Excellent point about it paying for itself after two tire rotations. This video sold it for me. I don't work on cars every day so I just wanted to buy one to make life easier working on the bike or truck a few times every other month. Thank you for the video.
I bought this new just last week and before I even plugged it in, I took it apart and put silicone grease on the plastic ring and plastic fan on the rear of the tool housing. This prevents one of the common problems I read about when reviewing this tool, and that is that there is enough FRICTION between the ring and the fan that the two can become fused together causing the fan not to work. It was a simple fix and only required a 4mm hex wrench, a phillips screwdriver, and a flat bladed screwdriver, and some silicone grease. That is it. Simple to do, but disassembly of the tool is required, but there is a great TH-cam video that explains the process. And just so you know, when I took mine apart, there was NOT ONE BIT OF GREASE between the fan and plastic ring!
@@sirlosealot8629, no other problems to report. The grease helps a LOT! I am surprised that Porter Cable does not do this at the time of build considering the "fan issue" seems common. At first I was thinking that dirt collecting on the fan and grease would be an issue, but I would rather that than the fan becoming fused.
I found one one sale for $65 a year ago at Advance Auto. I LOVE thus tool. Combine this with a retractable extention cord above my garage door opener and I am a pit crew of one.
I'm just as close to an extension cord as I am to my air compressor, and I would use this tool so infrequently that a battery model would come with some drawbacks, so I purchased this corded model off Amazon for about $79, and the reviews I have seen have been very positive. Nice review!
This tool is legit. I bought mine at tractor supply. I was able to remove the bolts to change my blades on my scagg mower, and this is a true test. Buy it.
Its nice that lugs are coming off with ease. I gave in and purchased it to take off the harmonic balancer for timing belt replacement and didn't want to spend >$200 for high powered cordless wrench. I hope it works.
@@rstephe I ordered one but it was too big to fit. Instead I used a nylon strap wrench and a breaker bar. it worked out just fine. You can also use it to hold the pulley while torquing it down
Electric impacts are FAR from "new school". With that said, for someone who doesn't have a compressor with the capacity to run a pneumatic impact, they're a life saver! At my shop, I can run any air tool that I need, however, I often help friends at their homes, and, most of them don't have air available. I've had my PCE211 for about a year now, and, absolutely LOVE it! A friend of mine found that a national chain auto parts store (the name starts with A and ends with dvance) has them on sale for $80 this month. Sure, you can order them online for that price any time, but, if you happen to get a bad one, you have to go through the whole online return process. I've never gotten anything bad from P-C, but, there's always a chance. Even at their regular price of $100, try to find another one, corded or cordless, with the power and quality of this one.
Thank you for your review. It’s nice to see how it works and you testing it out. I live near a construction site and I get flat tires at least once a month, and the mechanics tighten them so much that I can’t get the bolts off even if I stood on my pipe for torque. It’s crazy.. I had to tow my cars 3 times because I can’t get the nuts off my tires >:( but hopefully this will save me money and time with tow trucks. Thanks again
I do like my Porter Cable so far but I wish it had a more "impact effect" like my air impact wrench. The Porter Cable feels more a drill in my hand ---
This is good, but the new Bauer Corded Extreme Impact Wrench has more power, and is about the same price. On my new channel I test the Bauer on a Honda axle nut that's been on the car 13 years.
The Switz Don't get me wrong, I like a lot of Harbor Freight stuff. The problem I have is that the closest store is 30 miles away. The Bauer is $110 with a 90 day warranty, unless you buy an extended (I always do with H F power tools), while the P C is $80 with a 3 year warranty. I realize that you can take a broken tool to a Harbor Freight store and they'll hand you a new one, while the P C has to be sent in. Luckily, I've never had to use the warranty of any power tool that I've purchased, no matter what brand. Most of my smaller power tools are P C, but, my big ones (air compressors, metal band saw, drill presses, bench grinders etc.) are all from Harbor Freight.
If you've already got a 20 gallon compressor get a second one or an extra tank or two. They're cheap enough. That's if you like air tools a LOT. You don't need to dump on a commercial shop compressor. Daisy chain the cheaper ones. I have a problem where my neighbors call the police on me constantly for noise complaints when using air impacts, die grinders, air hammers, etc. I need a good electric impact. Found out that Bauer Electric Impact from Harbor Freight is 99 USD and advertises over 1000 ft lbs of torque. Based on what I've seen I can assume that's an honest torque reading for that driver.
've never owned an impact wrench but I find I need one now. This may be a stupid question, but how do you control the amount of torque you apply to, say, a lug nut with one of these? My biggest complaint about my favorite tire store is that they apply so much torque to my lug nots that I cannot get them off without a breaker bar.This is obviously a REAL problem when I'm on the road and have to put on the spare tire.
Some impacts let you control torque with a dial, but this one just has the trigger. You can control the torque by how long you hold down the trigger, to a degree. I let the impact run at full power to break bolts loose and remove them, but I barely use the trigger to tighten lugnuts before using a 4-way or other big wrench to tighten them by hand. You can theoretically control the torque from an impact with torque sticks (www.floorjackshop.com/torque-sticks-what-are-they-and-do-i-need-one/). We used them at my dad's shop for a while, but found them to be untrustworthy and went back to checking all torque by hand again.
you dont need a huge air compressor. you already have your bostitch 6gal. you just need to add one more "small" oil-lube air compressor. connect them in tandem via two lead-in hoses and a tee. will end up with ~3.7 CFM x 2 = 7.4CFM@90psi!!! you just need to make sure you have a 12 gauge short extension cord and run them from different 15A outlets. i would recommand campbell hausfeld DC040000 (~$120). if you want to use spray gun, i would recommand senco pc1131 (~$200) for continuous duty... they are small portable. and you dont need to re-wire your house...
why go thrue all that!!!!! when a 21 gallon compressor at harbor freight is only about 200 dollars w/coupon and handles all my air tools.... and I have had mine for 8 years and use it quite a bit with no problems at all..........
It's rated at 750 ft. lbs. breaking torque. Spray the fastener with Blaster or Liquid Wrench and let it work. Then, hit it with the impact. I've used mine on many ugly fasteners. If this impact can't do the job, you'll need air tools and heat.
Mike Brown about 2 years now. Advanced couldn’t find my purchase on my account. Apparently the cashier didn’t ask for my info when I bought it. Filed a claim with porter cable but couldn’t find the receipt. Thus out of luck. Update, it started randomly working again yesterday. It’s just pretty weak. Broke it out to do tie rod ends yesterday.
seems to me the nuts were already loose!! They were not rust or nothing and then how are you going to carry this behemoth under the car, that is if it works!!
It looked like those lugs were already loose to me too. On the other hand, I've had this impact for over a year and absolutely love it! I live in Northwest Ohio and deal with rusted/frozen fasteners in my little shop all the time. After years of using air tools, this impact is my first choice now. If it won't break a fastener loose, heat and air are pretty much required. I'm not afraid to use air and heat, it's just SO much easier to plug this guy in and let him have a crack at it first. In my area, lots of penetrating oil (NOT WD-40!) is s.o.p. before even trying, no matter what tool you're using lol!
This is not physics 101. Point is it got the job done he needed it to do. For that price it is perfect. He is not comparing it to a $250 Milwaukee. He's not on a construction site of a high rise building. Go back in the kitchen, put your apron back on, and make us some cupcakes. Tell your mom we said thanks for helping you measure the flour and wash your hands first.
Excellent point about it paying for itself after two tire rotations. This video sold it for me. I don't work on cars every day so I just wanted to buy one to make life easier working on the bike or truck a few times every other month. Thank you for the video.
I bought this new just last week and before I even plugged it in, I took it apart and put silicone grease on the plastic ring and plastic fan on the rear of the tool housing.
This prevents one of the common problems I read about when reviewing this tool, and that is that there is enough FRICTION between the ring and the fan that the two can become fused together causing the fan not to work.
It was a simple fix and only required a 4mm hex wrench, a phillips screwdriver, and a flat bladed screwdriver, and some silicone grease. That is it.
Simple to do, but disassembly of the tool is required, but there is a great TH-cam video that explains the process.
And just so you know, when I took mine apart, there was NOT ONE BIT OF GREASE between the fan and plastic ring!
Thanks for the tip!
@@sirlosealot8629, no other problems to report.
The grease helps a LOT!
I am surprised that Porter Cable does not do this at the time of build considering the "fan issue" seems common.
At first I was thinking that dirt collecting on the fan and grease would be an issue, but I would rather that than the fan becoming fused.
can you link the disassembly video here?
I found one one sale for $65 a year ago at Advance Auto. I LOVE thus tool. Combine this with a retractable extention cord above my garage door opener and I am a pit crew of one.
Just bought mine today, haven't you had any issues with it getting seized up? I've seen some comments about that.
@@alexisxyz7531 not seizing at all and so glad I have it as the tire store guys had my lugs on so tight I'd never have gotten them loose without it
I'm just as close to an extension cord as I am to my air compressor, and I would use this tool so infrequently that a battery model would come with some drawbacks, so I purchased this corded model off Amazon for about $79, and the reviews I have seen have been very positive. Nice review!
This tool is legit. I bought mine at tractor supply. I was able to remove the bolts to change my blades on my scagg mower, and this is a true test. Buy it.
Look at that trigger discipline ^_^
Its nice that lugs are coming off with ease. I gave in and purchased it to take off the harmonic balancer for timing belt replacement and didn't want to spend >$200 for high powered cordless wrench. I hope it works.
sertimins good luck! Let me know how it goes!
I just ordered one for that same reason. How'd it work out?
Looking for some updates. You got me sitting on pins and needles.
@@rstephe I ordered one but it was too big to fit. Instead I used a nylon strap wrench and a breaker bar. it worked out just fine. You can also use it to hold the pulley while torquing it down
I'm convinced. I bought it. Thanks!
excellent video to the point with no bs
Electric impacts are FAR from "new school". With that said, for someone who doesn't have a compressor with the capacity to run a pneumatic impact, they're a life saver! At my shop, I can run any air tool that I need, however, I often help friends at their homes, and, most of them don't have air available. I've had my PCE211 for about a year now, and, absolutely LOVE it! A friend of mine found that a national chain auto parts store (the name starts with A and ends with dvance) has them on sale for $80 this month. Sure, you can order them online for that price any time, but, if you happen to get a bad one, you have to go through the whole online return process. I've never gotten anything bad from P-C, but, there's always a chance. Even at their regular price of $100, try to find another one, corded or cordless, with the power and quality of this one.
A friend of mine had a well used one when we were in HS in the early 70s.
Thank you for your review. It’s nice to see how it works and you testing it out. I live near a construction site and I get flat tires at least once a month, and the mechanics tighten them so much that I can’t get the bolts off even if I stood on my pipe for torque. It’s crazy.. I had to tow my cars 3 times because I can’t get the nuts off my tires >:( but hopefully this will save me money and time with tow trucks. Thanks again
Well, this is electric .... so unless you get a flat in your driveway, this won't really help you on the road.
It does the job. Excellent product.
I do like my Porter Cable so far but I wish it had a more "impact effect" like my air impact wrench. The Porter Cable feels more a drill in my hand ---
Lot of kick back on this? How it is compare to air impact wrench before I buy one
I would say it's pretty similar. It just takes longer because the electric motor doesn't spin up as fast as an air-powered impact.
This is good, but the new Bauer Corded Extreme Impact Wrench has more power, and is about the same price. On my new channel I test the Bauer on a Honda axle nut that's been on the car 13 years.
The Switz Don't get me wrong, I like a lot of Harbor Freight stuff. The problem I have is that the closest store is 30 miles away. The Bauer is $110 with a 90 day warranty, unless you buy an extended (I always do with H F power tools), while the P C is $80 with a 3 year warranty. I realize that you can take a broken tool to a Harbor Freight store and they'll hand you a new one, while the P C has to be sent in. Luckily, I've never had to use the warranty of any power tool that I've purchased, no matter what brand. Most of my smaller power tools are P C, but, my big ones (air compressors, metal band saw, drill presses, bench grinders etc.) are all from Harbor Freight.
@@MikeBrown-ii3pt Bauer only has 300 vs 450 lbs torque.
If you've already got a 20 gallon compressor get a second one or an extra tank or two. They're cheap enough. That's if you like air tools a LOT. You don't need to dump on a commercial shop compressor. Daisy chain the cheaper ones. I have a problem where my neighbors call the police on me constantly for noise complaints when using air impacts, die grinders, air hammers, etc. I need a good electric impact. Found out that Bauer Electric Impact from Harbor Freight is 99 USD and advertises over 1000 ft lbs of torque. Based on what I've seen I can assume that's an honest torque reading for that driver.
HF website read on the Bauer tool is 300 ft. lbs. maximum torque. What's confusing is when it also reads 1050 ft. lbs. "breakaway torque".
Great review, just ordered on up!
Any update? Still working good?
Rk M Still works as of late last fall when I changed wheels.
've never owned an impact wrench but I find I need one now. This may be a stupid question, but how do you control the amount of torque you apply to, say, a lug nut with one of these? My biggest complaint about my favorite tire store is that they apply so much torque to my lug nots that I cannot get them off without a breaker bar.This is obviously a REAL problem when I'm on the road and have to put on the spare tire.
Some impacts let you control torque with a dial, but this one just has the trigger. You can control the torque by how long you hold down the trigger, to a degree. I let the impact run at full power to break bolts loose and remove them, but I barely use the trigger to tighten lugnuts before using a 4-way or other big wrench to tighten them by hand.
You can theoretically control the torque from an impact with torque sticks (www.floorjackshop.com/torque-sticks-what-are-they-and-do-i-need-one/). We used them at my dad's shop for a while, but found them to be untrustworthy and went back to checking all torque by hand again.
you dont need a huge air compressor. you already have your bostitch 6gal. you just need to add one more "small" oil-lube air compressor. connect them in tandem via two lead-in hoses and a tee. will end up with ~3.7 CFM x 2 = 7.4CFM@90psi!!! you just need to make sure you have a 12 gauge short extension cord and run them from different 15A outlets.
i would recommand campbell hausfeld DC040000 (~$120). if you want to use spray gun, i would recommand senco pc1131 (~$200) for continuous duty...
they are small portable. and you dont need to re-wire your house...
why go thrue all that!!!!! when a 21 gallon compressor at harbor freight is only about 200 dollars w/coupon and handles all my air tools.... and I have had mine for 8 years and use it quite a bit with no problems at all..........
Are they brushless
wonder if I could run this off a honda 1000 generator
Bill Williams You probably could, but, I'd recommend a bit bigger generator. The math equation is-volts x amps = watts -120 x 7.5 = 900 watts.
How do these work with axle nuts?
I haven't tried axle nuts, just lug nuts. But I think 450 lb-ft should be enough.
They don't
should work my 350 ft lbs rated electric one shears the pins right off axle nuts and ball joints haha
It's rated at 750 ft. lbs. breaking torque. Spray the fastener with Blaster or Liquid Wrench and let it work. Then, hit it with the impact. I've used mine on many ugly fasteners. If this impact can't do the job, you'll need air tools and heat.
Get a socket that's made for axle nuts... greater mass, more torque applied to the fastener. The impact is only half of the equation.
Bought one from Advanced. Broke after about 10 uses.
Same model?
Yea, the trigger clicks but nothing happens. Trying to figure out the warranty and I can’t find a receipt. Might just try to fix it myself
@@costam911 just bought mine from Advance, 3 year warranty,
One year warranty from Advance. Three years from Porter Cable. How long have you had it?
Mike Brown about 2 years now. Advanced couldn’t find my purchase on my account. Apparently the cashier didn’t ask for my info when I bought it. Filed a claim with porter cable but couldn’t find the receipt. Thus out of luck.
Update, it started randomly working again yesterday. It’s just pretty weak. Broke it out to do tie rod ends yesterday.
seems to me the nuts were already loose!! They were not rust or nothing and then how are you going to carry this behemoth under the car, that is if it works!!
LOL are you too paid to advertise for this junk?
I think your nuts are loose!
It looked like those lugs were already loose to me too. On the other hand, I've had this impact for over a year and absolutely love it! I live in Northwest Ohio and deal with rusted/frozen fasteners in my little shop all the time. After years of using air tools, this impact is my first choice now. If it won't break a fastener loose, heat and air are pretty much required. I'm not afraid to use air and heat, it's just SO much easier to plug this guy in and let him have a crack at it first. In my area, lots of penetrating oil (NOT WD-40!) is s.o.p. before even trying, no matter what tool you're using lol!
A review without testing the tools on anything...great job...talking with no tests
Mo Did you not see me rotate the tires on my truck? That’s the toughest test I have available.
If you watched the whole video you could see him test it many times. Have patience
@@AyJayCaldarella you might to understand what a rigorous quantitative test is first
I bought one it's shit the bed on the third nut it stinks
I have the Porter it's a piece of shit brand spanking new and it locked up on the third nut and I baby. 3 second bursts whatever you do don't buy it
Gerard Miglino As in, the whole tool seized up? Did you call Porter for a replacement?
This is a real life criticism. I can respect that. Thanks for sharing your experience with it.
Rotate tires is not remotely quantitative
Mo Well, go make your own review since you know so much on the subject.
This is not physics 101. Point is it got the job done he needed it to do. For that price it is perfect. He is not comparing it to a $250 Milwaukee. He's not on a construction site of a high rise building. Go back in the kitchen, put your apron back on, and make us some cupcakes. Tell your mom we said thanks for helping you measure the flour and wash your hands first.
@@rstephe well,it's not much of a review but its this guys video. Its start for some and complete for others.