robe5000
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I might be stuck with buying a 2653 1/4 hex driver, I was wondering if anyone has tried or knows if you can change the anvil to a 3/8 hog ring anvil?
Milwaukee hex to 3/8 conversion?
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Ign
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I've heard people here say it can be done, but I don't recall any write-ups, pics, and I can't find the thread where someone said it was possible.
Found it for Dewalt, FWIW
http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=99541
Found it for Dewalt, FWIW
http://garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=99541
You're getting the same functionality. Changing the anvil means changing the whole front end, which I would assume is at least as expensive as just buying the bare tool version of what you really need.
I wouldn't use a normal hex/square adapter in an impact, but the Milwaukee ones are impact rated.
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Techie1961
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I use the 1/4" hex to 1/4", 3/8" and 1/2" square adapters all the time with a Milwaukee Fuel 18v impact driver. I regularly stall it out and push it hard, all the time. You won't have any issues using adapters. I may be a bit off on this as I have no idea what a "3/8 hog ring anvil" is and am assuming it is a square socket drive.
There's a lot more than just those two parts that's different in the two diagrams.
Also, if you convert a 1/4" hex driver to 3/8", I'd bet the farm you're tool is no longer covered by the warranty.
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I don't see much else different bud...
Also, you really looked up the diagrams!? Tooooo what? Prove me wrong or a point?im trying to find out if it's doable, I don't care about adaptors and warranty and what ever else your going to pull out of the sky
Before replying, please look at my original post
If you STILL do not have an answer to the question, well I think you know what you can do
I looked up the diagrams, bud, since it takes about 3 seconds, in an effort to help you.
If you're going to be a ******** when people try to help you solve a problem, well I think you know what you can do.
Canadians were so nice when I lived there. What happened?
I'll try to help you one more time:
1/4" hex impact driver, $129 CD
http://bcfasteners.com/shop/milwaukee-2653-20-m18-14-fuel-hex-impact-driver/
+ ~$30 CD in parts
= $159 CD, and a tool with no warranty
OR....
3/8" friction ring impact driver, $157 CD
http://bcfasteners.com/shop/milwaukee-2654-20-m18-fuel-38-impact-wrench-w-fricton-ring/
= $157 CD (hint: $157 < $159), and the good 'ol 5 year Milwaukee warranty, and 200 ft-lbs instead of 140.
I know which one I'd choose.
Seems to me the responses you're getting are not what you wanted to hear because, well, what you wanted to hear doesn't seem to make any sense.
If you are ordering the tool online, the cost for converting a tool is about the same. If you're buying the tool in a store that only has the hex, odds are pretty good they can order the one you actually need.
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It's the oil, destroying this country...
I'm not sure how this does not make sense...
I have 1/4 hex....I don't want it, I don't want to sell it or turn it into anything else I don't want, what I do want is a 3/8 impact
Can I convert it?......without sticking an F'ing adaptor on the end of it...
I'm not ordering it online or getting it in any store
I do thank you for your time, I hope we can still be besties
It's the oil, destroying this country...
I'm not sure how this does not make sense...
I have 1/4 hex....I don't want it, I don't want to sell it or turn it into anything else I don't want, what I do want is a 3/8 impact
Can I convert it?......without sticking an F'ing adaptor on the end of it...
I'm not ordering it online or getting it in any store
I do thank you for your time, I hope we can still be besties
You didn't say you already owned the tool. You said this:
Which makes it sound like you're going to buy the tool, but the only one available to you is the 1/4" hex version, which doesn't make sense.
If you had said you already had the tool in the first post, all these answers probably would have been very different.
rlitman
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Yep. The 1/4" hex shank is thin enough that it acts like a torque stick, and prevents you from getting the full power out of a 3/8" socket with an adapter.
I'm not terribly affected by that small loss of power (I'll just move up to a 1/2" impact if I need it), but I can see how it would bother some.
Now if they offered a hex/square combo end like Bosch makes, that would be awesome.
The motors of the two tools are also not the same.
ChevyEFI
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Can you explain "stuck" please?
ChevyEFI
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You realize your avatar makes others think of you as a blockhead, yes?
You can paint your car whatever color you like.
But if you make a thread that says "I'm at Pizza Pizza and I want a cheese pizza, can I make a cheese pizza by picking the pepperonis off of a pepperoni pizza?" don't get pissy when most of the responses say "uh... dude... just order a cheese pizza".
Brians VWss
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That sums it up right there.
I was reading this and I was like WTF.
Although I have a xtra craftsman 19.2 hex driver I was looking to see if I could swap out the hex with a 3/8 drive, but could not find the anvil seperate when I looked into it awhile ago
alinc100
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I think the OP should order this through JCCayer and ask the same question.
I have a feeling the response would be EPIC!!
I have a feeling the response would be EPIC!!
Ign
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I know, I've been in your shoes many times. You simply ask for facts or tech and you just get opinions or obvious alternatives. People think they're being helpful, but they're just wasting bandwidth.
If you haven't already done so, you'll have to give up here and just strike out on your own. Order the parts, hope it works, and then you can post back w a nice tech write-up that might be helpful to the next person who has this question.
I only skimmed the Dewalt thread, but didn't basically the same thing happen there?
Anyway, good luck! And I'd be interested in your findings FWIW
I'll speak with my Milwaukee service guy, I'm sure he can give me a yes or no without veering off into space
I think my problem started when I mentioned Milwaukee, seems like that or snap-on gets mentions and you might as well put up a sign that says "party under the scary old bridge"
Although I guess I let myself act trollish as well, oh well like I said, what's one more useless thread....
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dudutzu905
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Yes, it can be done! all you need is the $12 anvil
I did mine a long time ago, and don't have a write up for you, but all you have to do is to take the snap ring of from the sleeve on the 1/4 hex, then the 4 screws that holds the front casing and the rest is pretty self explanatory
I did mine a long time ago, and don't have a write up for you, but all you have to do is to take the snap ring of from the sleeve on the 1/4 hex, then the 4 screws that holds the front casing and the rest is pretty self explanatory
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kctyphoon
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You'd be better off "probably" with buying a 3/8" impact wrench and then getting the 3/8 square to 1/4 hex shockwave adapter. Or just do like most of us, and buy both tools.
