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Ifs its the brand you should be using, Snap-on, that ring is available from the truck. Ask the guy. If its a harbor freight or Sears or something, probably not. This is why if you are using something as important as that, you have the tool truck guys support. Other wise you are down a river without a paddle.
The ring on my IR 2135 wore out I just ordered a replacement on eBay, seems to be pretty common with most IR guns from what I’ve seen. Why type of impact is it maybe I can help you out!
Yes IR guns run home crying to their mamas when they see Snap-on guns. Not surprised they up and spit their friction ring. Or maybe a an MG series impact knocked its ring out in an Air Hammer bar fight.
Funny thing is I’ve seen 2 snap on impact give up the ghost but my IR is still going. The snap on gun gun is powerful but just falls apart, the selector switch is constantly getting warranty claims on my tool guys truck, I sold my snap on and bought an IR.
Snap on mg725 is $600 here which is why i will never buy it.
IR 2235 is $400
My gun is a snap on but it’s from a retired mechanic seen plenty of use from both me and him Was having a play with it today and i think i’m going to retire it to a home use gun and get the 2235 for the garage.
[quote=”Fmxvxx” post=127750]Snap on mg725 is $600 here which is why i will never buy it.
IR 2235 is $400
My gun is a snap on but it’s from a retired mechanic seen plenty of use from both me and him Was having a play with it today and i think i’m going to retire it to a home use gun and get the 2235 for the garage.[/quote]
I got my 2135timax from Sears for $236 the 2235 does look like an animal though, but the 2135 is a proven impact, I personally wouldn’t buy another snap on impact.
Update: my friend came in to work on his day off and handed me his broken mg725 to warranty for him (snap on comes Monday’s) he’s had it for about a year he says. I was going to tear it down and see what failed but thought maybe the tool guy won’t like that, warranty issues etc.. I guess it’s hit and miss but I’ve seen 3 fail in the 7 months I’ve worked for Toyota, everyone ended up getting an IR off the truck.
The 2135 is a solid impact gun but for me I pull out the 1/2 impact after my cordless has already failed so max power is really what i’m after I spend most of my time doing diagnostic work over repairs as I’m going through the training for my master tech.
There is actually a tool kit you can buy that comes with replacement o-ring and snap rings costs about 40 bucks well worth it I own it. It makes changing them quick as hell.
The thing just works and makes it easy to swap out. Also as for the Snap-On impacts its all in how you take car of them. I have a MG325 and MG725 that are 2 years old and I oil them every day and they are still going strong. They do not have the power an IR has but, you can feather then and to me that is more important then that extra 50-100ft lbs because I can always go one drive size up. If you take care of the guns there is no reason they won’t last. My coworker has one that is 6yrs old and still going strong. It is more powerful then mine simple because he removed the muffler (aka teddy bear stuffing). What kills guns is too much psi, water in lines, dirt in lines, not oiling and greasing if you have grease fittings, the muffler stopping up and creating back pressure, and/or missuse. I guarantee you that I use mine on much heavier and tighter bolts then any of the auto guys. Though if after 5 secs it doesn’t break lose I upgrade drive sizes.
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