Torque wrench

I'm after one, not wanting to spend much money, mainly for bike use, but a
bit of car use, so 3/8ths drive is probably best.

Anyone got any recommendations, or avoiders?

Cheers

Nige

 

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Draper-34570-88-5-708-Inch-Pounds-Ratchet/dp/B0001K9T2O

 

80nm is only 60 ft-lbs. This probably won't be enough for some things you
may want to do - e.g. the front sprocket nut and the nut holding the
clutch basket on most bikes need to be torqued well in excess of this.
Ideally you need two torque wrenches - one for the smaller stuff like the
bolts that hold engine covers in place and another one for the big stuff

 

Blimey. Whatever happened to Norbar? Mine is over 30 years old and still
perfect.

 

Not that impressed with 'em meself.

When I was shopping for a large g-clamp the only store with any big enough,
stocked Draper.

I could see from across the shop the row of g-clamps hanging on pegs - all
of them had crooked screw fitting.

If you buy one of their torque wrenches, you'd better hope they made at
least a half arsed attempt at precision.

 

Jolly pleased with my Sykes Pickavant. Had it for 20 or so years
though so i've no idea if they are still good.

Steve

 

If I need a breaker bar to get it off 2 grunts is usually used to put
it back on.

Steve

 

Buy a decent quality one from Ebay rather than a cheap one brand new. I
can check it for accuracy in our workshops at some point in the next 12
months or you can use the old favourite of checking it against some
fasteners that you know are torqued up correctly.

 

It's only perfect if it's been calibrated recently

--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Inter-Continental Hyperbolistic Missile , CBR600F-W racebike
in the making, TS250C, RD400F (somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

 

Buy two - one for "low value" settings, eg 10-80Nm, and the other
for doing the heavy stuff, 80Nm-200Nm. You won't get a "cheap" one
that will be accurate (enough) across the whole range, imo.

If you're really posh, get a digital vibrating Snap-On. Oo-er.

 

Troo.