Milwaukee M12 Gen 3 Hex Impact Conversion

In this video I swap in a different anvil to turn a new Gen 3 Milwaukee M12 3453 impact from a 1/4" hex to a 1/4" drive for sockets.

Part number for the replacement anvil is 42-06-2552

Questions?

Mailing address:
PO BOX 840146
St Augustine, FL, 32080

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[lpaigek]

I bought a brand new 3453 and did this conversion almost a year ago. I’m a bmw tech and I use this gun everyday for my work. Haven’t had a single issue with it. Absolutely love it. Thanks for the conversion video.

[Dawchin]

I just did this last night after reading a few comments. I also had the problem of the new anvil being just slightly too big; it would not fit at all. I checked with my very cheap calipers, and it said it was 0.04 mm too big. Instead of just giving up, I decided, "What the heck? Let's make it smaller!" So I took the anvil, put it in my M12 drill, grabbed some 60-grit sandpaper, cut it to the width of the smooth part of the anvil, and went to it. It took a few tries, but eventually, I got it to go in. Then I went through the grits to polish it back to its original state, and it now works as intended. Now, this may not be the case if you get the anvil from where he got his, but I got mine on Amazon. However, if you have a drill and some sandpaper, you can make it work.

[drew]

Milwaukee needs to make new m12 impact stubbies we shouldn’t have to do this. Lol

[TanNguyen-bgre]

Thank you very much for the video 😊 just bought a M12 open box on ebay for around $50 bucks, spent another $30 for the anvil, the anvil did come with manufacturer grease on it, so it save me some money to purchase extra grease for it. 😊 I love my little 1/4" impact wrench now 😁

[travisrockwell]

So can you put that 1/4 chuck piece anvil into the new stubby? I like the slim form factor or the stubby having that small head when I’m in tighter. I’m curious where you find all the parts for things like this and where you to to research the info you need to tinker with things.

[bastantena]

Thank you! Just made mine using your step by step instructions.

[vanquishstorm]

Thank you for the informative video. I have the 12V Dewalt DCF801 impact driver and would like to attempt the same hex to 1/4” anvil modification.

I’m thinking of ordering the same Milwaukee anvil used in this video and see if it be compatible. Have you attempted this modification with a Dewalt impact driver? I’m a fan of the Dewalt 12V line. Thank you for your time.

[Dirtyharry]

I bought the M12 hammer drill & impact charger, 2.0 +4.0 battery with free 5 amp for $219. returned 5amp for final $141! Bought the right angle 3/8” impact w/2amp $179 for Christmas and two extra 6amp for $120 back then. Really well made. My dewalt brushless drill driver (1yr old) seems to be losing it beans. 😢

[damon]

Excellent work man! Super high quality video too!

[onesikm]

You don’t know how many times i passed on that bf deal since I didn’t want another battery charger or bag(limited on space or else the bags are actually good to put stuff in) wonder how much they go for now because you Sir just gave me a reason to pick one up and have to have it lol

[ChrisBranleh]

So sick. Watched your previous hex to 1/4 anvil conversion and wanted to see if this was possible.

[jahh]

I ended up breaking the little selector knob on the trigger when reassembling is there an option to purchase a replacement trigger that anyone knows of?

[Zenvo_ZTR]

Can you do the Milwaukee 2867-20 with a 1/2 anvil conversation

[reytech]

Awesome video❤ next will be a 3/8 anvil

[johnlechnir]

I did this conversion on mine last week. The main thing I don't like is that the friction ring is a bit tight since it's new. Which makes it hard to install and remove short/small sockets.

[jeffersonarboleda]

Hey buddy, i have a question can you do this same convestiong with a m18 n put the 1/4 anvil ? Im actually gonne convert both my gen 3 n gen 4 like you ddi in your video mainly cause i just want the 1/4 with tri light, but i would to now if the m18 can be convert to the 1/4 anvil?

[keysautorepair]

I made one but the anvil was too big had to cut it down 12 thousands odd.

[mrb]

Hopefully you see this I’m a little late lol. Something I’ve noticed across all tool brands especially Milwaukee is that there is always a massive price difference between a hex and anvil (driver and wrench). So I have a couple questions,

1: how has the performance been with the modified 2nd gen (I don’t think there is a 3rd gen impact wrench yet)? Have you been able to compare it to the hex impact in terms of performance? And how does it hold up to buying the purpose built impact wrench? Not sure if that’s possible for you or not.

2: is there a hammer/internal difference between the wrench and driver? Usually there’s some small machining differences etc, but I’ve noticed that these are just plug and play swaps. I’m just morbidly curious if they are just the same exact M12 tool, hammer and everything, just with different anvils and charging more for the wrench which I still dont understand. I might be a little more understanding if the hammer assemblies were different to compliment the hardware like on some tools I’ve disassembled but from what I’ve seen I don’t see any visual differences. Maybe the weight of the hammer? I got to know haha.

Sorry for long post, thanks for any feedback and sweet vid!!! I’ll probably be doing this with a gen three here soon.

[cassiya]

can it be adapted to fit 1/2 drive sockets and hex drive inserts onto the same anvil? That would be awesome save having to use an adaptor.

[johnnelwhite]

I just picked up the 3/8 ratchet, 1/4 hex combo, 2 2.0s charger and free 2.5 battery i will definitely be looking for another driver to do this mod.