torque wrench suggestions wanted

[Eagle_Adam]

we have a winner!!

 

 

Picked it up locally for $75!!!!!

[ggzilla]

Who has a TWCS (Torque Wrench Calibration System)? Bring it to the next meet so we can calibrate our pathetic wrenches.

[Eagle_Adam]

the snap on guy has one :P i also had a forum member PM saying that's what he does for a living (repair and re-calibration) Ill see if he up for a group deal at a meet

[Dawa]

if i were still on a boat in WA i would just bring your wrenches into work and do it there for everyone... but alas...

[datsunaholic]

The boats had cal shops? We had to send our stuff to SIMA or the PSNS Cal shop.

[Dawa]

the majority of stuff we sent out but there was this one calibration system thing that the nuke mechanics kept in the engine room

that i remember doing a PM on the click type and that allowed me to stick a new, in cal sticker on it.

[nismo dr]

You can get a protractor, and figure out how far to turn a bolt. Or use a clock face. From 12:00 to 3:00 is 90 degrees, a right angle, so 1:00 is 30 degrees, 2:00 is 60 degrees. You should be able to split the difference between 0, and 90 degrees, and get 45 degrees.

 

now do that on 20+ bolts... no thank you

 

these deals are handy, cheap and just go on your breaker bar......but not very sexy

 

[Trophy24]

Nice torque wrench! I use that one at work as well. I have not calibrated my torque wrenches since new. I check them against new ones that come off the tool truck into the shop. I know it is not exact, but it is close enough for me. Any experience out there on how often they are off in a significant way?

[Kisor]

Meow.....

 

Just picked this one up.

 

 

 

I do a lot of Subaru head gaskets on the side and need something that is flexible with torque angles. Doing the gaskets in the car is tight and this will give me more accuracy as it records and buzzes when you have reached the desired angle.

 

Plus its 12.5-250 ft lbs. And my old wrench started at 40, my inch lb wrench stopped at 20 in lbs. Two of the specs for subys are in the 20-30 range.

 

Now I have one wrench that does it all. It cost 2x as much but will be well worth it after one head gasket job.

[flatcat19]

^

Own one myself.

 

Love it!!!

 

I rent my out to other techs around town for $25 a pop.

Paid for itself in a couple months.

[ggzilla]

So $25 to calibrate? Bring it to to Bluelake.

[flatcat19]

No.

$25 to borrow my Snap-On TechWrench.

 

I have one guy that has borrowed it 13 times.

That's more than 2/3 the cost of his own.

[Laecaon]

Yay, you ended up with a split beam, one that looks like it clicks as well.

[Eagle_Adam]

it does click and i freekn love it! im now on the hunt for a torque wrench that will go to a lower setting, this one starts at 50 lbs

[HRH]

I use a Craftsman one, but yes, all clicker type torque wrenches only carry a one year warranty for the most part. I'll one-up the TechAngle though. Back when I was at Nissan in the desert, we had digital torque wrenches. They had a separate head that went on to measure torque and breakaway torque to the decimal point. Pretty crazy. Very very accurate,if somewhat unwieldy, they had a wire coming off the head. Can't even find a picture on the interwebs to show you. Probably outdated by now.

[Z-train]

No.

$25 to borrow my Snap-On TechWrench.

 

I have one guy that has borrowed it 13 times.

That's more than 2/3 the cost of his own.

 

how many times has he been hit in the head with a torque wrench?

[Eagle_Adam]

how many times has he been hit in the head with a torque wrench?

 

:rofl:

[flatcat19]

Just enough, I'd say.

[Eagle_Adam]

just got my new one in the mail :)

 

 

0 - 100 ft lbs - snap on