I was close to tossing my Iron Force Impact Wrench until I went to You Tube and found your video. I can't thank you enough for posting an easy to follow and instructive step by step video. Even though your wrench was another brand the steps and parts are very similar. I now have an impact wrench that works perfectly!! What helped me was taking the wrench apart very methodically and laying each part in sequence across my work bench. I then cleaned each part laid them back down on the work bench in order that they came apart. I then oiled each part as I assembled the wrench back together. Vroom Vroom!!!.
Keep in mind excessive water condensation in your lines will eventually cause your vanes to stick in the rotor instead of fanning out. When this happens it will just blow air. A quick fix for this problem is spraying brake wash or clean mineral spirits directly into your air chuck where you would normally oil it. Pull your trigger and it will blow out the exhaust. Do this a few times followed by oiling it. This usually does the trick. Keeping water out of your lines will prevent this particular problem from happening to start with. If you must break one down however I would suggest cleaning all your parts with mineral spirits and blowing them off with an air blower to prevent any grit or sand in your gun. Sand is the worst enemy of any air tool.
Yea in mechanic work mine tends to get oiled everyday where my dumbass sets it on the floor and my aim of the oil to the collector is worse than a 80 year old with Parkinsons trying to take a leak after a bottle of whiskey..
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.
When I rebuild em I like to coat everything in marine grade grease as well as air tool oil. Really helps combat any moisture that gets in the tool. These machines are so simple and rarely ever need anything replaced except due to abuse.
There are two spots to oil impacts. In the inlet AND the hammer mechanism. Some have an oil port with a plug you put oil in and some you take apart and grease by hand.
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Very Useful! My Kobalt 350 was blowing air, and not knowing anything about their inner workings I was about to go and buy another. I decided to perform a youtube search for "Kobalt impact blowing air" and found your video. Thanks for making it!
@@joshuadavis9492 iv had mine for a month and iv only used it to change my brakes pads. Or taking 2 tires off! I go to use it today and it's just blowing air! But iv had it in the back of my truck for the past month so I'm hoping it's an easy fix!
clear view of cloth on table ... i need to see clearly what is in your hands.all in all i still was able to extract enough info to help me get my impact working again
@@bbbjim1fixedit fair enough. Starting off myself. Glad I ran through the maintenance info I have a 6 gallon pancake as well. Just a hobby working on my vehicles as well as a money saver having those tools and a welder. Appreciate yuh getting back to me. Take care.
if I were to make a guess, and this is only a guess, I would look at the valve the trigger actuates, it may be stuck or have some debris keeping it from closing off the air to the vane motor. I wish the best of luck to you
when working as a compressor, the rotor spins at high velocity and the centrifugal force keeps the vanes out at all times. when working as a air motor, the vanes may be completely retracted, and the air may just surround and bypass the rotor. however, if there are springs, they will push out the vanes and fix this problem. i see no springs here and no springs on other tools either. yes, i know, if it is spinning already, then the centrifuge force will keep the vanes out, but before the drum start spins? what will make it turn?
They need to be oiled, if after putting a half dozen drops of oil in the inlet and turning the pressure down to 90 psi you may want to return it if it doesn't work properly. The Kobalt has a 3 year warranty. I wish you the best
This is a good tool for the price, I'd keep it. Got mine on sale from a big box store a few years back, combine with a 29gal tank from HF, hooked up with 3/8 hose, 1/4 connectors, it pissed air like squat. So I hooked up the high flow, didn't do much either, only barely cracking a 81 ft-lb lug nuts open. Piss me off. So I re-vamped the whole thing, took everything off, replaced the connectors with 3/8 sizes, including the 3/8 pipes from the big box and a new 3/8 regulator. The whole setup only cost a couple bucks more than the 1/4 set up. Result: Hot damn, this gun eats lug nuts for snack and crankshaft pulley on a tundra removed in 2 seconds, 1 pull of the trigger. Not a bad tool for a home gamer if you are the fix-it type at home. Don't forget to oil your tools guys.
I have a indersal Rand and it seeams to have torque when trigger is squeezed but no power to take lugs nuts off. Tried a friends hook up to my compressor and his works. ???? Hate to throw it out
You gotta put new o rangs in em when you take em apart?? Hoping not cuz aint got none.. planned on putting some joy jelly on em and hoping for the best…. My luck itll leak worse than it does drive..
My seals were in good enough shape so I just reused them. The lower end impact wrenches, like this one, are limited on parts availability. I wish you the best on your repair
I know this is a long shot as this video is 4 years old, but does anyone know how to fix a tool blowing air out of its exhaust? I've only had my astro right angle impact for a little over a year and it just started leaking despite me treating it well and oiling every time I use it.
Although I didn't have footage of your problem included in this video, this impact had the same issue on and off and was fixed by cleaning and oiling. I wish you the best on your repair.
@@bbbjim1fixedit Yes I know,I was watching you remove them by hand and my first thought was that with a Lithium powered 1/4' hex drive impact driver you could have had those 4 allen screws out in literally 5 seconds.I have a couple of them and I use them for a large percentage of what I normally would have used a 1/4" air ratchet and 3/8" impact and air ratchet for.
@@Slicklickz I am about to go out and try to use this vid to fix my right angle craftsman....was thinking the same thing...I will spend 1/2 an hour setting up a power tool, rather than 2 minutes doing it by hand...lol
The impact wrench in the video is not made for everyday use, however if it was used daily or full time the hammers would need greasing and that would require disassembly since this one doesn't have a place to grease them externally.
@@eduardosamora9360 Well, he definitely used marvel air tool oil, though any oil made for air tools would do. As for the grease, it appears it was moly, though I could be mistaken.
You need to show the problem so people can comprehend the problem, people that complain about length are just knuckleheads watching youtube because they are bored
The problem was the vanes where sticking. My guess is excessive water condensation through the airline. Over a period of time it will cause this. You can actually spray brake wash directly into your wrench through your air chuck just as you would oil it. Do this a few times blowing it through your impact while pulling your trigger. Follow that by oiling it. This usually works just as well. When I do break one down I will wash everything thoroughly with mineral spirits and blow everything off with an air blower. This insures no sand or grit gets inside your impact. Sand and grit will do a number on your cylinder and rotor caps.
Welp. Dad has a chinesium air wrench that he keeps complaining years and years how low power it is and how much he wants to buy an electric one. This he has been saying for past 10 years. So this might be a low effort puzzle project with grease and break cleaner. Gonna update to the comments if i managed to fuck it up.
My Nano 1822 just started blowing air out of the exhaust and it runs at slow speed even without squeezing the trigger. It's almost like the trigger is stuck partially open. I did put about 10 drops of oil in it instead of the usual five or six right before it started acting up. Could that have caused the problem?
@@bbbjim1fixedit I took the whole thing apart. It does look a little sticky inside and four of the vanes were not moving freely, so that may have something to do with it. What type of grease should I use when I reassemble it? The grease in it now feels a little hardened. Thanks you for your advice.
I meant that the air is exhausting and not turning, and when it is turning it is of reduced speed. It seams to me your impact has plenty of oil inside. Thanks for the comment, I guess I wasn't the most clear in describing my issue.
