Guru Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Couldn't under the wheel nuts this weekend just gone so am looking at torque wrenches as I only have a Halfrauds drive socket wrench at the moment. Now Halfrauds have a 40-200Nm one for £50 but I have found a Sealey 20-150lb one for only £20. I have never had one before so am looking for a reccomendation please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Get a couple of good-quality ones, and be careful not to abuse them (and always rewind them after use) One for the lower torque range, one for the higher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Couldn't under the wheel nuts this weekend just gone so am looking at torque wrenches as I only have a Halfrauds drive socket wrench at the moment. What, you want a torque wrench to undo your wheel bolts?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 What, you want a torque wrench to undo your wheel bolts?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Think you need a breaker bar rather than a torque wrench Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Think you need a breaker bar rather than a torque wrench These are handy http://www.machinemart.co.uk/product.asp?p=040212625 Only buy and use the torque wrench for tightening them up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 What, you want a torque wrench to undo your wheel bolts?! No, but it's a good idea to use one when putting them back on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 No, but it's a good idea to use one when putting them back on. True, but he did say he couldn't under [undo?] them. In which case a torque wrench is about as much use to him as a large slice of edam. Guru, if you want to get wheel nuts off easily, get one of the extending wheel brace things - extend up to about 2' long, and come with changeable heads for 4 different sizes of nuts. You can pick them up from places like Halfords for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 I've seen people actually using a torque wrench to undo tight bolts. People who should have known better. There is no quicker way to muck up the calibration of a torque wrench. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Common misconception. I know people that think that the torque wrench helps increase torque to the nut. Funny eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kranz Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Britool are the best. Lovely feel to them & the windy uppy bit pulls out of the base and twiddles round really lovely... a bit like a nipple bar !! A bit like this one. Britool Classic £103 25 to 135 Nm http://www.tooled-up.com/artwork/ProdImage/TB16463.jpg Phwwwooorrrrrr ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Britool?? What about say Norbar?? http://www.norbar.com/products_category.php&category_multid=1 They are good enough for the entire armed forces (thats why I have a few in my tool box ). Britool are OK but I much prefer the norbar stuff. You are paying for accuracy btw. Also I'm not sure what you mean by not undoing nuts with torque wrenches as most I have ever used come in reversible formats and get calibration checked every 3 months without losing their calibration over years. The winding the spring off is a good pointer though. OOOO torque wrenches I think I just got a stiffy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merckx Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Don't forget Snap-on . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewen Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 King Dick...a tool you can be proud of Most of our guys buy Snap-on, but King Dick is popular too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Strap ons? King Dicks? You're all obsessed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul mac Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 as with anything in life mate you pay for what you get and my experience of Sealy is its cheap and the quality is not to good, it all depends what you want to do with it, if its just wheel nuts and the odd job then its fine, even if the Sealy is not very accurate it should be repeatable, if you set it to 90nm then everything should be between 85-95nm but more importantly all the same, so even if its not accurate all your wheel nuts will be done up the same ie 92nm, i would get one mate even if its just for wheel nuts swinging on a breaker bar is not the correct way to tighten them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 I got one of the Halfords Professional torque wrenches, which should be good enough for most diy mecanics; quite a nice bit of kit as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Posted November 14, 2006 Author Share Posted November 14, 2006 What, you want a torque wrench to undo your wheel bolts?! Sorry didn't explain well enough. I am having trouble undoing them. Getting a 60cm breaker bar for that and will get a torque wrench to do them up again properly insetad of just guessing ( which probably caused the problem) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I've found the most usefull item for removing wheel nuts is the extendable tyre wrench. Halfrauds do one. You can keep that in the car a bit easier than a buggering great breaker bar and the shnick sound it makes when you throw it into full extension can be very intimidating if you catch my drift Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Posted November 15, 2006 Author Share Posted November 15, 2006 That sounds interesting Brain. I can't find it online but will have a look instore. How much did you pay for yours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Rob_ Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 Mate, they seel Draper wheel brace's (the extenable ones with a couple of heads) for a fiver at Asda up at Middlebrook. i keep meaning to get one as theyre spot on, just not got round to it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Posted November 15, 2006 Author Share Posted November 15, 2006 Ooo that sounds good if it extends to a decent length. Thanks Rob will see what they have on the way back tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guru Posted November 15, 2006 Author Share Posted November 15, 2006 Just been Rob and couldn't find..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangerous brain Posted November 15, 2006 Share Posted November 15, 2006 http://www.tool-catalogue.co.uk/tools.php/cPath/222_61/products_id/1009 Heres one online but most motor factors should stock it. As mentioned halfrauds do their own one as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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