Cordless impact wrench

How often do you change wheels, anyway?

I'm not sure that loosening the bolts off is the most physically challenging part of changing a wheel, anyway.

Seems to me like a gadget that'll always be flat when you want it. Better solution would be a half-way decent extending wheelbrace and some copaslip on the threads.

Do you mean changing a wheel when you have a puncture? If so, the money would be better spent on breakdown cover.

Or did you mean for the purposes of evening out tyre wear? In which case, using a local tyre company for new tyres might mean they would swap them for free, or insignificant, cost in the future.

OTOH, if you intend to do some maintenance on more than one car, the two folk I know who have similar tools have found them quite useful.

Chris

seconded, and I do own cordless impact wrenches. if the op wants to spend then get a minimum cover for breakdown and let them do it.

If you're not going to used it regularly you'd be better off with a 12V corded one. Plenty on Amazon like this one.

Decent trolly jack would be my first choice, then a socket set and a 6 foot length of scaffold pipe.

I've read somewhere that one should not lubricate wheel nut threads - any advice?

I've also read that, but I've been using Copaslip on the wheel fastenings on every vehicle I've owned, and on any others I've worked on, since the

I also carry an extend-able wheel brace in the boot. I've only ever used it on other folk's cars.

I always use a torque wrench, and loosen/re-torque after any visits to tyre-fitters.

Chris

There's an original factory sticker on the tailgate of our VW T3 saying that. But I've never met a vehicle with such an ability to self-tighten wheelnuts before. Nip 'em up with a spider, and it can take an elephant on a breaker bar to undo 'em.

Yes, I always have room for that in my boot.

FFS.

Yes. This. Works perfectly. Hell, my £10 extending wheelbrace I bought years ago is still in one piece.

The self-tightening wheelnuts on the van broke mine. It still works, but the thingy that retains the two halves internally fell out in bits.

But it's still the thing to keep in the boot, no question.

On Fri, 12 Jul 2013 08:19:25 +0100, Adrian wrote= :

If you're paranoid then a Dynapact works in almost all circumstances, bu= t =

it's not quick.