ATB Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I have been wanting to buy a torque wrench or two seeing we do all maintenance and work on our cars ourself in our household. And I was wondering if I could get a wrench that covers most of the work or if I need two. (one for the heavier work and one for the light work). Do anyone have any good recommendations on what wrench to get? It will only be used on cars. And is there any advantages to get one with a digital screen or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjy Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 The Snap On digital ones are brilliant, but can be tempremental. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan_Turism0 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I have a Halfrauds Pro and it has a lifetime warranty hasn't missed a beat in the years of abuse it's taken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I have a Halfrauds Pro and it has a lifetime warranty hasn't missed a beat in the years of abuse it's taken Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Budz86 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I've had a draper one for about 5 years and it's been fine, although I've been tempted to buy a digital one for a while....just because I'm lazy! I'd also say it's only worth getting a 1/2" drive one, and not bothering with anything smaller as it's rare you will need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Massey Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I have a Halfrauds Pro and it has a lifetime warranty hasn't missed a beat in the years of abuse it's taken This!! I have the small and medium one. And with a trade card, I basically got one for free. Lifetime warranty, great bits of kit would highly recommend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh42 Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 May I suggest you don't buy the Halfords units. I brought one a few years ago as a gift for one of the apprentices at work. As he would be using it at work, I was obliged to validate it and calibrate it to UKAS standards. As it turned out the torque wrench was way out, and too far out to be adjusted into spec. I checked the "calibration certificate" that came with the wrench against one which had been brought for another apprentice (which also failed) and the certs were identical. When I called the lab who's details appeared on the cert, they very hurriedly told me to take the torque wrenches back and get a full refund plus a gift card on them. Muppets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjy Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 My Halfords one failed it's 1st calibration. The guy who used to come in and certificate them for us walked in and said "Why is it always the biggest blokes tools that I condemn!" Whilst handing me the torque wrench. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Teng ones are OK if you are just using them for occasional hobby use. You need one that goes to about 150 lbs inch, and a smaller one that goes to maybe 50 lbs inch, or whatever the foreign equivalents are. I work in Imperial! Just normal click types are fine. You can calibrate them yourself with a vice, a piece of cord and a known weight just as well as the pros do them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Massey Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 I retract my statement about halfords torque wrenches. Will go get mine tested soon I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tina n paul Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Just a heads up bought mine from machine mart , but it only goes uptoo 230nm , Found out the other day on 3/0 n/a supra needs the crank shaft pulley bolt 324 nm now got to buy another one ,, grrr, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian C Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Crank pulleys don't need a torque wrench, just hang off the end of a scaffold bar going "gngngngngn" until you go purple in the face, then it's almost done up tight enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markssupra Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Crank pulleys don't need a torque wrench, just hang off the end of a scaffold bar going "gngngngngn" until you go purple in the face, then it's almost done up tight enough Lol! I bought a 1/2" drive Snap On Digital, working great so far and goes from 17 Nm up to 330 Nm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 Yes FT ft lbs is about right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATB Posted August 5, 2014 Author Share Posted August 5, 2014 Crank pulleys don't need a torque wrench, just hang off the end of a scaffold bar going "gngngngngn" until you go purple in the face, then it's almost done up tight enough Haha xD Looks like I will be getting one up to 50 lbs and one up to 150 lbs then. Only brand that has been mentioned here that I know we have in Norway are Tengtools. So I will have a look around in the stores and see what I can find. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antno Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Norbar torque wrenches are good and made in the uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 How strange, I have a Norbar, I must have had it for at least 20 years, and I calibrated it today. It was plus / minus 2% or so after all that time. Mine was obviously a good one, and a nice quality feel to it, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
straightsix Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 I've got a couple of Beta torque wrenches. They're accurate and reliable Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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