westfield_bumble Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 Busy with engine rebuild and i'm not confident that my long term loan torque wrench is giving correct torques. (bad workmen blames his tools ) Thinkin about going out and getting one of these later today when i get up clicky Is it any good? Had a socket set from them and its still going well after a good few years of abuse Any other suggestions but i need to be able to get hold of it today. This is also about top end of me budget. TIA Scott Quote
Norman Verona Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 Scott, It's my belief that absoloute accuracy isn't as important as all the bolts being equaly tightened. I know many may disagree but when I served my time (in the 60's) the only thing we used torque wrenches for was cranks and heads. It's the equal torque that matters and if the actual torque is slightly out I don't think that matters too much. As long as it's not too far out. ed to ad that as far as "ordinary" torque wrenches go I would have thought that was OK Quote
andybennie Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 Scott This is a good quality tool ,I have one , just check that it is suitable to cover the torque range you require. Andy Quote
Hammy Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 I've a Halfords proffesional series socket set -seems well made good kit. Quote
moomin Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 I've got two Halfrauds ones (the larger one is a less useful range). The Halfrauds Professional tools are really good quality. I measured my torque wrenches on a friends tool-for-calibrating-torque-wrenches (dunno what the proper name is!) and they were spot on, unlike quite a few other wrenches we tried. Edited to add: I have the big one and the small one I think, as it was buy one get one free when I got mine. The big one pretty much only gets used for wheel nuts. As has been said, make sure you get one that covers the range you need! moomin Quote
westfield_bumble Posted March 13, 2007 Author Posted March 13, 2007 Thanks Gents QUOTE It's the equal torque that matters This is were i dont feel confident with my present wrench. Will check the manual for required torques as i think it i may need the smaller one for the correct torque ranges now i'm awake Scott Quote
cast iron Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 Scott if you can do without for a couple of days then I can stick it on our calibration rig at work for you - Bring it to the club on Wednesday should have it back for Saturday Final torque tightening is actually b*****k due to friction etc. Angle control from a known low torque starting point is the best method Quote
westfield_bumble Posted March 13, 2007 Author Posted March 13, 2007 QUOTE Angle control from a known low torque starting point is the best method Wheres the over me head button Shall bring it to be checked but still gonna invest in me own as I need to make some progress. Off today and tomorrow so hopefully can make some headway. Off to germany next week for work when i should be workin on car very sore point dont ask Shall bring some ferry funds with me too Scott Quote
MVS Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 I've got two Halfrauds ones (the larger one is a less useful range). The Halfrauds Professional tools are really good quality. I measured my torque wrenches on a friends tool-for-calibrating-torque-wrenches (dunno what the proper name is!) and they were spot on, unlike quite a few other wrenches we tried. Edited to add: I have the big one and the small one I think, as it was buy one get one free when I got mine. The big one pretty much only gets used for wheel nuts. As has been said, make sure you get one that covers the range you need! moomin I also have these, and have had them several years, I am very impressed with them. They were best buys in several independent tests of torque wrenches, the 'Ride' one being the one I believed. Quote
DAVE O Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 I've got the halfords set and am well pleased with them Quote
westfield_bumble Posted March 13, 2007 Author Posted March 13, 2007 Been out and bought one today and am now confident that the bottom end is now equaly torqued. There was a definate click when torque reached where as the otherone i'd been using was definatly wrong as some bolts were pretty much easy to undo and others seeemed overtightened. Thanks again Scott Quote
lukeyboy Posted March 13, 2007 Posted March 13, 2007 I've used this company for Sealey stuff and prices don't seem to bad. http://www.justoffbase.co.uk/Tool-Shop/Torque-Tools Quote
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