Ryobi R18IW3-0 18V ONE+ Cordless 3-Speed Impact Wrench (Body Only)

This impact wrench will have a huge impact (see what I did there?) on the way you work. It is extremely effective at removing even the oldest, rustiest nuts & bolts that you can find. The 3 speed settings offer great versatility for all types of fasteners and on setting 3 nothing is a problem for this little device.It feels solid and well built as you would expect if you've ever owned any other Ryobi products. The bright colour makes it easy to spot on the garage floor - even if sometimes it can be confused for the drill - and it really feels like a premium product. One crtiticism that applies to all Ryobi tools and not just this impact wrench is that it can be difficult to clean, and dirties very easily, but ultimately it is a tool and that's always going to be the case.Working in dark areas is a lot easier now too; I was sceptical when just trying the LEDs out in the open in the middle of the day, but once I was underneath the car removing bolts I realised the sheer brilliance of these lights, they're perfectly adequate for seeing what you're doing.This is the perfect choice when you consider the batteries will work with any of the Ryobi range (and there's a tool for everything in the ONE+ Range!). I'd really recommend buying this item, it's very powerful and matches/outperforms some of it's more expensive competitors. What's not to love?

I had been thinking about buying one for a while now to add to my small selection of Ryobi 1 tools. So glad I did go ahead and buy it. My son had a car wheel locking stud which would not move with my small compressor and impact wrench or with a breaker bar. Last evening after it arrived we tried it on the stubborn locking nut. It took a couple of goes at the different settings before it finally came out on the highest setting. Had it not been for the Ryobi it would have meant getting someone to drill out the stud, which would not have been easy.

I had to remove the under chassis bracing on my R52 MINI Cooper S convertible to remove the old exhaust/fit a new one. The braces are held to the chassis with torx head bolts. The bolts initially broke free with a break bar, undone approx. 3mm then stuck solid. They wouldn't come out and couldn't even be tightened back in! Because so tight/rusted the torx bit then kept slipping off, so bolts were totally stuck. Tried applying heat with the blow torch but still stuck. The bolts had previously been sprayed every 2nd day over the course of a week to make sure they would come out easily (which they didn't!)Bought this Impact wrench as a last hope and also bought the 5ah battery and charger separately. Tried the impact wrench on them and still stuck, even on highest setting. Applied just a small amount of heat back with the gun. It sat clicking for a few secs then boom, first bolt out!! Next 5 all came out first try! When it came to refitting, I tried screwing the bolts in with a normal ratchet but they wouldn't go back in. This was after soaking them in a container of wd40 for a week, along with wire brushing them and applying copper grease to them. Also did this to the holes they were screwing into in the chassis.Used the gun and it popped them back in, although used it on it's lowest setting as didn't want to risk screwing them in too tight/shearing the head off. The 1st turn of screwing back in the gun did it's clicking thing as it was trying to screw them in. Loosened them/tightened them a few times, now you can actually tighten them up by hand then do the final bit with the torque wrench.There is no way on earth these would have come out if it hadn't been for this impact wrench. I've since used it to remove wheel nuts/studs and it's so quick and effortless it makes every job a doddle! Why the hell did I not buy one of these years ago! And for the bigger picture, I'm in my 50's with arthritis so find working on the cars a lot more difficult than most now, but with this impact wrench it's made my life so much easier.So, the Pros:-Undo's even the most stubborn bolts-Very robust construction, think it can take quite a bit of abuse and still last a long time-Bright colour, so easy to see where it is under the car.-LED lights are actually pretty decent on it, certainly better than having none!-Ease of use, very easy to use and the variable speeds are especially good when tightening any bolts as you can turn the setting down to 1 so it'll tighten them just enough, leaving the final tighten by torqu wrench.The Con's:-Weight, it isn't the lightest of tools but to be fair, I think that equates more to the quality of the build.-Vibration; There is a significant amount of vibration when undoing bolts that are really stuck, was quite surprised at the amount being transferred to my hands. But again to be fair, it it wasn't so violent at impacting, it wouldn't shift the bolts.All in all I totally highly recommend this impact Wrench/gun. It really is a must have tool and is a lot more capable than I thought it would be.Final Advice: Make sure you purchase and Impact WRENCH, not an Impact DRIVER. I wrongly purchased the Ryobi Impact Driver (which the guy in B & Q assured me would be up t the job!) but the driver is deffo not powerful enough to even undo wheel nuts, let alone stuck solid rusty bolts. I had to take that back to the shop which delayed getting the job done. So remember, IMPACT WRENCH!

I've used this on just about everything that wouldn't come loose with a spanner. Well built and very powerful 400nm/appx 300ftlb. Setting 3 will remove anything I throw at it and setting 1 tightened my wheel nuts to apps 100nm. It will also undo them at same torque setting on 1. Will spin off wheel nuts all day long and I especially appreciated its competency with rusted on bolts and nuts. It's less likely to round off bolt heads due to the impact action as well. I've removed a gearbox, part of the subframe, engine mountings, drive shafts, prop shaft, ball joints, anti roll bar, steering rack, wheels and exhaust on my 4x4 and it's 15 year old, many of the items have been on since new. Never complained, it just got stuck in. Powerful and if you've already got a one+ battery and charger, well worth the extra cash. Don't know why I've struggled with ratchets and spanners with long bars for so long. My fave tool in the garage by far.

A great piece of kit that I wish I’d bought sooner.Ideal for those jobs where you’d probably damage the nut or Allen bolt. I bought mine for stripping Mx bikes and it works very well especially on engine internals where it prevents you needing special tools to hold clutches etc to get them undone.For the really big stuff I still turn to my breaker bar though as this does have its limitations