torque wrench needed

[Zundfolge1432]

Wow a kindred spirit that can recognize the advantage of using professional tooling rather than chinese dime store crap. Here’s a few pics of real tools with calibration stickers and the factory cases.

[Sharp64]

OMG! I just got tool shamed! I must run to a mod and cry like a little girl
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[Zundfolge1432]

[TDCTDI]

[Sharp64]

[busman78]

A decade ago wanted one of these Warren & Brown Deflecting Beam Torque Wrenches but a bit pricey, hard to justify when you only do a few engines a year.

http://wbtools.com.au/products/deflecting-beams/deflecting-beam-torque-wrenches/

[Da TOW'D]

[busman78]

I am jealous of your W&B's, course if I run into one priced disgustingly low I will bring it home with me, even with six torque wrenches now there is always room for something odd to joint the pack

[Da TOW'D]

Like Spring around here today

3/8" goes from 0-180 inch pounds 20nm.
1/2" 20-220 ft. lbs.
I" 200 ft.l bs to 750 ft. lbs.

handy when you need them
Hank
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[pyrOman]

FWIW & FYI... This I've learned and known for ages since precision instrument calibration is what I do for a living, though only for another 7 days and I'm done with that!

As a general rule torque wrenches are not deemed "accurate" in the first 15% to 20% of their range, whatever range that'd be. Some are good from end to end but it is not recommended to say torque something at 10lb-ft using a 100lb-ft wrench.

In my over 30 years experience the "preferred" type is the dial or beam types. They are most accurate in that you will bring it right up to the desired torque since you are looking at the scale as you go. Using the "click" type is okay but unless you are very good on the "feel", you will more often than not over torque past the desired setting. Reason being that as you are pulling on it once it clicks you are still pulling just a bit more! I often have the end users here at work try it for themselves using my torque tester and they are usually quite surprised to see this.

Now on that note, preferring the dial is okay for mostly lower torque settings since when applying higher torque it is often not practical to read a dial, as has been mentioned already.

Finally, the digitals are really the best since not only can you read it as you go but most have settings with "alarms" when you reach the setting thus giving you the "feel" needed. I have one that even has a yellow light when getting closer and then a red light when the point is reached.

Note: Beam types, which include digitals, always return to zero when not in use. If you were to store it at say half the load, it would stress the beam and eventually take a "set" or "bend". For the same reason it is why it's recommended to set the "click" types back to its lowest setting before storing, since the torqueing "element" is a precision spring and reacts the same as a beam does under stress for a long period of time.

Hope any of that crap helps some.

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[calvinater]

nice setup
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[TDCTDI]

[Da TOW'D]

the big bruiser is leaning on the lip of the roof

Hank
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'58 SC Ruf
'62 type 3 Notch
'92 Eurovan Willy DD
and NUTS

[busman78]

Just showing off that his "TORQUE WRENCH" is bigger than your "torque wrench"

[TDCTDI]

[pyrOman]

[raygreenwood]

[gt1953]

Ever since I obtained the inch pound torque wrench, my leaks at the oil drips drain area have subsided. I never tightened them enough.
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[crankbait09]

when it comes to the right size ft lb torque wrench, what is the lowest setting you have had to use?

In the Muir book it mentions needing a wrench that measures 0-250. But how close to zero do you actually find yourself going?