Upgraded from an older 18v kit. ru-vid.comUgkxW1vOBRCMrgTCDEijzpVzDWsgI-Jm2iQv I independently chose the drill and impact tool, before I came across the kit.I like the 3 speed impact gun. It seems more powerful than my older one, and it can be set to be really gentle. The drill is more appropriately sized for my use. I used to have a hammer drill, but I did not like that it was so big and it was not a great hammer drill. I rather have a smaller drill like this, and then get a corded hammer drill for the odd case I need that.
This is the little beauty that I use every day as a construction worker. I have used this little impact driver on slabs and on finishing and it performs equally well. I think DeWalt might have created the perfect drill here. I have seen Hilti and Bosch drills fail on heavy spade drilling tasks where my little DeWalt will bash through any substrate with any bit. I am using 3amp batt packs and I get superior performance for days without charging. I don't know why anyone would buy something else when these are really affordable and are usually backed by decent warranties (which I have never had to use). Another nice feature of this drill is that is it can perform delicate finishing tasks as well due to the accurate hammer. I can somehow simultaneously blast a one inch spade through 2x4's and yet not strip the screws on a decora switch. It is my favourite drill.
Yeah man, I've had a DCF885 for 4 years and it rocks. I use it at work and at home for everything. I did loosen a lug nut on my Chevy 1500 with no problem just to see if it was capable. Hands down my favorite tool.
I bought a DeWalt 1/2" drill and 1/4" impact kit today at my local True Value on sale for $150. I'm very happy to see it can handle lug nuts as that's where it'll see most of it's usage!
I have the same dcf 885 since 2014 I use it to removed lug nuts from our maintenance cart (Taylor Dunn) it's been dropped on the 8 foot ladder and still working great for me and It's one of my reliable tools. I just bought me a dcf 889 for RV and dcf 894 for work.
Wow! You have answered my question on other channel! I have one of that but hesitant and have thinking if that would do the works on my car lug nuts and you answered it demonstrative style. Thanks! 😊
Very cool test. I am thinking on picking one up just to have around the house. My nephew uses Dewalt for all his mechanic work. It saves him tons of time. His old driver is completely black from grease and he just keeps pounding it. He just got a new impact wrench so he runs around humping on things like a kid with a new nerf gun.
Excellent video! I have the same DeWalt driver and it's been terrific. This video answered my questions about using it for lug nuts perfectly. Well thought-out and clear. Thanks! BTW, I can appreciate that there's no voice-over. I'd rather have the facts than someone blathering on about nonsense unrelated to the topic. 👍 Thanks again and keep up the great work!
The 885 got me hooked on DeWalt impacts. I have almost every model now... But still the 885 is one of my favorites... Although I really like the 887 too...
That's really impressive. it has as much power as a lot of the bigger dedicated impact wrenches that can be 3 times the cost of the dewalt impact driver
Idk about that. My DCF885 has a specification of 1400 inches per pound. I also have a rigid impact driver as well, model R862311. The rigid has 2300 inches per pound I tried both of these drills on my lug nuts. I drive an 08 accord. They require ¾" sockets. Both of my drills were fresh out the tool bag (not used all day). Both batteries had full charge. My little De Walt went up first. I gave it full throttle for 10 seconds. The lug nut didn't budge a bit. Did not want to abuse my little De Walt so I put it back in the bag. Tried my rigid. Slightly bigger drill with about 900 inches per pound more than my De Walt. Guess what? That didn't budge at all either at full throttle for 10 seconds. just to set the record straight I love De Walt's. De Walt's are perhaps my favorite power tools. I absolutely love my DeWalt impact driver (dcf885). To be honest that little drill has a special place in my heart. However, I'll be completely honest I wouldn't want to be using that drill on the side of the Stevenson with a flat tire trying to remove lug nuts. It clearly didn't work for me. It's better for practical home use. Drywall screws, 3 inch construction screws, fixtures, you know things like that. It's a beautiful tool and I recommend it to any home owner or contractor (for light duty). So then I got pissed off and went outside with my DCF900, the lug nuts came off almost instantly!
Had to put spacers on my utility trailer and couldn't get a torque wrench to tighten them because it would spin and I of course couldn't hold it. Torqued it up with my dewalt impact 5ah. I was worried it wasn't tight enough, thanks I feel much better now.
I have a few one these and the are my every day impacts. I just replaced brushes, anvil and light ring on my work buddies and it was faily easy. His was 6 years old and ran good and strong after the repairs I made.
They are easy to work on! I love mine, I have the brushless ones too (along with the bigger ones) but I still won't get rid of my 885 and it gets regular use... He's affectionately dubbed "the little guy" 🥰🥰🥰
Trying to break loose a bolt will always require more torque compared with the initial torque value applied when tightening it. Breaking loose a bolt is different compared to tightening it down because of the tensile properties of the bolt, it clamps down while under stretch and loosening it will require overcoming the tensile clamping strength before it breaks loose. Visualize a strongmen competition where the competitors pull a big truck. A lot of strength need to be applied before the truck moves. However, once the truck is moving and rolling along, it becomes a lot easier.
Henry Ting I was wondering when someone was going to mention this! Nuts are designed not to come off therefore it does take more torque to remove it then it did to put it on.
+WilliamWithTheWang Its ok to remove bolts with the torque wrench as long as you don't exceed the design values. Sometimes it is necessary to torque left handed threading bolts in the opposite direction. A lot of pulleys and saw blade bolts are reverse threaded by design so that it won;t come loose when spinning.
I have found the same as cam shaft's comment. I have the same impact wrench but in 18 volts. It will barely pull 60 ft/lbs. the 20 volt pulls a lot better. good video
WilliamWithThe Wang: Thanks for your very impressive test. After removing lug nuts I always apply a little grease to threads and nut cones for easier later removal.
DeWalt rated this tool has 115 ft-lbs. The DeWalt worker must be made a mistake or ran out of DCF885 hammer. Instead the worker put a 20V impact wrench hammer in your tool. The DeWalt 20v impact wrench can put out 200 N-M. Your tool can put out about 180 ft-lbs. Lucky you. I ordered a DCF885. Hopefully I got the same mistaken hammer driver.
WilliamWithTheWang Yes lol. Still, well done. I did similar vid on same tool- tested it on identically torqued lugnuts against a 500ft-lb air impact to see how it compared (it was almost equivalent) and also measured the maximum forward torque- found it to be between 120-130ftlbs. Suffice it to say, this tool is amazing.
Strange I couldn't open the bolts on my car using the DCF886 but it might be because i'm not using the right ratchet piece. I will give it a shot again using the same thing as yours.
You've got it wrong bro. A nut takes more torque to remove than to put on. They're designed that way. Interesting project however not even the manufacturer claimed it was this strong. They claim 1400 inch pounds which is only about 116 ft pounds, and that's on a full charge. Research your theories before stating them to the world.
I bet is something wrong with the torque wrench 120 170 lb ft is way too much for a small power impact tool you can hear the noise is not sound stressed
Most likely a larger impacts hammer will not even fit in a mini. Order one and try to install it and show us an install video. You know every part made for these are available online.
I know this is an old video but had to comment. Was curious about how it would take of lug nuts. It did not break loose the lug nuts on my truck which were torqued at 140lbs but did break loose lug nuts torqued at 103 lbs on my SUV. I Didn't buy it for that but was curious to see what it can do. If you really want a tool to break loose lug nuts get a impact wrench, jmo.
It seems like your lug nut is 12 mm small size lug nut. I use my 886 for my MB ML320 17 mm lug nut torqued at 70 ft-lb without luck. It only can take off a 17 mm lug nut at 50 ft-lb, not even at 60 ft-lb.
Good video but not sure how accurate torque wrenches are for removing bolts. They are built for tightening plus I think you can damage a torque wrench from loosening bolts. The way you damage it is the torque wrench becomes out of spec.
pacmanx4 Then why would the manufacturer give the user the option to tighten or loosen? The directional tab is right on the head of the wrench, as with any other ratchet.
Hate to be that guy but jumping up and down on the torque wrench will never ever give you anything close to an accurate number. You can make it look like 200 when it's 120. And I own two of these and use them almost everyday and I love them. So I am in no way s******* on the impact
This is a 1/4” impact. I think the specs for it are somewhere around 90-100 ft/lbs. It’s not gonna warp your rotors. I’m more worried about the idiots at the quick lube type places that use their more powerful 1/2” air guns at full blast when putting lugs back on.
absolutely hate it when they do that. I can't count how many broken lug studs I've gotten from cross threading because they don't wanna spend an extra second putting it on right
Did you use impact sockets or standard? And what rachet or adapter did you use? There is a set on amazon for 8 bucks. Are they good for this job? Thanks
How do you prevent the impact driver from over torquing the lug nuts? For example, if I buy an impact driver that is rated to 150 ft-lbs but I want to secure the lug nuts at 100 ft-lbs - how do you know how much torque you have applied? I have a torque wrench, but I want to know how careful you have to be with the impact driver.
That's the rub, isn't it? I think people try to control it by stopping just the second the impact driver (or wrench) stops turning. They do make torque sticks that control torque.
This is a late post but I hope you changed the stud after you overtorqued it. A stud that size will probably lose it's elastomeric properties around 100 ft. lbs. Then it will no longer be able to maintain it's clamp load ability no matter how tight you get it. Many wheels have been lost from over and under torquing. The stud needs to stretch slightly to clamp properly. Once over stretched, the elasticity of the stud is lost forever. I always insist that anyone changing my wheels use a calibrated torque wrench and observe them using it. The rotor would have been fine with the wheel stud overtorqued unless you drove it in that condition and let it build up braking heat.
Jeff, I can say with confidence you are overstating a problem. Years of automotive repair and race car maintenance tells me those studs are perfectly fine
+Peter Janick I don't gamble with the wheels. Long time certified auto mechanic and aircraft mechanic myself. Back in the day no one worried about tightening lug nuts with an impact to whatever seemed right. Probably never heard about the customer losing a wheel sometime down the road or broken lug bolts.
I just bought the same Impact from Lowes. Tried on my E60, it did not work. My bimmer only has 120ft bl or something and the impact couldnt even burst one off. Disappointed.
Mine can break the lugs on my buddy's Mustang which I TQed down to 100 the time before. But when I went to break the lugs on his Sierra where I TQed at 140 the time before it wouldn't do a thing. Those ft/lbs are from the manuals by the way. I learned that an Impact Driver shouldn't be used on lugs. I actually just ordered the DCF899 Impact Wrench where it could break the 140 ft/lbs on the lowest (1) setting. I've seen that Impact Wrench break lugs on semis. So if you have the funds I would get an actual Impact Wrench, not an Impact Driver.
Do you know for a fact they are torqued to spec of 120 before trying this? I've not trusted todays tire shops with doing that right in well over 10yrs. Pepboys tightened our Camry to 210+ lbs instead of 85 lbs. Lucky I checked them (busted 2 off) because they busted 13 more lugs getting them off and repaired all my hubs. YES BUSTED 15 OUT OF 20 LUGS.... No wheel damage, damn Motegi wheel are tough!! I still own them. Sears left wifes front one lose and damn near lost a wheel on interstate. Screwed on center cap is only reason it stayed on. Nuts backed off but stayed up against the cap kept it on. If my car goes in a tire shop and wheels removed I check wheel torque asap. Be sure to make sure wheel is on all the way too, found several they torqued right but wheel was not flush against hub. Would have lost those at some point too. Don't be surprised air is way off too, 50 cent air gauges they use.. Its sad we don't have forced tire trade school in our country.
I go to Lowes or Home Depot and any of the hardware store that carries wire wheels with the 1/4inch tip that is compatible with the drill. And use the wire wheel to clean the grill. Super fast and clean, stick with 2-3inch in diameter. Those things are cheap, below $5.
They do sell them at almost any department or hardware store. Most of the 1/2" square adapter are for automotive use. I know dewalt, mastercraft, Milwaukee and other big brands carry them
Weird, I have never seen one. Not even at Harbor Freight. I'll keep my eyes opened, although at maximum I would only want to use my hex drive impact with a 3/8" socket. Using a 1/2" socket on it seems somewhat bulky and goofy for a hex drive. Not that much torque can be transmitted through the minuscule hex bit.
WilliamWithTheWang I have purchased a set of 3 on Ebay from Hong Kong. I will see how they do........I can't ever see myself using the 1/2" adapter, though, I already have the 1/4" and 3/8" adapter. With the hex drive Dewalt impact, I normally only use 1/4" sockets.
Hey, I have a problem with this particular model. Can anyone help? Chuck on my driver doesn't hold bits. I took it apart and put it back together but I didn't notice any problems. It still doesnt work.
Budietoyka there is a small C shaped spring that hold the ball bearing on place it’s broken. It’s common on this impact happened to mine it’s like 3$ online
This is a comment I should have read and believed before I spent so much money on my power tools. Best thing to do is manually break the lugs lose, then take them out with an impact. If not, going air/corded is the way to go.
Music Man Do people really not break them before using an impact? Even myself as well as many of my friends that change numerous pairs of wheels a day sometimes (at drift events) break the lugs before using an impact to remove them, and most of the time we only torque them (yes I know, we actually use a torque wrench to tighten them, what a surprise!) to 75 maybe 80 ft/lbs.
WTH? Impacts are Impacts so it dont matter how one is powered. Impact guns where designed to bust loose rusted or stuck nuts and why it hammers them loose. In fact the specs on most impacts are for their loosening ability. My 6 yr old IR Air impact, rated at 650 ft pounds "loosening" and less than 450 tightening. Tightening torque ratings being stated now is rather new because it generally is about half the loosening rating so it was never published before. I had to call IR to learn that spec when I bought mine. I assure you If you have to break lug nuts by hand first then not one impact gun of any type would have ever been sold, as it would be senseless to even own it. Hand "start" a nut then torque with a gun to avoid stripped threads, yep, but breaking lose by hand first... Never heard that BS before..lmao Why buy any impact if you must do all the work still while busting loose bolts/nuts? NOT!!
Breaking them loose by hand first is something I would have never even considered, it sounds ridiculous for every reason you just stated. Why would you need a power tool if the lugs are already loose?
I got the same drill and it was unable to undo lug nuts. My car was a small car. I dont think you have torqed the lug nuts enough. I think you did it just enough so the drill can undo the nuts. I had to buy the DCF887 WHICH is the newer model.
No.. Are you relying on your cars lugs being torqued right from a shop or did you make sure they are torqued to spec first before testing? Pepboys torqued our Camry to 210+ instead of 85 lbs... Just saying check your torque/air too after anyone removes your wheels. Also' double check your oil filter and plug after oil changes. Stripped drain plugs and loose oil filters are very common...
I have the dcf887 type 3 and it took mynlug of with ease. If it does it within secs it's not abuse if it takes u 10 to 15 secs then do not use it u are abusing it
@@harryballz6358 how does one go about checking a drain plug after an oil change without out having to spend the money to get more oil after it all drains out? Do the work yourself and you'll never run across bad workmanship
You got a dud dude... My 885 torqued mine just as this video showed, I tried 3 lugs. They are rated at 114 ft lbs on Dewalt site but they'll do better than that. My friends mini 887 hit 150 lb torque during testing btw. 150 Was all his torque wrench had in it so it was higher we're sure of it.
I tried my Dewalt DCF885 on a ford focus with lugs torqued to 90 ft/lbs. The made-in-USA 1/4" to 1/2" socket adapter broke in two. Meaning the Dewalt has too much torque for the resistance, the adapter was weak, or both. Either way I think the 1/4" chuck is going to be a week point for any auto work. I'll likely take my Dewalt back. I was hoping to have more of the impact features, than drill features, because this model is overkill for the occasional wood screw, but not built for auto work. Just my opinion.
I think you should check that Tourqe wrench bro. It cant be 899 motor in there because its much bigger. If it is legit, you scored..Thats for damn sure..Good for you. Because mine is a little powerhouse BUT it isn't touching 200..Maybe 140, 150 if I hold the button 5 minutes..Again, all the best, bro
The method of using the torque wrench was wrong. When jerk down trying to loosen the lug bolt, you exceeded the torque value and the torque will click. That's why using a torque wrench 101 is to use a gradual leverage until it clicks to arrive at the torque wrench. This jerky action will cause it to click with a greatest exceeded torque value.
no , out of warranty and i air blow out all my tools monthly , was drilling 8- 1'' holes and got to number 6 through top sills , got hot ,on number 6 so i stopped mid hole put drill on floor and ,she then began to smoke , and then in seconds poof flames
I know this must sound crazy, but hoe about WAIT a little longer for it to cool down inbetween each one..... wow...... some crazy scientifical thinking eh padna?
Treezeeez lol , well , yes, but the job does not work that way,would be nice to have worked at what ever pace i liked, and not what i had too for this job ,lol
i dont think the torque wrench has anything wrong with them. they were freshly calibrated and still using it today and not one wheel has ever fallen off
That I have yet to hear, i hope it's still under warranty because Dewalt carries 3 years warranty. Maybe you had some flamable substances stuck in the motor? Like saw dust or liquid?
I also have a set of dewalt brushless impact which I use under extreme conditions in a tire shop, been trying to kill it but it just won't die. Makita is very good too, up there in the best range.
I will have to say i own all three of the dewalt impacts the two big ones in half inch and I'd have to say that the small half inch is only rated at 180 but I do know it will take lug nuts off easy but my one that is like the one in the video will not do it at all so you must have a better tool but nice video
maybe your lug nuts were "weathered" or siezed? From my experience, properly torqued lug nuts can be easily taken off even after a long time, lets say half a year to a year. Exp from working in tire shop...Thanks for your input regardless. Dewalts last very long time!
Im big fan of there tools my big half inch one has four hundred flbs of torq at least that Is wat the box says I dont know what id actually test it on lol
Jason Castro why, you interested in his voice torque or the impact torque . I could care less if he talks , came here for the tool. Now if your interested In his other tool well then that might be a different issue altogether now
