Torque wrench range?

[tomsteer]

Hi,

I'm in the market for a new torque wrench, what range should I be looking at to cover the majority of torque settings on a 172? Obviously there won't be a one size fits all so I will probably end up getting a couple to get the full range.

Thanks in advance, hope this is the right section.

Cheers,

Tom

 

[sideways danny]

I have 3 currently. 1 to 20Nm, 20 to 100Nm, and 70 to 300Nm

 

[theduck]

Can you recommend any particular ones Danny?

 

[Dan1587]

Hi,

I'm in the market for a new torque wrench, what range should I be looking at to cover the majority of torque settings on a 172? Obviously there won't be a one size fits all so I will probably end up getting a couple to get the full range.

Thanks in advance, hope this is the right section.

Cheers,

Tom

I have two for work! Teng tools.

They are good, and the pair was £80. Think the range on the 3/8 one is 5-25 and the other is 25-170.

But looking at the range on Dans you may need another one.


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[tomsteer]

Thanks for the replies.

I've been looking at the Halfords wrenches, does anyone have any good/ bad experiences with them?

They seem to get good reviews online and for ~£150 I could get the 8-60 and 60-300.

Any recommendations welcomed.

Cheers,

Tom

 

[Scrooge]

I've broken 2 Halfords 3/8 wrenches now.

 

[sideways danny]

Can you recommend any particular ones Danny?

I use snap-onm but for a light user, Halfords are ok

 

[theduck]

Are the halfords ones accurate enough for say rebuilding an f4r?

 

[TimR26]

I've got a Draper torque wrench that's 20nm to 210nm iirc

 

[Fred@BTM]

I have 3 currently. 1 to 20Nm, 20 to 100Nm, and 70 to 300Nm

meh, one of mine does 17-340 :rasp:

 

[Dan1587]

meh, one of mine does 17-340 :rasp:

We have a workshop for hub nuts and wheels, that's like 200-1100Nm

Not that my cats blacker or anything

 

[sideways danny]

meh, one of mine does 17-340 :rasp:

one of mine has adjusment increments of 0.11Nm. f**king sexual

 

[Scrooge]

Guessing is the best way.