Impact screwdriver

Reference was made to an impact screwdriver sold by www.brandsonsale.com.
Does anyone have experience with this item?

My favorite was made by H. K. Porter, 30 years ago. Porter now
belongs to Cooper Tools, and I haven't found listing of the drivers,
just cable and bolt cutters. Anyone found these drivers lately?

I used to run a motorcycle repair shop. Impact drivers are essential
in that business. We found the driver then sold by Sears to reliably
ream out every phillips head it was used on. The Porter never damaged
heads unless improperly applied.

My son has become involved with classic dirt bikes and needs an impact
driver, can't have mine.

Please help me find him a good, reliable, reasonably-priced (Snap-on
is outrageous!) impact driver.

Thanks.


Tom Willmon
near Mountainair, (mid) New Mexico, USA

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For $20 CAN (about US$17), I bought one from Canadian Tire . . It came
from the land of Whun-Hung-Lo, and will probably not last forever. Maybe
I should use a wooden mallet to hit it, since the butt end is starting
to show signs of cracking.

It's the #1 way to get Honda disk rotors off, and I'm sure I'll find
other uses for it.

'Curly'

 

I'd rather avoid Chinese, and international purchasing, importing.
Thank you, though.

Might think of returning it for replacement. A good one won't crack.
My Porter has some light dinging where I used a steel hammer on it, at
first. Since, I have struck it with a small 10 oz. brass mallet, or
the black (hard) face of a Lixie "No-Bounce" 1 lb. shot-filled hammer
when I want some serious twisting.

It's the best deal for ornery phillips-head screws.


Tom Willmon,near Mountainair, (mid) New Mexico, USA

Every profession is a conspiracy against the lay person. - G. B. Shaw

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I was at Home Depot the other day, and say an ad for a free Bosch impact
driver if you buy a Bosch set. I also saw a DeWalt, B&D, Makita, etc.

If your looking for a 1/2" cordless Impact driver, Kragen's had one for $29
last Christmas, but now they are $39. It looks very similar to the Snap-On
1/2" impact driver, at a 1/4 of the cost.

 

Good luck with that. Though I admire your desire
to reduce the US trade deficit... lol hey wait
a minute, i live in canada, forget that!

I posted that URL the other day, not that I
recommend the URL, I was just looking for an
example of the tool itself. Whenever you say
'impact' anything, people usually assume you
need compressed air to run it....

I got mine at Canadian Tire here in Canada as well,
showing the same signs of cracking, but I could
care less. I have seen these as low as $10 at
the local surplus shop. The tool is perfect for
any stripped or stubborn fastener (works better
on screws though it can be used on bolts) You
need to have the room to swing a hammer though,
not always a luxury when workin on a honda...

t

 

http://www.kd-tools.com/1140.htm
I've had one of these for about 35 years. No problems. I guess it's not a
good idea, but I've always used a steel hammer on it. Don't know the price
but I wouldn't think it's as much as Snap-On.

John

 

I bought mine at Sears, a few months ago. IIRC it was $40 US for the set.

Mike

 

A recent post to this thread cited KD Tools #1140. Thank you! That
looks exactly like the tool I want.
[snip]

Mike - I'm particularly narrow-minded about Sears tools, having
bought several that turned out to be mediocre. Though the
hammer-drivers we had problems were from 3 decades ago, I have a long
memory. "Once bitten, ..." I buy nothing from Sears. Too much bad
experience with both products and staff.

However, I would be interested in hearing if your experience is
different from my shop's.

Again, thank you. You guys answered my query well.


Tom Willmon
near Mountainair, (mid) New Mexico, USA

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I've only used it the once, for the reason I bought it. It was for Acura
brake disks and it worked okay - not great, but okay. I did strip out the
first head I used it on because I didn't realize the screw head was #3
instead of #2 (d'oh!), but it got the other 3 out successfully. I felt like
it was hard to hold properly - straight and firm - but I've had no
experience with other impact screw drivers.

Mike

 

Tom, as I recall, the problem in the early day was "which is it-
righty/tighty or lefty/tighty...? Not the fault of the
tools.There’s also the question of the quality of the hardware used on
Bridgestone motorcycles :roll: . It’s been a long time- Nick Jones