What Torque Wrench?

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Al2O3

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Now that I'm getting towards rebuild rather than dismantling I'd better get a new torque wrench. My old one, which had a scale you could read from as the bar bent was very much past it.:eek:
Read up on a previous thread from 2010 and Sealey ones seem to have a good reputation.

checking Amazon there's
Sealey STW102 4-210Nm 1/2-inch Square Drive Micrometer Style Torque Wrench for £42.50

Am I going to encounter anything needing more than 210Nm?

This seems canny for the price. Any views welcomed.
 
Don't forget to get an angular one for the cylinder head bolts.

Summat like this.
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Other models are available
 
Tbh the ONLY thing you need a torque wrench for is the cyl head bolts and I reckon you could get away with that as well.
I cant actually think of anything thats that critical that it would need torquing?
 
210nm is quite a lot, that's like 150lbs/ft.

I have a torque wrench and I torque everything to do with steering, brakes, suspension - basically anything that if it came undone might result in me crashing. Everything else I just do FT or RFT
 
I like to use a torque wrench to tighten the little stuff - where you are connecting to aluminium for example. As I tend to find that I over tighten them otherwise. You will find that torque wrenches only operate in certain ranges, so my little one only goes up to 25NM. My big one starts at 50NM and goes to 250NM and I don't have anything to cover the in between range.

Maybe a digital one would be better. They might cover a bigger range.
 
That sealey one looks like a good deal. No doubt it isvery similar to all the other priced ones from argos/ machine mart and will do fine so long as its not abused.

Personally I don't think you can buy better than the halfords ones - especially if you can buy it on a trade card with 20% discount. Very well made and a 'high street' no quibble warranty.

My snap-on on the other hand has been in for repairs twice already.....
 
My torque wrench is teng tools and I have abused it and it doesn't complain.

What ever one you get don't forget to slacken it after use or the spring will weaken
 
flat said:
No I know, not everything g has to be digital HD and all that high tech ****e. Never had issues with a manual torque wrench
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Agree with you............. People need to think what was used for decades. People need to think for them selves. What do you think the check the digital, or clicker torque wrenches against;)
 
Dont forget a beam torque wrench is not the same as a normal torque wrench, in fact its only really got one useful job in its entire life and that to set cambelt tension on tdi engines.
Mines all beaten up as it lives in the oversized spanner draw at work, cant remember last time I used it
 
lynall said:
Dont forget a beam torque wrench is not the same as a normal torque wrench, in fact its only really got one useful job in its entire life and that to set cambelt tension on tdi engines.
Mines all beaten up as it lives in the oversized spanner draw at work, cant remember last time I used it
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in the 50's and 70's was the choice of tool for setting torque on building engines and any other engeering work requiring a torque setting;)
 
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