Find the best prices using our affiliate links: 1" Impact geni.us/m18-oneinch 3/4" Impact geni.us/m18-34inch 1/2" Impact geni.us/m18-halfin *FULL DISCLOSURE:* Milwaukee is sending us tools to use, to make videos with, and to give some away. We are under no obligation to review their products as part of that relationship, there is no contract and this video went live before they saw it or gave us any feedback on it. I have had the 1" impact wrench since July, did not receive monetary compensation, opinions are my own, and everything is scripted myself. We only review tools that are high quality on this channel, and these impact wrenches impressed me. We are primarily an automotive channel demonstrating unique car builds and gas to diesel engine conversions, and think it makes sense to review automotive tools I actually use, as this is a common enough topic I get asked about. We welcome brands that want to help us continue what we love to do and show you how to do it. While we don't know what the future looks like, our goal with this TH-cam venture is to make our time on this platform profitable, and build unique vehicles with the revenue... So building good relationships with quality brands makes sense to us. We believe we can be one of the best automotive channels out there, we believe we can do that successfully while maintaining creative control, and we believe it should be free to watch.
Did you connect it to the onekey app and remove precision mode ? There was a tsb on the one inch a few days ago about them not having full torque unless you untick precision mode in the app.
Rich, I change tires on 50 ton hauls trucks underground. They have 50 wheel nuts torqued to 500 ft/lbs. I use my Milwaukee 3/4 gun with a 12 amp battery it can remove all the nuts, reinstall them and go around the entire wheel twice and tighten to near spec with an extension and have 2 bars on the battery left over. Milwaukee tools are incredible.
DEBOSS GARAGE thanks for your reply! Love your channel. I live and work in the mining industry in northern Ontario I’ve got real world experience with Milwaukee tools for days. Last week I changed a tire on a CAT AD 30 rock truck the wheel studs are torqued to 740 ft/lbs and there’s lots of them. Armed with my 9 ah battery I did the whole job, tightened down the new tire and checked it with a torque wrench and my 3/4 was able to hit the 740 tightening no problem. I was a skeptic too when it came to advertised torque output numbers and we did real testing, torqued fasteners to the advertised values and the tools do what they say. I also wanted to know what every different power mode does so I knew what applications I could use the tools on. I don’t use anything under 1/2” drive so I don’t need anything smaller than my fuel mid torque 1/2” gun which is a daily tool. I’ve put them up against the competitors tools from Snap-on, Matco, IR, makita and dewalt and there’s no comparison. The only air tool I currently use is a die grinder and and I haven’t found a replacement for my 1” drive air gun yet, gonna try the new Milwaukee shortly. Milwaukee replaced all other pneumatic tools and allowed me to bring the power with me no matter what kind of mess I find myself in.
wobbly sauce.... in my line of work compressed air isn’t always available, in fact it not available far more often than it is. Over the years I’ve done several jobs by hand which have taken far longer and with huge amounts more effort then it would have with the use of power tools. When this Milwaukee line came out it was a huge stress relief for people like me who work in several different areas of a mine at any given time. I keep a complete 3/4 and 1/2 impact socket sets in my underground truck and a couple different impacts when I leave the shop so matter what I got the tools to do pretty much anything anywhere without even have to think about air hoses etc.
Exactly, I bought myself a battery powered leaf blower and a chainsaw and they both have been amazing The leaf blower we use it for our trucks to clean off the trailer, we have flatbeds and haul grass/sod on them so you would get a lot of rocks and planks from the grass and wooden pallets and the blower cleans it off like if they were nothing The chainsaw have been pretty impressive as well, been able to cut up to 4 inches and it would cut like butter, plus, it's so easy to maintain
Hah! They were very useful, compared to a brace bit or a Yankee screwdriver. It's all relative. I have a pile of old hand tools no one under 40 would buy at a yard sale for a buck, let alone know what they are or how to use them. And unfortunately, 9.6V Makitas will never look cool as antique decorations on restaurant walls.
GetBlitzified impact sockets carry way more material for weight thus transferring more kinetic energy to the fastener. 6 point sockets have contact around the entire bolt head whereas the 12 point only make contact on the corner points of the bolt head thus allowing more energy transfer
Sam Wagner aren’t impact sockets softer while chrome sockets are harder and more brittle? Therefore, impact sockets handle impacts better. Seems like if you wanted the most energy transfer a harder socket (chrome socket) would be best.
AaronMoore I don’t believe so.. I’m no metallurgist so I could be wrong, but I believe that impact sockets have a greater hardness so that they don’t twist as much as a standard socket, and they’re built thicker so that they don’t shatter. Like I said, I could be wrong. I’m not an expert, just a diesel tech student.
I call my 1/2" one my "Problem Solver". Its all i need in automotive applications. My air impacts have been collecting dust since i bought it just over a year ago. Never looked back
yes who wants an 1400 nm stubby impact in the shop where air is always avaible if you could work for the same force output with an 8 to 10 pound tool. This 18V Tools are great for the field but still they are power to size and weight not even close to air tools and i doubt they never will exept there will be once a Batterie with nearly limitless output and no weight
@@Zozo806 I use my M12 3/8" impact or ratchet 90% of the time. They are lighter then most air tools, and i dont have to trip over hoses or risk hoses scratching paint. The M18 is only used for larger/stubborn bolts, and ive never found myself holding it for any great length of time. Pick it up, spin the bolt off, then set it back down. I was a huge air tool fan boy too before experiencing these tools. I have probably $10,000 worth of air tools literally collecting dust. I recently removed the air tool rack from my bench and stuffed them all in the back room.
@MarwoodAuto - that's good to hear. I was all set to get an air impact until I started learning how badass the new battery powered stuff is. I need to put new shocks/springs on my Jeep and my old 250ft/lb max Craftsman electric impact was doing absolutely nothing to loosen all those rusted fasteners. Hoping the Milwaukee 2865-20 I'm getting will work...
Your losing all Your impact ability with that 12 point socket. All it's doing is putting energy into the very edge of the nut and springing back in the socket wall.
thats fine but i have the same unit and if i can afford a $700 unit i can afford common size sockets. obviously im not putting a 7/8 or 1in on it. like a welder im not going to start the gen set to weld some horseshoes together for a hook. the lil hobart works perfect
@@nickgibb4687 "FULL DISCLOSURE: Milwaukee is sending us tools to use, to make videos with, and to give some away." I am assuming, that you assumed, that he bought the 1" rattle-cannon?
bro i use 1.5in drive impacts, theyre no joke. if that doesn't work, you kroil it and come back to it later, if that doesn't work, torch and see if that'll do it. if it doesn't work still, bitch is gone, cut the fucker lol
Impact socks would make a big difference not only for fit but mass. If you simply make the socket heavier the gun will hit harder. Problem is you can't always fit a fat walled socket in places like on that mag plate bolt you were showing.
Not necessarily. Chrome is harder and less forgiving. Impacts are softer which makes them handle more "impacts". I would disagree a heavier socket will make the impact stronger.
@@SidewaysInTraffic Brian is on to something! The more mass that is rotating, the stronger the impact. So, if you get a socket with thicker walls than thinner, it will be more efficient. A good example is crankshaft sockets on cars- they are super beefy.
@@jeremyhundley3142 I watched a few vids and they didn't do a proper test in my opinion. I'm going to hopefully try it this weekend and record it I get the chance.
@@jeremyhundley3142 But the socket isn't rotating? It's the hammer inside the impact wrench that rotates. Bigger hammer = bigger impact, but I don't think the socket mass comes into play. However, I imagine tighter tolerances and 6 point rather than 12 would probably make a difference.
Have a look at the settings in the One Key app for that big guy. As a dealer I received a TSB last week stating from the factory most if not all of these units leave the factory with the peak settings at 70% or LESS. Wind her up and she’s an animal!
I was very iffy in whether or not to buy this being a diesel mechanic, (because we have 1 inch air at work) but seeing that gun loosen a shear plate bolt. I am way more than impressed definitely gonna get it and show all those guys up :D
The 1 inch Milwaukee is perfect for earth moving equipment. Bolts get packed with dirt and weathered. I can actually see the 1 inch line being used in bridge building and steel work. Would be ok for tractor trailor wheels too as long as they torqued back down to at least 450 to 500 ft lbs. Thanks for showing this tool off.
You should have used the 12.0 batteries. Not only do they last longer but they actually give you more power. If you have the vacuum and you go from any battery to a 12 amp battery you’ll hear the significant increase of suction you can also fill it with the impact wrenches and sawzalls.
I'm very sure that since that 988B was new that things such as lift cylinders and bucket have been removed for rebuild. Being in Quarry operations for many many years a lot of our older loaders (980H's) with 20,000 hours on them have had that stuff off for rebuild at that point. We have had 988's in the past that get frame up rebuilds after 20,000 hours.
Nice review. Personally im a Milwaukee tool fan. Growing my collection. In past few years i returned 2 abused broken tools to them, they returned new ones to me in several days.
Pneumatics are fine if your in a shop. If your mobile like me and working out of a small van these things have been a total game changer - no more pulling backs with a breaker bar and length of scaffold tube and with the bigger 9ah+ batteries the battery life just isn't an issue anymore.
A good air gun will out produce any electric gun were there is a lot of fasteners with in one hose length of your hook up and you have adequate air the difference is speed not power. That said I absolutely love my Milwaukee high torque 1/2 and my mid torque 3/8. The cordless impacts are a life save were entanglement is a concern.
@@jvanlieu1 Tyre shops prob not but general mechanics and at home certainly My local tyre shoo is using mostly cordless on cars already just run the nuts up tightish and finish with a torque wrench Much safer not having airlines dragging around everywhere they rekon But they still use phematic on machines trucks and 4x4s They are a huge shop servicing 80% of a 20k population town and 400km radius agricultural and mining zone The other local shop use air everything still but they dont check the torque with a torque wrench very use rattle it up and send it They only have 20% market share due to dodgy business extending eay further than just not torquing wheels When I left heavy diesel engineering 2 years ago every mechanic had cordless tools and a 3/4 phematic impact, the shop provided 1in phematic guns and sockets Mostly Hitachi electric but Milwaukee was coming in big time I'm in aus so USA brands dont have a huge presence over here just yet
Great video on the impacts. If those bolts are coming loose that often they could clean the bolt head and area around it and Mark with a paint marker. Then the operator could wipe the debris off at the end of there shift and see if it had loosened.
Proper pipes make a world of difference! I struggled with wheel nuts on my 1998 sprinter for three days. Penetrating oil, wd-40, heat, breaker bars, adapters, extensions, broke two ratchets with two meter extensions when jumping on them! The nuts would not budge! Then i got a propper impact 6-point pipe and they all came off like butter! (Milwaukee impact tool ofcourse😉😂) I am sure that every single bolt you tried to loosen in this video would have come off with proper pipes. Anyways, good content! Cheers from Norway, where everything is rusted because we use stupid amounts of salt!😂
Try to find a rotary engine that's never been disassembled and try to remove the 54 mm flywheel nut they're torque down to 400 foot pounds but you add 40 years worth of heat cycling it's damn near impossible to get it off unless you have an a blowtorch 8-foot breaker bar and two strong people
Another reason why the smaller gun can break a bolt loose that the bigger gun tightened is because break away torque is always less than um tightening torque. It makes sense if you think about it, when you tighten a bolt down it takes more force because you're essentially wedging the threads in.
I like everyone talking shit about his chrome sockets for his 3/4" and 1" drive. I doubt you could get a set of impact 3/4" or 1" sockets for less than 1000$ cad.
I've got all of them from 3/8" to 1" with both 8 Ah and 12 Ah batteries for my trucking operation and they work great. I no longer need nor use my air-impact tools. If I find a nut my Milwaukee M18 Fuel impacts can't break loose, then I use my 1" CheaterWrench first to break loose then my Milwaukee tools to remove. Those two tools never fail to remove nuts from bolts.
With the 1" i have noticed that if i just tighten the bolt first before trying to loosen it, it have worked in almost all situations. The biggest bolts have been tightened to 1200Nm and i used better sockets than chinesium :-P
I have the 1/2 and stubby 3/8 and my favorite between the two is definitely the stubby! 250 ft lbs is more than enough for your average car maintenance needs and the fact that it's compact is incredible
Work for the railroad and have a couple of these at work. My old impact wasnt getting the job done anymore. When i first used this i was in shock and said "oh shiiiitttt, this is a bad motherfu**er!!" This tool is very impressive and defiantely does what it says. Ive watched these things snap bolts with ease
I had bought an old Allis and Chalmers m-100 grader that sat in the bush for 20 years, there was a water line on the blade during spring melt off. And I have an igersoll 3/4” impact that was able to get all but two bolts off. Had to get the old grinder wrench out. Always wanted the milwake cordless but couldn’t swallow the price tag.
@@Dunki113 my 1/2in has no problem doing tractor trailers and torquing them to about 500 ft lbs (spec). My snapon mg725 struggles, works, but struggles. 1in would be overkill. My old m12 fuel 3/8s does car and pickup wheels just fine.
@@StrangaPsychoPachic I'm not too familiar with electric impacts so I'm not entirely sure, I'm glad someone with some experience let me know more or less of what I need
I've had lots of success with my 3/4" impact with old crusty nuts if after the initial reverse hits to go to forward position (tighten) and give it a couple seconds of impact and a lot of times will release some of the crud in the threads and then reverse it works a lot of times when merely reversing won't get it...
Another good application is for the heavy haul side where the booster pivot pin cover bolts are always a pain to get out since there is always cross tension from the weight of the booster attached, even at level height.
I repaired heavy off-road equipment. While a 1 inch impact works 80% of the time, when you get serious about impacts, you purchase the #5 spline impact guns. I've got both a Chicago Pneumatic and a Ingersoll Rand spline gun. The #5 spline guns weigh in at over 25 pounds and use a 3/4" diameter air hose.
We use 3/4’s in the bucket trucks (electric line trade)....thing is absolutly fantastic...took the hydraulic hoses and gun and put them in the side-till.....its got more than enough power and the battery just lasts and lasts...i cant even imagine the power of this beast...
After I watched your video from a while back about the half inch gun I bought one too and mine actually can take off track bolts. It worked on an old 336e excavator and a D8T with only 60 hours on it
@@thomasjames734 I wouldn't consider inductive heater coils expensive. You can make your own gun for about $100 and the coils are dirt cheap, it's nothing more than copper tubing. Each to their own though. I agree cutting bolts is usually the fastest way of doing things as the cost of replacing them would be cheap. It may still be a useful tool to own though working on farms as I imagine all the mud and water would cake shit up
I use my 1 inch milwaukee super gun to spin lug nuts off semi trucks, I found that sometimes you have to help the gun by spinning tbe socket with your hand and it makes a big difference.
Holy shit, the amount of "expert metalurgist socket engineers" weighing in is amazing! Great content, I remember thinking a 20V DeWalt 1/2 was the bee's knees.
Lot of people never do it. If you would spray those rusty crusty nasty theads around the bolt saturate it good with pb blaster or equivalent let set few minutes. That would help your impact tremendous on removing stuck on rusty bolts.
I hope you're getting some money for demonstrating these bad ass tools. A lot of guys are gonna want that 1 inch impact to use on street vehicle just because it is sooooooooooo BAD ASS.
Check out that generator you also need to use them both in the same situations. If your near an outlet your probably near air as well and better off using pneumatic.
max torque come from the first few seconds the trigger is pulled and falls off after that. So when I'm using mine on a stubborn nut, I'll use it in bursts. Works just about every time, and definitely better than just holding the trigger wide open.
Good video, impressive gun. Just a thought, use impact sockets on the impact gun and you will get more removal power, and your gun's anvil will last a lot longer.
The 9.0amp battery has plenty of juice and to be honest I use a 5.0amp battery in my 1/2" Milwaukee M18 FUEL One-Key High Torque Impact Gun I keep in my truck and a 6.0amp High Output in the one I keep in my Toolbox and it gives them plenty of power especially the 6.0amp High Output battery but if I really need some extra power I'll throw a 9.0amp or 12.0amp battery on them, however that rarely happens. With the big 1" gun though it would have been cool to see u throw a 12.0amp battery on it! There are only a few of my Milwaukee M18 tools that I use with a 12.0amp battery on a regular basis, my 10" Milwaukee M18 FUEL Dual Bevel Compound Sliding Miter Saw, of course my 8-1/2" Milwaukee M18 FUEL Table Saw, my 16" Milwaukee M18 FUEL chainsaw and my new 7-1/4" Milwaukee M18 FUEL Rear Handle (worm drive style left hand blade) Circular Saw which is a total beast and occasionally I will throw a 12.0amp battery on my Milwaukee M18 Blower and Line Trimmer not for the power but for the runtime usually I just use 9.0amp batteries with them. Oh and I will usually use a 12.0amp battery with my Milwaukee M18 FUEL 3 in 1 Backpack Vacuum since it goes thru batteries quick. it's to bad I don't run more tools on 12.0amp batteries cuz I actually have 3 of them lol! I used to have all DeWalt tools, I had 10 of them and 7 batteries. But when they were stolen I got a couple Ridgid 18-Volt tools cuz it's what I could afford at the time and I ended up really liking them and before i knew it I had 15 Ridgid tools, if you count my 2 extra JobMax heads which I do since even though they attach to the JobMax base they each turn the JobMax into a totally different tool, and I have 7 batteries unfortunately my largest Ridgid batteries are two 5.0amp ones. I got into the Milwaukee M18 tool line when I got sent some Milwaukee M18 tools for free thru a testing program I was in and they also sent me five 5.0amp batteries which was great since we all know batteries are one of the most expensive costs when breaking into a new tool line. Now I have 20 Milwaukee M18 tools and 12 M18 batteries with my smallest ones being my 5.0amp ones, except for one 2.0amp battery I bought for my Surge Impulse Driver to keep it light. With Brushless motors and Lithium-Ion batteries we have now 12-volt tools aren't a joke anymore and there was a certain Milwaukee M12 tool I wanted so I decided to pick it up and since it had plenty of power I picked up 4 more Milwaukee M12 tools I had my eye on and ended up with 5 M12 mi tools and 5 M12 batteries. Anyways I ramble on like crazy, I guess the point is that I do like Ridgid tools but Milwaukee are the best tools out there, go team RED! If I needed a 1" impact gun then you better believe I'd have that 1" Milwaukee M18 FUEL Impact Gun! BTW what is the max reverse torque rating on it, like 1800ft-lbs of torque isn't it? I can't believe the One-Key version of the 1" Milwaukee M18 Impact Gun in a kit with two 8.0amp High Output batteries, a charger and carrying bag is $1000, that ain't cheap!
When using an battery impact driver, always use the biggest battery available - its a matter of peak power output (peak ampere) and use the hardest impact driver nuts (black steel) you can get. Every tiny little bit of flex will dramatically reduce impact torque. Also a good tap with a hammer and a pipe (so you will only hit the nut, but no damage the screw) will help (and off course heat and penetrating oil and swearing like a madman).
Those electric impacts should only be trusted for removing stuff, not tightening them. They are biased towards reverse torque not forward torque. That 1" electric impact probably barely puts out 300 ft-lb in forward. More like 700 ft-lbs in reverse, not their bullshit 1800 ft-lbs that an actual pneumatic 1" impact would have in reverse.
Batojiri1 i didn’t believe the power numbers either so I did real world testing. I physically torqued bolts to values they advertise and given a good fitting socket with no extension and rust free they’ll do exactly what they claim they will do. I change several tires underground in fact I changed a tire on a CAT AD 30 rock truck last week and wheel torque is 740 ft/lbs my M18 fuel 3/4 gun will turn every nut to 740 (checked via torque wrench). I do however agree that you should not use a battery impact for tightening unless you check torque by hand afterwards.
just like when they changed horsepower rating on small engines to foot lbs. it was all deceptive to the end user. ex. 400horse but 20 foot lbs...who wouldnt want to snowblow with 400 horses but can only shoot out 3ft....lol
It doesn't feel as powerful as Milwaukee advertises it, it had hard time loosening nuts on a dry van, after taking off and reinstalling four wheels, it was already cutting out due to over heating even though it had time to cool off in the shade while tires were getting dismounted and swapped out. I'm betting Milwaukee stretched the truth a little, 1" air guns are not dead yet even though I thought otherwise buying this tool
being an iron worker I've used these on jobsites on structures. with the heat in the sun all day+impacting bolts the battery over heats and becomes useless for a good 15min.
Would be interesting to see some sort of winch system where the drills are turning a bolt maybe welded to a chain holding an engine block (or something)
Just bought one cause my 650 blew a tire. It works as advertised for sure. F ing loud though. I had to use some gun ear pro that I had in my truck lol.
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We only review tools that are high quality on this channel, and these impact wrenches impressed me. We are primarily an automotive channel demonstrating unique car builds and gas to diesel engine conversions, and think it makes sense to review automotive tools I actually use, as this is a common enough topic I get asked about. We welcome brands that want to help us continue what we love to do and show you how to do it.
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DEBOSS GARAGE thanks for putting proper disclosure next to your links! Love seeing ethical use of those!
Did you connect it to the onekey app and remove precision mode ? There was a tsb on the one inch a few days ago about them not having full torque unless you untick precision mode in the app.
I own the 1 inch impact and I run a service truck and I love the 1 inch I used everyday on truck lug nuts and tractor everyday
I bought I'm the day in am out it and I got it in millbanks hardware store
May i have the 1 inch impact?
Rich, I change tires on 50 ton hauls trucks underground. They have 50 wheel nuts torqued to 500 ft/lbs. I use my Milwaukee 3/4 gun with a 12 amp battery it can remove all the nuts, reinstall them and go around the entire wheel twice and tighten to near spec with an extension and have 2 bars on the battery left over. Milwaukee tools are incredible.
Thanks for sharing real world experience. Numbers on a box don't mean much to most. Nothing beats real world!
DEBOSS GARAGE thanks for your reply! Love your channel. I live and work in the mining industry in northern Ontario I’ve got real world experience with Milwaukee tools for days. Last week I changed a tire on a CAT AD 30 rock truck the wheel studs are torqued to 740 ft/lbs and there’s lots of them. Armed with my 9 ah battery I did the whole job, tightened down the new tire and checked it with a torque wrench and my 3/4 was able to hit the 740 tightening no problem. I was a skeptic too when it came to advertised torque output numbers and we did real testing, torqued fasteners to the advertised values and the tools do what they say. I also wanted to know what every different power mode does so I knew what applications I could use the tools on. I don’t use anything under 1/2” drive so I don’t need anything smaller than my fuel mid torque 1/2” gun which is a daily tool. I’ve put them up against the competitors tools from Snap-on, Matco, IR, makita and dewalt and there’s no comparison. The only air tool I currently use is a die grinder and and I haven’t found a replacement for my 1” drive air gun yet, gonna try the new Milwaukee shortly. Milwaukee replaced all other pneumatic tools and allowed me to bring the power with me no matter what kind of mess I find myself in.
DEBOSS GARAGE not to mention the huge amount of grief and hours of time they’ve saved me which I consider to be priceless.
@@havingfun8192 Having to run air all over, and the od leaks that would pop up.
wobbly sauce.... in my line of work compressed air isn’t always available, in fact it not available far more often than it is. Over the years I’ve done several jobs by hand which have taken far longer and with huge amounts more effort then it would have with the use of power tools. When this Milwaukee line came out it was a huge stress relief for people like me who work in several different areas of a mine at any given time. I keep a complete 3/4 and 1/2 impact socket sets in my underground truck and a couple different impacts when I leave the shop so matter what I got the tools to do pretty much anything anywhere without even have to think about air hoses etc.
That's a lotta balls. Hard to imagine cordless tools were pretty much unusable 30 years ago, now they're capable of real work.
30 years ago? Even 10 years ago their applications were limited.
Exactly, I bought myself a battery powered leaf blower and a chainsaw and they both have been amazing
The leaf blower we use it for our trucks to clean off the trailer, we have flatbeds and haul grass/sod on them so you would get a lot of rocks and planks from the grass and wooden pallets and the blower cleans it off like if they were nothing
The chainsaw have been pretty impressive as well, been able to cut up to 4 inches and it would cut like butter, plus, it's so easy to maintain
especially if you have 2 batteries
Hah! They were very useful, compared to a brace bit or a Yankee screwdriver.
It's all relative.
I have a pile of old hand tools no one under 40 would buy at a yard sale for a buck, let alone know what they are or how to use them.
And unfortunately, 9.6V Makitas will never look cool as antique decorations on restaurant walls.
@mike toni Everything has its limitations. No comparable air tool would of removed those nuts either. In the real world youd torch those off.
I need this gun. Theres a picture frame I've been meaning to hang on my drywall.
Might need something stronger
Bwahahhaa sounds like something I'd tell my wife. 🤣🤣😜💪💪🙏
Save your money
Sike go the Home Depot! and drop a bag and get tools we don’t need but need
Im stealing
You got lath in your wall mate?
The supercharged big block of electric impacts
Impact sockets would make a big difference.... and also 6 point instead of 12 point
Why would impact sockets and 6 point make a big difference? Just curious.
GetBlitzified impact sockets carry way more material for weight thus transferring more kinetic energy to the fastener. 6 point sockets have contact around the entire bolt head whereas the 12 point only make contact on the corner points of the bolt head thus allowing more energy transfer
GetBlitzified impact sockets are harder material so they don’t have as much give and 6 point sockets would offer more contact surface
Sam Wagner aren’t impact sockets softer while chrome sockets are harder and more brittle? Therefore, impact sockets handle impacts better.
Seems like if you wanted the most energy transfer a harder socket (chrome socket) would be best.
AaronMoore I don’t believe so.. I’m no metallurgist so I could be wrong, but I believe that impact sockets have a greater hardness so that they don’t twist as much as a standard socket, and they’re built thicker so that they don’t shatter. Like I said, I could be wrong. I’m not an expert, just a diesel tech student.
I call my 1/2" one my "Problem Solver". Its all i need in automotive applications. My air impacts have been collecting dust since i bought it just over a year ago. Never looked back
yes who wants an 1400 nm stubby impact in the shop where air is always avaible if you could work for the same force output with an 8 to 10 pound tool.
This 18V Tools are great for the field but still they are power to size and weight not even close to air tools and i doubt they never will exept there will be once a Batterie with nearly limitless output and no weight
@@Zozo806 I use my M12 3/8" impact or ratchet 90% of the time. They are lighter then most air tools, and i dont have to trip over hoses or risk hoses scratching paint. The M18 is only used for larger/stubborn bolts, and ive never found myself holding it for any great length of time. Pick it up, spin the bolt off, then set it back down.
I was a huge air tool fan boy too before experiencing these tools. I have probably $10,000 worth of air tools literally collecting dust. I recently removed the air tool rack from my bench and stuffed them all in the back room.
@MarwoodAuto - that's good to hear. I was all set to get an air impact until I started learning how badass the new battery powered stuff is. I need to put new shocks/springs on my Jeep and my old 250ft/lb max Craftsman electric impact was doing absolutely nothing to loosen all those rusted fasteners. Hoping the Milwaukee 2865-20 I'm getting will work...
I feel the same way I have a 3/8” and a 1/2” and my air tools have stayed in my cabinet since
Everything will be battery powered in the future. The joint i keep in my shirt pocket is now a vape.
Vape pen is great when sitting in traffic!
Funny thing is women were ahead of the curve when it came to battery powered stuff. They been making battery powered dildo's for years now
@ian cool story bro.
grinders will go last
That's funny !! And true!!
Oh the possibilities we could achieve with impacts like those. There are so many times we could have used something like that! thanks for sharing
Hey, do I know you...oh yea, I love your videos 👍
Your losing all Your impact ability with that 12 point socket. All it's doing is putting energy into the very edge of the nut and springing back in the socket wall.
correct, i was thinking the same thing. And with a non-impact socket, tolerances are loose
....So, what you're saying is....is that it was even more impressive that it was able to crack that edge nut loose, right?
Yeah, you are correct. Like i said though, I can't invest in sockets I will never use again
thats fine but i have the same unit and if i can afford a $700 unit i can afford common size sockets. obviously im not putting a 7/8 or 1in on it. like a welder im not going to start the gen set to weld some horseshoes together for a hook. the lil hobart works perfect
@@nickgibb4687 "FULL DISCLOSURE: Milwaukee is sending us tools to use, to make videos with, and to give some away."
I am assuming, that you assumed, that he bought the 1" rattle-cannon?
Coming soon the 1.5in Milwaukee Nut Buster Impact wrench. “If it cant loosen them then it will break them.”
MJM’s Workshop LOL, I just lost it when I read this😂😂😂
bro i use 1.5in drive impacts, theyre no joke. if that doesn't work, you kroil it and come back to it later, if that doesn't work, torch and see if that'll do it. if it doesn't work still, bitch is gone, cut the fucker lol
Has strongest electric impact on the market *still uses chrome sockets* lol
ikr...?
A few$ at autozone for rent a impact socket
@@ranchotools good luck finding 3/4 and 1inch drives at autozone
@@krfredri you are right, maybe home depot have some
Like he said he’s not going to buy a couple thousand dollars worth of impact sockets just for a video or two
Impact socks would make a big difference not only for fit but mass. If you simply make the socket heavier the gun will hit harder. Problem is you can't always fit a fat walled socket in places like on that mag plate bolt you were showing.
Not necessarily. Chrome is harder and less forgiving. Impacts are softer which makes them handle more "impacts". I would disagree a heavier socket will make the impact stronger.
@@SidewaysInTraffic Brian is on to something! The more mass that is rotating, the stronger the impact. So, if you get a socket with thicker walls than thinner, it will be more efficient. A good example is crankshaft sockets on cars- they are super beefy.
@@jeremyhundley3142 I watched a few vids and they didn't do a proper test in my opinion. I'm going to hopefully try it this weekend and record it I get the chance.
@@SidewaysInTraffic For sure dude! Let me know if you post anything.
@@jeremyhundley3142 But the socket isn't rotating? It's the hammer inside the impact wrench that rotates. Bigger hammer = bigger impact, but I don't think the socket mass comes into play. However, I imagine tighter tolerances and 6 point rather than 12 would probably make a difference.
Have a look at the settings in the One Key app for that big guy. As a dealer I received a TSB last week stating from the factory most if not all of these units leave the factory with the peak settings at 70% or LESS. Wind her up and she’s an animal!
I'd love to see how this could be done, I didn't know that it was even possible. Very cool
Why would they leave the factory @70%? Seems like they may stress or overheat maxed out.
I was very iffy in whether or not to buy this being a diesel mechanic, (because we have 1 inch air at work) but seeing that gun loosen a shear plate bolt. I am way more than impressed definitely gonna get it and show all those guys up :D
The 1 inch Milwaukee is perfect for earth moving equipment. Bolts get packed with dirt and weathered. I can actually see the 1 inch line being used in bridge building and steel work. Would be ok for tractor trailor wheels too as long as they torqued back down to at least 450 to 500 ft lbs. Thanks for showing this tool off.
1”: haha I got the nut off
3/4”: because I loosened it
Pro tip, if it can’t break it, go forward like you’re tightening then reverse it.
Thanks man.
Is the Milwaukee 1/2" impact strong enough for car jobs?
@@engjds most defiantly
@@JackTheToolthanks man, have some suspension work on a bmw, I did wonder.
@@engjds probably just go with the W9000 Series 20V 1" Impact by ingersoll rand.
You should have used the 12.0 batteries. Not only do they last longer but they actually give you more power. If you have the vacuum and you go from any battery to a 12 amp battery you’ll hear the significant increase of suction you can also fill it with the impact wrenches and sawzalls.
Great video just waiting for the socket to shatter.
Leave him alone asshole
I know a guy that lost an eye, using a regular socket in an impact gun and it shattered. Stay safe, safety squints!
@@seanmorrison5081 lost an eye?
@@flisko123 they explode very violently one flew 16 feet and hit me in the arm I needed 5 stitches. I’d rate them as dangerous as ricochet bullets.
@@DJ_CROFTY thats shit, im using wurth set 96509059 and nothing shattered, or only low quality sockets explode?
I'm very sure that since that 988B was new that things such as lift cylinders and bucket have been removed for rebuild. Being in Quarry operations for many many years a lot of our older loaders (980H's) with 20,000 hours on them have had that stuff off for rebuild at that point. We have had 988's in the past that get frame up rebuilds after 20,000 hours.
Nice review.
Personally im a Milwaukee tool fan. Growing my collection. In past few years i returned 2 abused broken tools to them, they returned new ones to me in several days.
People saying “I’ll stick with my pneumatics” obviously have never heard the term “time is money”.
Pneumatics are fine if your in a shop. If your mobile like me and working out of a small van these things have been a total game changer - no more pulling backs with a breaker bar and length of scaffold tube and with the bigger 9ah+ batteries the battery life just isn't an issue anymore.
A good air gun will out produce any electric gun were there is a lot of fasteners with in one hose length of your hook up and you have adequate air the difference is speed not power. That said I absolutely love my Milwaukee high torque 1/2 and my mid torque 3/8. The cordless impacts are a life save were entanglement is a concern.
1in and 3/4 pneumatic still have the lead for now
1/2 in and 3/8 pneumatic is hardly even in the game these days
@@fowletm1992 I think it will still be awhile before high volume tire shops go cordless it is just to slow.
@@jvanlieu1
Tyre shops prob not but general mechanics and at home certainly
My local tyre shoo is using mostly cordless on cars already just run the nuts up tightish and finish with a torque wrench
Much safer not having airlines dragging around everywhere they rekon
But they still use phematic on machines trucks and 4x4s
They are a huge shop servicing 80% of a 20k population town and 400km radius agricultural and mining zone
The other local shop use air everything still but they dont check the torque with a torque wrench very use rattle it up and send it
They only have 20% market share due to dodgy business extending eay further than just not torquing wheels
When I left heavy diesel engineering 2 years ago every mechanic had cordless tools and a 3/4 phematic impact, the shop provided 1in phematic guns and sockets
Mostly Hitachi electric but Milwaukee was coming in big time
I'm in aus so USA brands dont have a huge presence over here just yet
bad boy deboss, 12 point chrome is not right!!! you are wasting energy heating and bending that socket.
He said he can't be out there buying expensive sockets just to use it once.
@@Eggsr2bcrushed
All these subscribers and he can't be bothered to buy a couple impact sockets? Lame
Eggsr2bcrushed How do you work in this industry and not have an impact socket set for a 3/4 or 1 inch. Definitely a waste of time.
Great video on the impacts. If those bolts are coming loose that often they could clean the bolt head and area around it and Mark with a paint marker. Then the operator could wipe the debris off at the end of there shift and see if it had loosened.
Dude I’m on an impact wrench kick now, can’t watch enough of these things work!
It's 2 in the morning, I should be sleeping instead. I'm watching a man loosen bolts on TH-cam 🤦🏽♂️
Didn't wanna go there, did ya! You mean .. Bust nuts !!!! XD
2:07 for me 😉
Proper pipes make a world of difference!
I struggled with wheel nuts on my 1998 sprinter for three days. Penetrating oil, wd-40, heat, breaker bars, adapters, extensions, broke two ratchets with two meter extensions when jumping on them! The nuts would not budge!
Then i got a propper impact 6-point pipe and they all came off like butter! (Milwaukee impact tool ofcourse😉😂)
I am sure that every single bolt you tried to loosen in this video would have come off with proper pipes.
Anyways, good content! Cheers from Norway, where everything is rusted because we use stupid amounts of salt!😂
Try to find a rotary engine that's never been disassembled and try to remove the 54 mm flywheel nut they're torque down to 400 foot pounds but you add 40 years worth of heat cycling it's damn near impossible to get it off unless you have an a blowtorch 8-foot breaker bar and two strong people
Some bolts are just not for impacts. Or nuts...
@@outkast0424 ????????
@@deatherageperformance8367 like you said Homie!! Impacts dont always work... you often need what you said! Or like a hyro-torque
@@outkast0424 okay that makes more sense
@@deatherageperformance8367 yeah... i am fairly nonsensical! 👍
Another reason why the smaller gun can break a bolt loose that the bigger gun tightened is because break away torque is always less than um tightening torque. It makes sense if you think about it, when you tighten a bolt down it takes more force because you're essentially wedging the threads in.
I like everyone talking shit about his chrome sockets for his 3/4" and 1" drive. I doubt you could get a set of impact 3/4" or 1" sockets for less than 1000$ cad.
Our company just bought one of these for tighten down columns when we erect a building. Thing is beast!
And I called my 1/2" m18 fuel the stud snapper... I can't imagine this
Hell I snapped a half inch bolt on my lawn mower with my half inch ridgid mid torque impact. These are 3-4 times more torque compared to that
I've got all of them from 3/8" to 1" with both 8 Ah and 12 Ah batteries for my trucking operation and they work great. I no longer need nor use my air-impact tools. If I find a nut my Milwaukee M18 Fuel impacts can't break loose, then I use my 1" CheaterWrench first to break loose then my Milwaukee tools to remove. Those two tools never fail to remove nuts from bolts.
I love my Milwaukee m18 fuel impact ! It makes work so easy...😬👍🏻💪🏻💪🏻
Dewalt 20v brushless snub nose impact is my goto
Milwaukee be come the way togo 2019 tech
I'm cheap I'll stick with my 3 foot long adjustable
But you'll pay the price big time in your 50/60's if your doing it all day every day... 😂
@@deezelfairy I agree I just work on the big stuff for fun lol
😅😅😅
Nickname is cripple lane wells
Really wish when buying my cordless kit 4 years ago I'd gone with milwaukee rather then dewalt, would buy this thing in a heartbeat!
yeah dewalt is meh compared to milwuakee, I've converted a few people after they asked to use mine. Haha
Proper sockets make a world of difference. 12pt. Doesn’t transfer nearly the same force to the fastener as a 6pt.
That Is Impressive,Battery Tools Started Out As Good Screwdrivers !!!
Crazy how far they've come in such a short period.
With the 1" i have noticed that if i just tighten the bolt first before trying to loosen it, it have worked in almost all situations. The biggest bolts have been tightened to 1200Nm and i used better sockets than chinesium :-P
I love my mid torque and 3/8 stubby Milwaukee impact wrenches and 3/8 ratchet.
I have the 1/2 and stubby 3/8 and my favorite between the two is definitely the stubby! 250 ft lbs is more than enough for your average car maintenance needs and the fact that it's compact is incredible
Work for the railroad and have a couple of these at work. My old impact wasnt getting the job done anymore. When i first used this i was in shock and said "oh shiiiitttt, this is a bad motherfu**er!!" This tool is very impressive and defiantely does what it says. Ive watched these things snap bolts with ease
Milwaukee makes QUALITY and the m18 fuels are beasts. Nice video, thanks. 👍👍👍
Would be an awesome addition to a truck shop. Good for yoke nuts for diffs, headbolts for engines, suspension u bolts and threaded spring hanger pins.
Best review, for those impacts on TH-cam so far i watch,,,, thanks nice video
Check the "torque test channel" great stuff there too
Been a tech for a long time went cordless best move ever hard to believe cordless is this good Milwaukee rocks the competition
Test it on steel excavator track bolts. We use hydraulics to loosen them
DieselTechRestorations hydraulic impact guns are very powerful
Pneumatic torque wrenches work good too
I had bought an old Allis and Chalmers m-100 grader that sat in the bush for 20 years, there was a water line on the blade during spring melt off. And I have an igersoll 3/4” impact that was able to get all but two bolts off. Had to get the old grinder wrench out. Always wanted the milwake cordless but couldn’t swallow the price tag.
I’ll stick with my 1/2” for automotive but cool to see Milwaukee making even better tools for the heavy guys
I would get the 1 inch to change tires on my pickup truck and car, not sure about a semi truck though
@@Dunki113 my 1/2in has no problem doing tractor trailers and torquing them to about 500 ft lbs (spec). My snapon mg725 struggles, works, but struggles. 1in would be overkill. My old m12 fuel 3/8s does car and pickup wheels just fine.
@@StrangaPsychoPachic I'm not too familiar with electric impacts so I'm not entirely sure, I'm glad someone with some experience let me know more or less of what I need
I've had lots of success with my 3/4" impact with old crusty nuts if after the initial reverse hits to go to forward position (tighten) and give it a couple seconds of impact and a lot of times will release some of the crud in the threads and then reverse it works a lot of times when merely reversing won't get it...
It would be cool to see it tested against pneumatic 1" drive impact and a torque multiplier.
Another good application is for the heavy haul side where the booster pivot pin cover bolts are always a pain to get out since there is always cross tension from the weight of the booster attached, even at level height.
track bolts on a crawler have killed more guns than anything else, true test !
We used to lay out the two tracks side by side and have a race to put on the new pads.
Track bolts on anything are a Mother lol
I tried it on track bolts. Check my channel
I tryed the small Milwaukee fan, and it’s soo nice .. I use it all the time at work..it’s worth every cent...
I have Milwaukee everything. NO problem, ever.
I repaired heavy off-road equipment. While a 1 inch impact works 80% of the time, when you get serious about impacts, you purchase the #5 spline impact guns. I've got both a Chicago Pneumatic and a Ingersoll Rand spline gun.
The #5 spline guns weigh in at over 25 pounds and use a 3/4" diameter air hose.
Hey Rich , try a yoke nut on a Eaton Fuller big rig transmission . 2-3/4” nut for a work out .
I’d be impressed to see it break it loose !
I believe 1800ft lbs it can go, it'll be close
We use 3/4’s in the bucket trucks (electric line trade)....thing is absolutly fantastic...took the hydraulic hoses and gun and put them in the side-till.....its got more than enough power and the battery just lasts and lasts...i cant even imagine the power of this beast...
Awesome vid Rich. Love the new intro.
After I watched your video from a while back about the half inch gun I bought one too and mine actually can take off track bolts. It worked on an old 336e excavator and a D8T with only 60 hours on it
I'd like to see some crusty 13/18 speed yoke nuts. Heavy truck guy, I daily my 3/4, need to order a 1 inch now.
My 1/2 Milwaukee will take off a 2 7/8, and tighten it to well above 500 ft-lb. Still would love to have the 1 inch
Sometimes you can loosen a bolt by tightening it just enough to crack it get it loose when you switch the drive it comes loose.
U need a impact socket that chrome socket doesn't have the proper weight for impacting plus hey might shatter
He mentioned that in the video. I'd also go for a 6 sided socket
It's not really about the weight but the material is made of doesn't transfer the energy effectively.
Can we acknowledge that rich one handed this mother in the first shot. Absolute unit.
4:25, have you never considered the new induction heaters rather than oxy?
Inductive heaters have there place but the coils are also expensive and he was saying they just cut them off and replace the bolts
@@thomasjames734 I wouldn't consider inductive heater coils expensive. You can make your own gun for about $100 and the coils are dirt cheap, it's nothing more than copper tubing.
Each to their own though. I agree cutting bolts is usually the fastest way of doing things as the cost of replacing them would be cheap. It may still be a useful tool to own though working on farms as I imagine all the mud and water would cake shit up
I use my 1 inch milwaukee super gun to spin lug nuts off semi trucks, I found that sometimes you have to help the gun by spinning tbe socket with your hand and it makes a big difference.
Holy shit, the amount of "expert metalurgist socket engineers" weighing in is amazing! Great content, I remember thinking a 20V DeWalt 1/2 was the bee's knees.
Well what does it say when everyone agrees on something? ;)
Lot of people never do it. If you would spray those rusty crusty nasty theads around the bolt saturate it good with pb blaster or equivalent let set few minutes. That would help your impact tremendous on removing stuck on rusty bolts.
Ah, I remember using a 12 point socket once, kept hammering on a nut, then the socket split like a banana peel 😂😂
I hope you're getting some money for demonstrating these bad ass tools. A lot of guys are gonna want that 1 inch impact to use on street vehicle just because it is sooooooooooo BAD ASS.
now try a 120v electric outlet chicago electric 1/2 impact gun at harbor fright with an open box sale of $31.99
Check out that generator you also need to use them both in the same situations. If your near an outlet your probably near air as well and better off using pneumatic.
max torque come from the first few seconds the trigger is pulled and falls off after that. So when I'm using mine on a stubborn nut, I'll use it in bursts. Works just about every time, and definitely better than just holding the trigger wide open.
Awesome! New upload 😬👍🏻
Good video, impressive gun. Just a thought, use impact sockets on the impact gun and you will get more removal power, and your gun's anvil will last a lot longer.
I'd like to see if it could remove diff yoke nuts and if I can tighten it up enough without needing a big 1" air impact
Ive managed to do so with the half inch on trucks
The 9.0amp battery has plenty of juice and to be honest I use a 5.0amp battery in my 1/2" Milwaukee M18 FUEL One-Key High Torque Impact Gun I keep in my truck and a 6.0amp High Output in the one I keep in my Toolbox and it gives them plenty of power especially the 6.0amp High Output battery but if I really need some extra power I'll throw a 9.0amp or 12.0amp battery on them, however that rarely happens. With the big 1" gun though it would have been cool to see u throw a 12.0amp battery on it! There are only a few of my Milwaukee M18 tools that I use with a 12.0amp battery on a regular basis, my 10" Milwaukee M18 FUEL Dual Bevel Compound Sliding Miter Saw, of course my 8-1/2" Milwaukee M18 FUEL Table Saw, my 16" Milwaukee M18 FUEL chainsaw and my new 7-1/4" Milwaukee M18 FUEL Rear Handle (worm drive style left hand blade) Circular Saw which is a total beast and occasionally I will throw a 12.0amp battery on my Milwaukee M18 Blower and Line Trimmer not for the power but for the runtime usually I just use 9.0amp batteries with them. Oh and I will usually use a 12.0amp battery with my Milwaukee M18 FUEL 3 in 1 Backpack Vacuum since it goes thru batteries quick. it's to bad I don't run more tools on 12.0amp batteries cuz I actually have 3 of them lol! I used to have all DeWalt tools, I had 10 of them and 7 batteries. But when they were stolen I got a couple Ridgid 18-Volt tools cuz it's what I could afford at the time and I ended up really liking them and before i knew it I had 15 Ridgid tools, if you count my 2 extra JobMax heads which I do since even though they attach to the JobMax base they each turn the JobMax into a totally different tool, and I have 7 batteries unfortunately my largest Ridgid batteries are two 5.0amp ones. I got into the Milwaukee M18 tool line when I got sent some Milwaukee M18 tools for free thru a testing program I was in and they also sent me five 5.0amp batteries which was great since we all know batteries are one of the most expensive costs when breaking into a new tool line. Now I have 20 Milwaukee M18 tools and 12 M18 batteries with my smallest ones being my 5.0amp ones, except for one 2.0amp battery I bought for my Surge Impulse Driver to keep it light. With Brushless motors and Lithium-Ion batteries we have now 12-volt tools aren't a joke anymore and there was a certain Milwaukee M12 tool I wanted so I decided to pick it up and since it had plenty of power I picked up 4 more Milwaukee M12 tools I had my eye on and ended up with 5 M12 mi tools and 5 M12 batteries. Anyways I ramble on like crazy, I guess the point is that I do like Ridgid tools but Milwaukee are the best tools out there, go team RED! If I needed a 1" impact gun then you better believe I'd have that 1" Milwaukee M18 FUEL Impact Gun! BTW what is the max reverse torque rating on it, like 1800ft-lbs of torque isn't it? I can't believe the One-Key version of the 1" Milwaukee M18 Impact Gun in a kit with two 8.0amp High Output batteries, a charger and carrying bag is $1000, that ain't cheap!
Just watched this vid and Dewalt had an ad to start the vid.
I hear that when they get to be past 40 years old, nuts become increasingly difficult to bust. It really helps to have the right tools.
Was the loader still in use or effectively retired and just sitting around?
Both. Just bought and brought from another yard where it sat idle for a bit
That was a proper test for impacts not like most of tests showing breaking fresh tightened nuts
Real test, for sure
Regular socket and a shared battery not designed for it makes it a real test? Using an impact socket and a 12.0 would have made a huge difference.
I would at least look away when using such unsafe sockets or protect my eyes in another way.
Man, nothing's more satisfying than a screamin' impact wrench.That 1" is badass!
The 1" impact is "Nuts" 😏
When using an battery impact driver, always use the biggest battery available - its a matter of peak power output (peak ampere) and use the hardest impact driver nuts (black steel) you can get.
Every tiny little bit of flex will dramatically reduce impact torque.
Also a good tap with a hammer and a pipe (so you will only hit the nut, but no damage the screw) will help (and off course heat and penetrating oil and swearing like a madman).
Those electric impacts should only be trusted for removing stuff, not tightening them. They are biased towards reverse torque not forward torque. That 1" electric impact probably barely puts out 300 ft-lb in forward. More like 700 ft-lbs in reverse, not their bullshit 1800 ft-lbs that an actual pneumatic 1" impact would have in reverse.
You've obviously never used one. My 1/2 inch fuel tightens to well over 600 ft lbs with ease. Done it multiple times on wheels.
No. Pneumatic tools were biased in a certain direction due to the air motor inside. Electric motors don't care what direction they're going.
Batojiri1 i didn’t believe the power numbers either so I did real world testing. I physically torqued bolts to values they advertise and given a good fitting socket with no extension and rust free they’ll do exactly what they claim they will do. I change several tires underground in fact I changed a tire on a CAT AD 30 rock truck last week and wheel torque is 740 ft/lbs my M18 fuel 3/4 gun will turn every nut to 740 (checked via torque wrench). I do however agree that you should not use a battery impact for tightening unless you check torque by hand afterwards.
I’ve also used my 3/4 fuel to remove bolts a 1” pneumatic gun couldn’t do
just like when they changed horsepower rating on small engines to foot lbs. it was all deceptive to the end user. ex. 400horse but 20 foot lbs...who wouldnt want to snowblow with 400 horses but can only shoot out 3ft....lol
I use the half inch drive Milwaukee at work just about every day changing axles on trailers and putting on 15/16th tounge bolts
It doesn't feel as powerful as Milwaukee advertises it, it had hard time loosening nuts on a dry van, after taking off and reinstalling four wheels, it was already cutting out due to over heating even though it had time to cool off in the shade while tires were getting dismounted and swapped out. I'm betting Milwaukee stretched the truth a little, 1" air guns are not dead yet even though I thought otherwise buying this tool
6:10 help him with your hand, twisting on the nut counter clock wise. allwas helps on lose bolts.
Chrome sockets. I predict anvil replacement in the near future. Shame on you.
Also, rusty nuts are rarely the issue. It's the through bolts seized in the bushings that are the real trouble makers.
@@shortchange26 I don't even try with bolts seized in bushing sleeves. Cut or torch them out and replace the bushings. Fuck that nonsense.
Two years later, and I want to see if the 1" IR or 3/4" makita will get that bolt at 2:00
I still prefer air tools, but that’s just me 🤷♂️
I have a 1/2 inch drive Milwaukee love it has saved me a lot of work.
being an iron worker I've used these on jobsites on structures. with the heat in the sun all day+impacting bolts the battery over heats and becomes useless for a good 15min.
Would be interesting to see some sort of winch system where the drills are turning a bolt maybe welded to a chain holding an engine block (or something)
I realized holding the trigger down for long doese nothing but if you do like 8second at a time and a 2 second brake it doese much better
8:13, the big magnet is messing with the brushless flux capacitor core...lucky it didn’t melt down.
Just bought one cause my 650 blew a tire. It works as advertised for sure. F ing loud though. I had to use some gun ear pro that I had in my truck lol.
Great video man, really help me to decide which one to buy.
I had the same problem I ended up using air, BUT! I use the 1 in cordless for a lot. Some heat helped also
Need to have a go with a high output battery