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MoNkEy MaGiC
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22nd May 05 at 12:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
anbody know which Torque Wrench is good for doing all types of work on the car??
as i dont have a clue about them or ever come across them/used them before!

i think its about time i got one because ive broken loads of things by overtighteing bolts and nuts etc
what should i look out for? Size? Heavy-Duty? Brand? whats average price i should pay?
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22nd May 05 at 12:39   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i have a draper one, half inch drive, 30-210nm. think it was about £30. You can pay like £300 tho, but i doubt you would ever need 400nm of torque on a corsa
MoNkEy MaGiC
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22nd May 05 at 12:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
upto £300

£30 sounds good, i have a 100 peice socket set already... so a DRAPER- half inch drive 30-210nm will be sufficient for a corsa yeah??

the main reason i need one is so i dont overtighten the Oil draining bolt again on the sump!!
Rob_Corsa
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22nd May 05 at 14:21   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
been there done that...
Its hard to say if it was just rotten or overtightened though.
MoNkEy MaGiC
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22nd May 05 at 20:42   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
it was both on my car!!!
dont want to risk fcuking up another sump again! so i need to get myself a torque wrench to be on the safe side
Siberia
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i bought a torque wrench... but to be honest it gets used more as a breaker bar than anythng else....

do you think vaux use torque wrenchs?
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23rd May 05 at 07:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
pay as much as you can afford. in my expirience cheap tourqe wrenches arent very accurate. and will lose their setting over time.
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halfords own brand isnt too bad
MoNkEy MaGiC
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23rd May 05 at 10:32   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
are Halfords price competitive though??
could i find it cheaper else were like on the internet??
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23rd May 05 at 10:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Halfords=expensive quality ok though
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i got a teng tools one for xmas off my dad, make sure it has a decent range of adjustment. as said halfords tools are good
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quote:
Originally posted by broster
i got a teng tools one for xmas off my dad, make sure it has a decent range of adjustment. as said halfords tools are good


teng are good, i got one... sell em at work all the time, never any comeback on em
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Snap on have a 3/8 drive electronic torque wrench atm think its 20nm upto 130nm.

It beeps and vibrates when it reaches desired torque

£155 + VAT
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23rd May 05 at 20:32   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by corsa808
pay as much as you can afford. in my expirience cheap tourqe wrenches arent very accurate. and will lose their setting over time.


this is total bollocks...

i own a snap-on 200 quid torque wrench and also one which was 15 quid on a market (unbranded)

the snap on one was failed and the cheapy passed a calibration test at work last week..

price is not gonna determine a more accurate wrench, but the main difference is the quality that u get from the likes of snap on.

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23rd May 05 at 20:36   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
i have draper, picked it up for 23 quid locally and its perfect for me...
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quote:
Originally posted by corsa808
pay as much as you can afford. in my expirience cheap tourqe wrenches arent very accurate. and will lose their setting over time.


after each use u have to set it back to zero.

My dad owns a truck garage so he has hugh ones, but i got a snap on half inch drive, old but good
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the new snapon elctronic one is supposed to self calibrate every time it is switched on?!
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23rd May 05 at 21:48   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
dont see the point in the digital 1 myself

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I bought mine off of eBay. It's well good and only cost me about £25... Goes over 200nm which is more than I need

 
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