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| kconway |
 Dec 4 2006, 10:21 AM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,347 Joined: 6-December 04 From: Monrovia, CA Member No.: 3,231 Region Association: Southern California  |
I need a recommendation on a torque wrench. I'm thinking 3/8 drive will suffice with a range between ~ 10-80flt/lbs. This will be used for regular maintanance, not really rebuilding engines. I've been reading to stay away from Craftsman because they break...true/false. I don't have to have the best/shiniest, but I don't want to spend my money on junk.
If you use one, what do you use? Do I really need one? Got one you wanna sell? PM me too. Kev |
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| jasons |
Dec 4 2006, 11:17 AM
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Jackstand Extraordinaire Group: Members Posts: 2,011 Joined: 19-August 04 From: Scottsdale, AZ Member No.: 2,573 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(kconway @ Dec 4 2006, 09:21 AM)  I need a recommendation on a torque wrench. I'm thinking 3/8 drive will suffice with a range between ~ 10-80flt/lbs. This will be used for regular maintanance, not really rebuilding engines. I've been reading to stay away from Craftsman because they break...true/false. I don't have to have the best/shiniest, but I don't want to spend my money on junk. If you use one, what do you use? Do I really need one? Got one you wanna sell? PM me too. Kev I bought two Craftsmans a while back when I had the same questions. I don't know if they are good or bad, I just knew they were better than the junky one I had and, Sears is a block from my house. A Husky from Home Depot is probably just as good/bad. Usually, I only worry about torque on engine parts and such. If you have Fuchs with alloy lugnuts, you may want to use the Torque Wrench on them. Whatever you buy, zero it when you are done, don't store it set to a torque value. Oh and, they are not accurate within 10-20% at the ends of their range. |
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kconway Torque Wrench Recommendations Dec 4 2006, 10:21 AM
SGB A lot of the torque specs are really low for the 9... Dec 4 2006, 11:17 AM jasons |
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