the video, I loosend the lug nuts to use them as a test platform, this is not an impact wrench. Before you make stupid comments, make sure you have your facts straight.
Sir,, you should know ""impact"" driver or wrench means you have to let it impact a bit,, its not a drill,, you hit the trigger 1 second at a time,,maybe 2,,, the tests for these are rated at 5 sec, 10 sec, and 30 second bursts,, in summary, no impacts will start out in 1 or 2 seconds at its rated punch, try watching torque test channel, or shop tools review,,, they show you how they work completely,,
Please watch the video again. It was stated that the wheel lugs were backed off in torque for the purposes of checking rated torque values of the impact wrench, by no means is it intended to torque or loosen wheel lug nuts.
Why are you trying to remove lug nuts with an impact driver designed to drive screws? Sure it's a good driver to remove small bolts and nuts as well but why not use an impact wrench which is deigned for the job. So much torque is lost with the drivers chuck and the thin adapter that's why impact wrenches have the needed 1/4", 3/8" or 1/2" hook up to fit right on the socket. It's also obvious that you don't understand battery's. A 1.5 amp 20 volt battery is putting the same power to a tool as a 5 amp 20 volt battery, 20 volts is 20 volts. The amp rating is the storage capacity of a battery, a 5 amp battery will put 20 volts to the tool longer then a 1.5 amp battery. So your fist couple try's loosening the lug nut with the 1.5 amp battery was at full battery power. If anything this video shows that the little impact driver has some power and can take some abuse being used for things it's not designed for.
Go back and watch the video again I explained that I loosened the lug nuts so I could safely test the impact wrench max torque rating. I kept on loosening the torque until the impact wrench would loosen the lugs that way I could test at what torque the impact wrench wold loosen the lugs. I do know about batteries. I also indicated that I wanted test with a lower amp hour battery to test the limits of the impact wrench. As I tested several times at the same torque I was able to test if the battery drain would effect the max torque would be impacted. In the limited times I tested with the 1.5 amp battery the torque did not decrease. If anyone do not know about testing it is you. I have over 40 years of Testing background.
Higher capacity battery can give out more current than lower capacity battery. A 1.5Ah 20v battery can give you 30W of power at the battery rating (C rating). A 3Ah 20v battery can give you 60W of power. So it's possible that the tool would have more power if it was used with higher capacity battery.
Thanks Jeffery, I was just using the wheel lugs as a test, I lowered the torque to see how many foot pounds it would take to loosen the lug nuts. I think for actual tight lug nuts, you would need am Impact Wrench instead of a Impact driver. But you are right, not enough torque to loosen a tight lug nut.
People have to stop rating a impact drivers torque to nut breaking. It takes 30% less power to break a clean bolt loose. So you are getting a false sense of satisfaction.
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The spec is with the larger battery
Bauer recommends the 3-amp hour battery for maximum performance.
Yes aware of that, I am purposely testing out of range, I did indicate that in the video
that's a good point! That 1.5 amp battery has very little power. I always use the 3 amp battery - I just used this Bauer to crack free some seriously rusted 21 mm bolts on the trailing arm. I used PB Blaster and a deep socket.
Don’t get me wrong this will break most nuts, I personally use it for valve covers and such, or most things with a torx but the 1300 inch lbs (108ft lbs) is the tightening spec, doesn’t have the same breaking power. I will say however this drill can take a fall and is worth every cent of the price tag( plus the endless attachments for a hex drill) . However if you go with an actual impact wrench, go for Milwaukee, I have personally submerged my m12 in spent oil and flooded the thing with coolant and it doesn’t have an issue. I’ve also seen people using them under water with no issue(pretty sure “ donut media” has a video on comparing specs of the bauer, milwakee and snap on). Bauer is closer in reality with their specs compared to what Milwaukee claims throughout their lines, but the Milwaukee has a superior battery at full torque. But honestly for the $100 it cost for a Bauer 1/2 inch impact it does crack the same bolts as a $350 milwakee and is 100% worth it for an at home mechanic.
Thanks, using the truck wheel bolts was just for a test, I backed off the torque to test. In no way will this be a good impact wrench. I just wanted a way to test the max torque capabilities
I bought one and will see also how good it is. Thanks for this video.
Just what i need to see. Been tired of taking off and rotating my wheels to chase a noise problem. Thanks for the test and video.
Great video. Exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Peter
Found this video just today. Good video, not sure if anyone mentioned but you are loosing massive amount of torque in the shank of the adapter. I was a tech for 35 years and I found out early that you loose torque in extensions.
Thanks for the comment, only loose torque of you have an angular swivel. If the extension is not angular no loss of torque.
Hi, excellent video ty so much, I just got the Bauer 1/4 like in this video, it pulls every bolt except the lugs! I used the short 1/2 adapter with an impact socket, gave it about fifteen seconds and stopped not to burn it out! It pulls struts top bolts right off motor mount bolts right off, not lugs, I’m getting the 1/2 impact and not push this 1/4 to do what it can’t do, regards, Bob,
Thanks Robert,. I was just using the lugs as a test platform. I lowered the torque to test. Yes the 1/2" impact would be better for actual wheel lugs
Though the 1/4 tool isn't designed to remove lug nuts, the 5-amp battery would give it a bit more power and may possibly remove them?
The lug nuts were only used as a test, torque on the lugs were backed off. I wanted to use the smaller amp battery for testing purposes.
Thank you ! I’ll get the 1/2 inch to work on my motorcycle 😂 great test
Thanks for the feedback
Hi Joe - thanks for making a very informative video. Since the tool seems to be rated for well above its loosening torque capability, is it possible that tighten and loosen maximum torque are different? That would be strange, I guess, but you never know. It would be interesting to fully tighten the lug with the tool, then see how much torque it took to loosen it. Perhaps you have already done that in another video - I've just discovered your channel.
Thanks for the feedback, Yes your method would revel some additional good information.
Alot of time loosening and tightening are different torque levels.
It's tightening torque. Tighten it with it and then check it with the gauge
Thats the reason why they design two different application - impact wrench and impact driver..
go back and watch again. I was using the truck wheel as a safe way to test the torque, not as an impact wrench. Torque was lowered
This was super helpful thanks for sharing. New subscriber here. Have a great rest of your day!!
Thanks for the feedback
Thank you for posting this video. I'm interested in buying one of these. I think you could have had better results using the heaviest impact socket for those bolts you could find.
I was just using the lug nuts for a torque test,. I backed off the torque to a value that was in the range of the impact wrench
@@JoediyLab What I meant was that with heavier sockets you can get more torque to the fasteners. However the more "connections" one has the less efficient impact guns are.
I was trying to loosen a 30mm bolt once using a short impact socket and it wouldn't budge. I can remember why I ended up switching out the socket to a deep socket of the same size and it finally broke loose. All I did was change the socket for essentially a heavier one.
I was really rooting for this impact and hoping it would break the fastener loose at a higher torque setting. I think I remember seeing another video where a bigger battery (amp hours not volts) makes a positive difference. No pun intended 😉
Thanks again for posting this video. Hopefully I'll be able to pick up one of these to add to my toy collection.
@@tiorobot Thanks for the tip
Great review video but in all honesty if your looking for an impact for things like lug nuts and bigger stuff probably be better off with a 1/2 impact
Lug nuts were backed off for testing purposes. Not to be used as an impact wrench.
I wish you’d test to see how much ft lbs it can torque down to.
So this will work for automotive jobs? I’ll break nuts then use this to quickly remove. Better than a hand wrench?
Mine has taken off lug nuts, your adapter looks super thin so it isn't allowing a lot of power transfer
Good tip, I was using the Bauer driver, will try a larger one
Try it with a 5 ah battery aslo
@@latinoheat111 Thanks for the reply, I just read an article that indicates extra amp capacity helps depending on the how hard you use the tool. Here is a link. www.protoolreviews.com/tools/power/cordless/batteries-chargers/battery-amp-hours-affect-power/53874/
I'd be surprised if any impact driver could do this task. I believe your confusing a impact driver for a impact wrench two different tools.
@@4tacosfor25cents I reduced the torque of the lug bolt to the max torque setting of the impact driver and then keep on reducing the torque until the bolt was loosened. I just was using the lug bolt as a test fixture. No way was the bolt torqued to the proper wheel rating
That's a good idea. I always use 1/4" hand tools when torqueing the "lug bolts" on my truck. WTF!???
Go back and watch the video, I loosend the lug nuts to use them as a test platform, this is not an impact wrench. Before you make stupid comments, make sure you have your facts straight.
They have a brushless version thats rated for 2000 inch lbs.Thats much stronger.
Nice, Thanks for the feedback.
It tells you to use 3.0 or higher battery..
Tim, I am using a technique called negative testing. It is used to test the limits of the device under test
Sir,, you should know ""impact"" driver or wrench means you have to let it impact a bit,, its not a drill,, you hit the trigger 1 second at a time,,maybe 2,,, the tests for these are rated at 5 sec, 10 sec, and 30 second bursts,, in summary, no impacts will start out in 1 or 2 seconds at its rated punch, try watching torque test channel, or shop tools review,,, they show you how they work completely,,
The impact driver is not meant for that. You should have used the impact wrench.
Please watch the video again. It was stated that the wheel lugs were backed off in torque for the purposes of checking rated torque values of the impact wrench, by no means is it intended to torque or loosen wheel lug nuts.
@@JoediyLab ok understood.
Arent impact drivers more for fasteners and impact wrenches for big nuts and bolts?
Using the lugs was for testing only, the torque was reduced from fully tight
The lugs were for testing only. The torque was reduced
The opposite way : impact wrenches are long and look like a ratchet but with less torque than an impact gun .
@@JoediyLab okay makes sense but idk what that one guy under my comment is talking about
@@Airon79 nigga huh
Use impact socket then try again
Does Milwaukee drill bits go to it?
As long as they are 1/4 adapter bits, any should fit
Mine works just fine!
Get the 3 ah battery and watch your
Ft lbs get a whole lot better!
And give it more time to impact
That nut off!
do you like air impact driver?
Yes, nice product, batteries are high quality
Is this brushless motor ?
No, not brushless
How you get the tip
Sorry, not sure what you mean by "tip"
Why are you trying to remove lug nuts with an impact driver designed to drive screws? Sure it's a good driver to remove small bolts and nuts as well but why not use an impact wrench which is deigned for the job. So much torque is lost with the drivers chuck and the thin adapter that's why impact wrenches have the needed 1/4", 3/8" or 1/2" hook up to fit right on the socket.
It's also obvious that you don't understand battery's. A 1.5 amp 20 volt battery is putting the same power to a tool as a 5 amp 20 volt battery, 20 volts is 20 volts. The amp rating is the storage capacity of a battery, a 5 amp battery will put 20 volts to the tool longer then a 1.5 amp battery. So your fist couple try's loosening the lug nut with the 1.5 amp battery was at full battery power.
If anything this video shows that the little impact driver has some power and can take some abuse being used for things it's not designed for.
Go back and watch the video again I explained that I loosened the lug nuts so I could safely test the impact wrench max torque rating. I kept on loosening the torque until the impact wrench would loosen the lugs that way I could test at what torque the impact wrench wold loosen the lugs. I do know about batteries. I also indicated that I wanted test with a lower amp hour battery to test the limits of the impact wrench. As I tested several times at the same torque I was able to test if the battery drain would effect the max torque would be impacted. In the limited times I tested with the 1.5 amp battery the torque did not decrease. If anyone do not know about testing it is you. I have over 40 years of Testing background.
Higher capacity battery can give out more current than lower capacity battery. A 1.5Ah 20v battery can give you 30W of power at the battery rating (C rating). A 3Ah 20v battery can give you 60W of power. So it's possible that the tool would have more power if it was used with higher capacity battery.
@@tttuberc the whole point of the video was to test the torque of the lower ah battery
If u have to buy a better battery and the tool the price would be of that of a dewalt or Milwaukee.
Dewalt and Milwaukee batteries are much more expensive than HF's 5 amp battery. Just wanted to test HF compared to higher priced units.
Need to hold for 5 seconds to get the most torque
60 ft lbs is not bad btw for a driver
Yes agreed. That is one of the reasons I did the test.
Take that 1.5 battery off there
You need the 3ah, 5ah or 8ah battery for that. C’mon, man!
I am doing limits testing, often called negative testing. I am purposefully testing to see the results.
@@JoediyLab Do you have videos testing the same tool with the bigger batteries?
@@joeblow1942 I will create one using the 5 ah battery
Joe I did a video using the 5 ah battery. here is the link th-cam.com/video/K8odKi-49UA/w-d-xo.html
This is not for car lug nuts use
go back and watch the video again. I loosened the lug nuts in order to be able to test the max torque of the wrench. Not test as a lug nut wrench.
corded impact driver
Battery
That’s pathetic my hart brushless 1/4 takes off lugs torqued at 150foot pounds easily .
Yea they steal my money i bought it to haved for a emergency and i have to call a town truck because it can remove one bolt
Thanks Jeffery, I was just using the wheel lugs as a test, I lowered the torque to see how many foot pounds it would take to loosen the lug nuts. I think for actual tight lug nuts, you would need am Impact Wrench instead of a Impact driver. But you are right, not enough torque to loosen a tight lug nut.
The Warrior wins at 100 lbs easy.
Foot lbs
Thanks for the comment
burned in one month
Sorry Luis, take it back HF I believe they have a good return policy
why are you out of breath?
I had to walk up about 20 steps to get to my truck
Why do you care?
cause I don't want you to keel over bro
@@williambelott1897 Thanks for your concern, I work out everyday. But I was anxious to do the video and had just come up the stairs.
People have to stop rating a impact drivers torque to nut breaking. It takes 30% less power to break a clean bolt loose. So you are getting a false sense of satisfaction.
You sound like you just ran 10 miles.
Truck was up a set of stairs, should have waited a few