Rating Summary
“Very nice, weight, low noise, extremely durable.”
I use this gun every day at my job. I work at a Goodyear repair facility, so you can imagine the abuse and use this gun takes. i take off an average of 30 tires a day, and this gun has definitely held it's own. I am going to Sears later today to replace my old one with a new one (due to my own error,...
read full review »I bought this gun about 1 1/2 months ago and its started having dead spots where it was working then just stopped. It also says its supposed to have 400 ft lbs of torque which it doesn't! This gun is a pile of garbage it barely takes lug nuts off of the tires when I do a tire rotation. Needless to say...
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Craftsman 1/2 in. Impact Wrench Reviews
I expected higher quality from Craftsman. As a mechanic it gets used a lot ,I always properly maintain all of my tools as it is my paycheck on the line when tools have to be replaced. Even with regular oiling it wont torque in either directions after about 3 months. I exchanged it the first time after only 3 months with no problems.The second one went out another 3 months later. When I went to return this one they informed me that I would need to pay an additional $13 if I wanted this one to have a warranty!This is at 6 months and I had originally paid the $13.50 for the Purchase Protection...
read full review »I've had this impact for about a year now and it has worked perfectly when removing lug nuts, suspension, and pretty much anything i've thrown at it while working on cars. I know what people are dealing with when they give this impact a bad rating for "no power". Like with any air tool, you have to lubricate it before every use. I damaged my first one and had the same problem (lugs not getting tightened enough, freezing, etc.), but it was my fault for not keeping it properly lubed. On the bright side, Sears exchanged it NO QUESTIONS ASKED!
Overall, excellent buy just remember to lube!!!
Prior to purchasing this gun, I had a cheap ************** 1/2" drive impact wrench. It is the one that sells for about $40-50. I'm not sure what it's maximum torque rating is
I was in the middle of changing the timing belt on my Honda Civic, and my ************** impact wrench would not loosen the crank pulley bolt. I put the driver's side wheel back on (it was removed to gain access to the bolt), and tightened the lugnuts down with my impact gun. I went to sears and purchased this Craftsman impact wrench, assuming that it had to have more guts than my old wrench. I was wrong. I got...
read full review »This gun lasted me about 1.5 to 2 years but I don't use it that often. Mostly rotate the tires on my 3 vehicles. In the middle of replacing my struts it left me stranded. Disapointed.
I purchased this impact to repalce my 15 year old Craftsman. I used it to install a leveling kit on my truck. Then 3 months later I went to use it to rotate my tires and the transmission was bad and would turn forward or reverse. Not happy because quality of this Impact.
the craftsman 1/2 in. impact wrench is doing everything i need it to do. it is comfortable and not too heavy. its not failed in loosening anything ive asked of it so far. im a retired tech. who works on friend and neibors cars (as well as my own) and while shopping for air tools for the house this impact seemed to have a good balance of price power and comfort.
id reccomend this impact to anyone who needs a good impact but dosnt want to break the bank.
Reviews of Craftsman 1/2 in. Impact Wrench
