Torque wrenches

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:41 pm

Afternoon, looking for some suggestions for a torque wrench. Would be used 99% for wheel nuts as I guess I would need a far more delicate one for doing up seat posts on a CF bike.

Anything I should be looking for? Anything to avoid ?

S

Post by **campbell** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 4:59 pm

Was just thinking, "I need one of those" recently. Although I have Peter Bennett's on long term loan still

woody · Post by **woody** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 5:25 pm

Halfords pro ones get a good review, haven't any experience. I have an older snap-on for wheel type torques; the lesson there is get one with a decent lock mech (o t stays at the set torque) not the brand name.

r10crw · Post by **r10crw** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:29 pm

woody wrote:Halfords pro ones get a good review, haven't any experience. I have an older snap-on for wheel type torques; the lesson there is get one with a decent lock mech (o t stays at the set torque) not the brand name.

Agree, a while back they did a review in ppc and the halfords pro came out near the top.

Post by **campbell** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 6:34 pm

Crikey. A snip at £80. http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165469

Beware the lower range one, only goes up to 80Nm which will barely tighten your wheel nuts !

woody · Post by **woody** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:08 pm

campbell wrote:Crikey. A snip at £80. http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165469

Beware the lower range one, only goes up to 80Nm which will barely tighten your wheel nuts !

Remember and get a trade card too.

Mike Scib · Post by **Mike Scib** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:11 pm

If anyone wants one priced up with the trade card give me a shout

philthy · Post by **philthy** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 7:18 pm

thumbs up for the halfords one from me too, although I had to saw mine in half when I managed to get it stuck doing the crank pulley

alicrozier · Post by **alicrozier** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:22 pm

I have a small Teng one (3/8", plastic case) for general use/travel and will do wheel nuts...been faultless.

New garage kit includes a chunky 1/2" Beta. I've not used it (Scotty has) but looks top quality...
Worth a chat with Gary (hendeg) about these?
http://www.grampianfasteners.com/Produc ... at=9954087

Chris G · Post by **Chris G** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 9:26 pm

Norbar make arguably the best torque wrenches. So good I have two myself!

For general applications you want a 1/2" drive

Something like this would probably suffice for general activities - all depends on what range you intend to torque to.

http://www.norbar.com/TorqueWrench_1_2_ ... oduct.aspx

As a general guide for general activities I would recommend a range of approx 50NM - 250NM (40 - 185lb/ft).

Cheers

Chris

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:03 pm

Cheers all, will have a shufty in halfords, I guess fleabay risks knackered over stressed units ?

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:22 pm

Buy new. Also lend it to one of the techie types who has access to a torque analyser to check it is in limits

woody · Post by **woody** » Mon Aug 15, 2011 10:42 pm

Rich H wrote:Buy new. Also lend it to one of the techie types who has access to a torque analyser to check it is in limits

Should be able to get this done if anyone needs.

mckeann · Post by **mckeann** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 7:50 am

i used to just tighten a bolt until it creaked or snapped, but now i have both the halfords pro torque wrenches, i think i can handle the 2% tolerance

Sanjøy · Post by **Sanjøy** » Tue Aug 16, 2011 8:57 am

mckeann wrote:i used to just tighten a bolt until it creaked or snapped, but now i have both the halfords pro torque wrenches, i think i can handle the 2% tolerance

You forgot to mention 10m scaffold pole round the back of my office for the tougher ones.

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