Made another purchase for the tool box this time I spent a bit more than £4 on a stethoscope on ebay!
Was flicking through my Machine Mart catalogue looking at breaker bars to undo pulley wheels, gears and hub nuts etc. then I spotted they do an impact gun on 240v. I thought these were all windy guns only or at leats those that had some proper power.
The longest breaker bar was £24 and wasnt any guarantee that youd still undo the various nuts (or get the car at the right height to use a long bar) even with adding on a scaffold pole for more torque. I read the spec and the reviews and the impact gun seem to make much more sense long term even if cost more. This Clarke Impact Gun was £68 with the VAT (I could have saved £5 buying on ebay with delivery but I figured buying from a local MM meant taking it back for any faults was worth paying the extra for rather than having to courier it off) - so I was only forking out another £44 over a breaker bar and the gun can be used on a whole world of PITA jobs. I'll be changing gearboxes again soon so this will make the job so much easier especially the hub nuts and the bellhousing nuts and lower strut nuts.
The maximum torque of this little demon is 450Nm which is plenty. The gun is very heavy and although ive not tested it on the car yet plugging it in at home and giving it a little rev, you can feel its a beast. Its a 1/2" socket drive. I'll post back once its been put to the test but I reckon its a real value for money piece of kit and its Clarkes so you cant go wrong. 12 month warranty too. Also included you get 4 impact sockets 17, 19, 21 and 22mm 6 pointers.