Dox
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Post by Dox on Jun 7, 2014 11:45:22 GMT
Any recommendations for Torque wrenches please?
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Post by sbwnik on Jun 7, 2014 13:30:49 GMT
Aldi do one occasionally, they're reasonably priced, but they're only for the higher end measurements and are very good quality. Halfords used to do one, maybe still do, but any from your local car shop should be OK.
I assume you know to back them off to zero when putting them into storage.
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Post by henri on Jun 7, 2014 15:00:53 GMT
halfords do have a lifetime guarantee like snap-on ,but as nic said they only do higher torques, from about 20ft/lb up ,below that there not reliable ,just where you need em to be ,clarkes/machine mart i dont rate ,there tools dont last well.i use a "motorcyle" small torque wrench for anything under 25ft/lb ,cant tell the make as the label fell off years ago, if ya scroll through e-bay an look for named tools,not the cheapys from hong-pong ,you should find a decent 1 at less than what ya local tool/motorcycle/scoot shop might sell. unless of course youve won the lottery ,then a nice man in a van from snap on will deliver the best to ya door ,with tools quality costs so let price be ya guide , h
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Post by kru251 on Jun 7, 2014 21:03:47 GMT
Rather like Nik, I was going to say "Lidls" when they do them. Checked mine against a known calibrated one and it was so close that there wasn't a gnats nodger between them. Good value.
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Post by henri on Jun 8, 2014 12:32:17 GMT
thanks gazpx ,i was going on what they hang in the shop ,will have a look at there site as my short wrench is getting old an could do with replacement ,tho last time i checked it ,it was spot on ,aswell as swbnic said about storing them untensioned you should do like kru251 did an check em against a known calibrated 1 every year or 2 , tho 140 for 2 means i guess 70 each ,i reckon i can look around an get a equivalent quality 1 cheaper,it wont have a lifetime garantee but then neither do i ,H
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Post by sbwnik on Jun 8, 2014 19:15:06 GMT
I think my pair came in at around £70 - £40 for the bigger one from Lidl, and £30 for the smaller one from the car shop.
Could be wrong on the Lidl one though.
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Post by vespasco on Jun 8, 2014 21:06:37 GMT
I have a draper torque wrench. About £30?! It covers just about all torque settings needed for a vespa and its small enough to keep in your toolbox.
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Post by rab on Jun 8, 2014 22:05:17 GMT
use a scaffold pole if the fecker wont come off/ fire if its a real bugger . bounce on the spanner if you want it tighter anything like head bolts tighten them up then one extra nip for luck its never failed me in over 20 years and its free hehehehe
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Post by kru251 on Jun 8, 2014 22:52:55 GMT
Lidls torque wrench was 15:99ukp
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Post by bryno on Jun 9, 2014 7:54:20 GMT
I lost faith in torque wrenches having had 2 properly checked for calibration (at a Japanese motorcycle parts factory), both under-read by 10 ft lb even though they came with calibration cerificates.. I just use 'feel' now, except on car wheel nuts ;-)
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Post by henri on Jun 9, 2014 12:17:35 GMT
i agree for most stuff the feel you build up in ya fingers is good enuff , torque wrench only comes out of its box for bearing caps/taper head/wheel bearings, an head studs on scoots is only scooter bolt that see's it . H
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Post by bryno on Jun 9, 2014 13:17:46 GMT
^ ah yes, I do also use on the hub nuts as I see them as safety critical, everything on the engine I'm happy enough to do by hand..
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Post by kru251 on Jun 9, 2014 17:42:12 GMT
Yep; just do them up to shear.................then back half a turn!!!!!
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Post by bryno on Jun 9, 2014 19:50:49 GMT
^ aye, do that enough as a yoof and you grow up to be a well calibrated human torque wrench
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Post by sbwnik on Jun 9, 2014 22:13:51 GMT
That's true.
I've only started using one for the last couple of years, going by knowing just how much 'gnnn' is needed. The amount that is only learned by stripping casing threads....
Oddly, the one I never torque is the rear hub. I have a socket with a bar welded to it, and a big hammer for that one. I'm taking no bloody chances with that!
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Post by henri on Jun 10, 2014 10:28:09 GMT
same as nic for rear hub, 12" socket bar ,2foot of bike handle bars as extra lever ,do tight an then 1-2 good wallops with a copper mallet, apart from head studs ive remembered as ive got older/more cautious i do rims with a torque ,both the split an too the hub , after a run of italia rims that the studs were shearing on if ya went a ounce over 15ft/lb . H
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Baggy
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Post by Baggy on Jul 29, 2014 7:39:36 GMT
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Post by alisey on Aug 9, 2014 7:11:16 GMT
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