Anyone recommend an angular tightening gauge?

Anyone recommend an angular tightening gauge?

After something reliable that doesn't cost the earth.

They are so simple, you can get one for £6 on the bay.

Or you can use the flats on the bolt head as a guide.

Cheers

Kids protractor and blutak....

It's for the HG so didn't want to bodge it...

When I did mine I made one from an old CD

I made mine, 1" socket extension, pointer sawn/marked on, perspex angle guide using a school protractor with marks for start and to reference where I needed to finish each time.

Use a ratchet, get the socket in a good position to turn, then set the angle guide to where the pointer is pointing, mask tape it down, or blu-tac, and turn. Few seconds later do the same to all the bolts.

Good advice all round although I'd rather buy one and know I've got the right tool than make one

payydg said:

Good advice all round although I'd rather buy one and know I've got the right tool than make one

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One useful tip for angle tightening cylinder head bolts is to mark / tippex the head bolts after the torque steps, but, before you start the angle tightening. Say, for example you put a mark on each bolt head pointing towards the front of the engine, you can tell at a glance which bolts have been turned through an angle, and which haven't.

Why is this useful? If you get distracted part way through the process, you can't easily check which bolts have been turned through each stage and which haven't - you can't use the torque wrench!

I bought one of these LINKY. Haven't used it yet, but judging by what others have done it looks like it should be ok.

I've got a sykes pickavent one think 25 pounds but does get used at work so wanted a good one to last then I got the snap on tech angle torque wrench does torque and torque to angle in one go
Two expensive for the odd use

Got a draper one. Not sure on the quality but it was cheap enough