I gave up trying to remove the rear wheel nut yesterday. If I'm going to do it single handed I need an impact wrench. I would come in useful when I swap tyres around on my van and Landrover as well. I reckon the Ducati wheel nut will be the highest torque it'll have to deal with so 300 nm should be adequate. Any mechanics who can recommend a rechargeable wrench that will do the job reliably for occasional home use but isn't Snap-on? There are cheaper ones about like Sealy but are they any good or has it got to be £300 for a S/H Snap-on?
There was a thread on the Clarke ones saying they were fab recently - pity the search function doesn't work. @El Toro have you found the thread on my prototype 999 yet (that Ducati had deleted?) :Rage:
You dont need an impact wrench, you just need a scaffold bar and someone to jump on the end of it. Where are you based?
I've got a 26" breaker bar and plenty of scaffold tubes but you can't do it on your own. That's the problem. I assume the wrench will work without someone sitting on the bike with the brakes on??? I did read somewhere (might have been on here) that 1/2" drives can break when used with big sockets and you need 3/4". And with that in mind the Clarke seemed too good to be true. Maybe not then?
Yes, I've always needed a second person to help when the nut has been done up too tight. In these cases I wasn't able to get it undone with a home impact gun either and had to take it to a tyre place who had a high power one on air.
My wheel always come off ok with a long breaker bar, however the Clarke gun jobbie is fab for when this might not work, also as Ant has implied, once you have one you'll wonder how you got by without it...Not just for wheels!
The last two rear tyres were fitted by the same workshop and he uses a cordless Snap-on to undo and tightens manually to 230nm. In theory the Clarke should have no problem. Can I use the wrench on my own though? If I need someone on the bike holding the brakes on the wrench isn't going to be much help.
Reading some of the reviews the only complaint is that it doesn't have a progressive trigger. It rips from nothing to 450nm, so doing up things with it is risky. Just to be sure, Ducati single-sided rear wheel nuts are a right hand thread are they? Apply 450nm in the wrong direction could be an expensive mistake.
Yeah - but it sort clatters on off on off....I've never had a prob. TBH I always use mine for offing nasty tight bolts and torque up with the proper jobbie. Unless it's the clutch nut, then I get medieval on with the gun!
a. don't do things up with it, use the correctly set torque wrench b. is it any less risky than a breaker bar and scaffold pole?
^ nailed it in one - first post was all about undoing. Clarke CEW1000 every time - unless quality has changed this is a genuine bargain at anything under £70 imo.
