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YOUR RESEARCHIs this Torque wrench any good for $30?
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Fill bucket slowly
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I put the tool head into vise, extended tool handle with a bar, hanged a 5 gallon bucket at the end of bar, and filled the bucket slowly with water until the tool snapped.
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Since the error is consistent and repeatable, and you should check any tool before doing critical work, I think buying expensive tool may be a waste of money.
Leading evidence: 'Fill bucket slowly' (no explicit attributable resolution; this is a reported action or suggestion). Across 1 matching discussions, the most frequently mentioned possible cause is 'best buy' (1 discussions; 0 report identifying it and 1 suggest it). The most frequently discussed action is 'Check any tool' (1 discussions). For that action, 0 discussions report a resolution and 0 report an unsuccessful attempt. No action has an explicit, attributable resolution report under the current rules. These are forum reports and suggestions, not a confirmed diagnosis.
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The best bet for smaller items is to get a 3/8 drive and Sears wrench is probably the best buy for accuracy and cost.
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Since the error is consistent and repeatable, and you should check any tool before doing critical work, I think buying expensive tool may be a waste of money.
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First off take from me that most mechanic friends I know don't torque common repair items like spark plugs and oil drain pans.
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This type of wrench should be stored with the tension removed (set back to 0) from the wrench, the accuracy will be better over time.
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Check any tool
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Since the error is consistent and repeatable, and you should check any tool before doing critical work, I think buying expensive tool may be a waste of money.
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I put the tool head into vise, extended tool handle with a bar, hanged a 5 gallon bucket at the end of bar, and filled the bucket slowly with water until the tool snapped.
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Is this Torque wrench any good for $30?
http://www.tirerack.com/accessories/tools/tw605.jsp
It is odd that the head & the handle dont look like one solid piece but more like the head is bolted/pinned to the handle...
That is how they are made, 2 piece construction so the head can pivot. My Snap On is like this. Looks nice but that is a cheep price. I'd be curious to see how accurate it is......
no, I wouldnt drop the wrench.
So this may be ok for wheels, but what about for stuff like the oil drain bolt & stuff like that? Do those types of things require more precision?
Can/how are torque wrenches recalibrated? Is it expensive to do?
I use one torque wrench for any engine or suspension parts and another less expensive one for wheels. For your wheels you could be 10 lbs. off and it won't be a problem. 10 lbs. off on an engine part could be a broken bolt or a leak or worse a part falling off.
I haven't sent my expensive wrench out for re-calibration for a while but it was $65 last time I did (on a $525 wrench).
I prefer to use only a split beam torque wrench (no need to 'unwind' it each time you use it)
I've had this one for about 3 years and have been very happy with it:
http://www.tirerack.com/accessories/...i_c3fr250f.jsp
I have an almost identical tool (made in Taiwan) purchased cheaply maybe 23 years ago. I also wondered about accuracy so I measured it recently. I put the tool head into vise, extended tool handle with a bar, hanged a 5 gallon bucket at the end of bar, and filled the bucket slowly with water until the tool snapped. Repeated for different torque settings. I did calculations considering the weight of tool handle, bar, bucket, and water.
There was a pretty consistent and repeatable error of about 5-10%. But now I have the error charted on a piece of paper, so I can account for it.
Since the error is consistent and repeatable, and you should check any tool before doing critical work, I think buying expensive tool may be a waste of money.
First off take from me that most mechanic friends I know don't torque common repair items like spark plugs and oil drain pans. See mechanics are on flag time and they don't waste the time to set a torque wrench to tighten things. They only do it to important things such as head bolts. The common items usually are wrench on a 1/4 of a turn after its preloaded down which makes it about 15-20 ft-lbs. Most mechanics use there experience to get an idea what is tight enough. With that said the Tirerack wrench is a cheap wrench that is best to use on wheels. Also I would not use a 1/2 inch drive wrench for small items like drain plugs. The best bet for smaller items is to get a 3/8 drive and Sears wrench is probably the best buy for accuracy and cost. FWIW the split beam are most accurate. Remember to store your wrench set at zero to keep it accurate.
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