Which Torque wrench?

[Mike800966]

I realise that you get what you pay for but these infrequently used tools seem to cover a very wide range of prices
from Ebay at 18.95 to Halfords at £99.00
Bearing in mind the setting is against a spring which can loose its springiness,
I just wonder if outher Funsters have bought one and at what sort of price?
TIA

Mike S

 

[Googlebot]

I got the Halfords one. It does a lot more torque than others. Not cheap but then neither is a garage for when you need more torque than it will give.

 

[Lenny HB]

I've got a £15 Aldi one it has been very reliable.

Bearing in mind the setting is against a spring which can loose its springiness,
I just wonder if outher Funsters have bought one and at what sort of price?

Usually happens if the tension is not released before storage.

 

[JJ]

I like the torque wrench the mechanic at my local garage has.

But even though I really like it, I still let him use it rather than me...


JJ

 

[jockaneezer]

I always back my torque wrench off after use (Norbar 220 ftlbs) when you think about it though, at any one time, some of the valve springs in your vehicle's engine will always be under compression when the engine is switched off and they don't seem to take much hurt ?
There are modern electric ones that don't have a spring in them, just a load cell, but chances are when you come to use it, the battery will be flat ?

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[Deneb]

Halfords Pro torque wrenches are made by Norbar, and are good kit. Not a bad price if you have a trade card, but shop around because I got an identical Norbar one cheaper on t'internet a while ago.

I always back my torque wrenches off after use, but Norbar produced a document some time ago, as a result of long term testing, in which they stated that they found no appreciable difference in the accuracy of several torque wrenches between those that were backed off after each use, and those that were left at or around mid-point torque settings.

 

[nicholsong]

I have used a Draper lent to me by a professional engineer, and he must have believed that even I could not break it.

It was very good and I expect it was one of their pricier models.

Geoff

 

[andy63]

I still have my first torque wrench..
If I remember correctly I chopped the half in ch square drive peg off one side of it to allow me to get it in on the head of an imp engine when it was in the car..

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[David and Sally]

I still have my first torque wrench..
If I remember correctly I chopped the half in ch square drive peg off one side of it to allow me to get it in on the head of an imp engine when it was in the car..
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I got one of those as well as a couple others. One 1/4 drive for lower torques and a 1/2 drive for normal torques.

 

[andy63]

I got one of those as well as a couple others. One 1/4 drive for lower torques and a 1/2 drive for normal torques.

your showing off now ... quarter inch drive torque wrench..!!!!!!?????
having said that I do have one for the bike these days
Andy

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[Raul]

I have the Halfords 1/2” and 3/8” professional range. Same, I back them off after use. On the bike is a must, very easy to strip ally thread with steel bolts. The small one gets most use.

 

[gus-lopez]

Why would you even think of putting away a torque wrench under tension? Stackable offence where I Worked. The same as not closing a micrometer or vernier to allo for expansion .

your showing off now ... quarter inch drive torque wrench..!!!!!!?????

I changed the 2 injector bolts on my transit recently. 6Nm or 4,5 lbs/ ft. +180° could hcould have done with one. Used a spring balance in the end.

 

[Hettie's Crew]

I have the Halfords 1/2” and 3/8” professional range. Same, I back them off after use. On the bike is a must, very easy to strip ally thread with steel bolts. The small one gets most use.

I was going to post exactly the same, so I’ll just quote you.

 

[TheBig1]

I still have the first one I bought as a teenager and it is still within tolerance. Despite lending it to a niece to fix her tractor. She gave it back several months later, still loaded up. I explained about tool care but she just couldn't understand why. In the meantime I picked up a cheap chinese one from Aldi to do some wheel bolts. For the cost, it is pretty good and again in tolerance when tested against another. It's in a blow moulded case and cheap enough to leave in the motorhome

 

[jongood]

There are quite a few engineers on here. I'm wondering what the general opinion of manual v cordless torque wrench?

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[Derbyshire wanderer]

I realise that you get what you pay for but these infrequently used tools seem to cover a very wide range of prices
from Ebay at 18.95 to Halfords at £99.00
Bearing in mind the setting is against a spring which can loose its springiness,
I just wonder if outher Funsters have bought one and at what sort of price?
TIA

Mike S

My employer supplies and tests every year torque wrenches for over 800 engineers with some of us having 5 different ones.
For years they bought all sorts including Britool and Kennedy but they failed test often and were difficult to get repaired.
Now only Norbar are bought and I personally have never had one fail including the one I bought over 20 years ago.
They come with a calibration certificate so you know it is right from opening the box

 

[jockaneezer]

There are quite a few engineers on here. I'm wondering what the general opinion of manual v cordless torque wrench?

As I said earlier, unless you're using it everyday, a "kiss" spring one will always work every time you take it out of the toolbox.

 

[Richard n Ann]

Mine is made by Teng. Bought it about 15 years ago to tighten the caravan wheels, not slackened it off since

 

[Just smiffy]

Being an ex engineer and mechanic torque wrench was 1 to five finger tight......

 

[Pops 1]

Last year I bought a Teng 3/4” torque wrench off fleabay. It was a proper bargain with no one else bidding for it.
I realised why when I went to collect it. It’s a bloody great beast of a thing used by the previous owner for his trucks and a racing car. Even If I could afford 3/4” sockets I would still have nothing big enough on anything I own to torque up with them

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[gus-lopez]

Last year I bought a Teng 3/4” torque wrench off fleabay. It was a proper bargain with no one else bidding for it.
I realised why when I went to collect it. It’s a bloody great beast of a thing used by the previous owner for his trucks and a racing car. Even If I could afford 3/4” sockets I would still have nothing big enough on anything I own to torque up with them

Ideal for my wheel nuts at 135 lbs or the half shaft nuts @370lbs. I borrow a mates usually.

 

[ivorantony]

I have four torque wrenches three of them Snapon all different ranges and they have lasted
50 years in the motor trade, quality tools will last but they did cost an arm and a leg,

 

[SIFTA SAM]

I wonder how many longterm, frequent and necessary users of torque wrenches have them calibrated?

 

[XxAnthxX]

I wonder how many longterm, frequent and necessary users of torque wrenches have them calibrated?

All of our work hand torque wrenches are on a cycle of recalibration. However it is now becoming more common for them to use hire tools, offsetting the cost of replacement, repairs and recalibration against hire costs.

Hydraulic wrenches are always just hired in....

I have no idea what they do with the Rad Guns.

My personal Norbar wrenches are just stowed wound back and in their cases....but I’m not working on nuclear reactors or petrochemical plants/platforms in my garage.

 

[Deneb]

I don't work on anything that mission critical either, but I have three torque wrenches and it's quite easy to check them against one another at various settings. Most fixings on cars are quoted at a setting for which a small deviation either side is quite acceptable.

The Fiat manual for instance, quotes specific torque settings, whereas the Iveco manual covering the exact same engine quotes most figures as +/- n Nm for instance, and Hyundai quote wheel bolt torque as a range, for instance 100 to 120 Nm, so I always tighten to the mid value of 110 Nm on my wrench.

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