1993 model craftsman 875.188990 impact

[waltinbatonrouge]

hi folks its been a while...I know...been busy with my Yamaha ATV clutch business and all the stuff I needed to do after retirement...and most of my tools have been working ok..until now....waaaaaaaaah

Anyway...heres my query...its a tried and true 23 year old craftsman impact that has never let me down..... until today...

I have an in line auto oiler that keep my other 4 CP and IR tools running fine...
this one just quit...

I like it, keep it like new and am guessing that its maybe a quality IR or CP built machine that maybe rebuildable. It was made in Japan...heres a parts breakdown....does anyone recognize it and can offer some advice...

BTW I use the tool fairly often and stopped by a pawn shop on my way back from New Orleans and picked up a IR231C for $40..it works fine...but I'm kinda attached to the Japanese made Craftsman...your insight is always appreciated...thank you!

 

[gdocktor3]

Might as well get your hands dirty and pull it apart. You didn't give much detail into what it is/isn't doing, but if my guess is the veins are gummed up, a seal is bad, broken anvil, or broken hammer pins.

 

[emeraldcoupe]

what is it doing, or not doing? does it run but not hammer? just blow air?

 

[waltinbatonrouge]

it just blows air..either direction....doesn't spin...it fed with 90 psi.....the ir works fine so it doesn't seem to be an air supply issue...

i will pull it apart today and give an update..

my thought was really more on the line of whether or not its worth the effort...but the feeling I'm getting from you is that perhaps it is...

thanks i'm on it...

 

[waltinbatonrouge]

Hi guys..sorry for the way late update....Heres what i did....dumped a healthy squirt of KROIL into the oil hole, left it upside down overnight, next morn, worked the for rev switch back and forth with 90psi attached and it started turning albeit a bit slow...then just took off...thinking it maybe just had a bit of rust in it from sitting in my box in SE Louisiana..

always good to read some of the threads...


My next project is to rebuild my 20 year old Kenmore/whirlpool direct drive washer..Have all the pieces parts
will tie into that one day next week...

all the best walt

 

[theoldwizard1]

I have a similar Craftsman Japanese/CP impact. A few emails back and forth with CP got me the CP model number and I found a rebuild kit for it cheap on eBay.

 

[Professional Tool User]

IIRC, I have a similar made in Japan Craftsman impact gun handed down to me. It's definitely not worth rebuilding. Yours has served you long enough for it to be rendered obsolete. Mine has been sitting at the bottom of one of my tool box drawers ever since my Snap on guy sold me a refurbished MG725. Any of the current made in Taiwan stubby impact guns are equally or more powerful, are far more compact, and have more sensitive triggers.

 

[waltinbatonrouge]

thanks old wizard!
hi PTU..ah, disagree, wrong, Ya think?, sure for $195 or there about. ah, says you. thanks though.

 

[Professional Tool User]

thanks old wizard!
hi PTU..ah, disagree, wrong, Ya think?, sure for $195 or there about. ah, says you. thanks though.

This is just my two cents from a productivity and functional standpoint at work. The Craftsman gun is useless if you run into anything that is seized and it's heavy and bulky for the amount of power it puts out. I remember paying $250 for the refurbished MG725. My cheap made in Taiwan stubby impact was $120 when it was on sale. At those prices in Canadian dollars, it makes sense to get rid of an old gun that was wasn't even the king of the hill back in the day. I can understand if this is an old Snap on gun. It's your gun. To rebuild or not is up to you at the end of the day.

 

[theoldwizard1]

Here is my thread on a similar topic 756.18885 = CP746

 

[theoldwizard1]

According to this web site, 875 manufacturer code is Florida Pneumatic