kingr
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| posted on 25/2/03 at 11:20 AM |
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Torque wrenches
Does anyone have any advice on what torque wrench I should get, I don't want anything ridiculously expensive, but equally, I don't want anything so
cheap and nasty that it either falls apart or is so inaccurate it's more of a liability than a help. What are the halfords ones like?
Kingr
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kingr
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| posted on 25/2/03 at 11:24 AM |
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Just had a look in the archives and halfords and teng appear to be the primary options, so that's the question pretty much answered. Although, if
anyone has any other brands they recomend, I'd be interested to hear.
Kingr
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gjn200
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| posted on 25/2/03 at 04:48 PM |
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I've got a cheapy draper (£20 or was) and have rebuilt 2 engines with it, no probems at all. Oh and there both still going b4 anyone asks.
<- Me!
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UncleFista
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| posted on 25/2/03 at 05:54 PM |
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I've heard good things about Norbar torque wrenches, not cheap but not mentally expensive either.
Whichever you choose, make sure you wind it off before you store it, I've knackered a couple by forgetting ;(
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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ChrisW
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| posted on 25/2/03 at 07:04 PM |
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I've got two Halford's professional ones. Ok they may not be the best quality but the fact that they offer a lifetime warranty (and you can take it
back on a sunday afternoon) sold it for me.
Chris
My gaff my rules
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James
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| posted on 26/2/03 at 05:22 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by kingr
Just had a look in the archives and halfords and teng appear to be the primary options, so that's the question pretty much answered. Although, if
anyone has any other brands they recomend, I'd be interested to hear.
Kingr
I spent ages looking for one. In the end it was a choice of the Halfords at £50 or the Teng (from Halfords) at £60.
Teng are I guess the superior manufacturer so after I hunted around and found the same Teng one for £38 from A.R.E motor factors it wasn't a hard
choice! 
The Teng one is beautifully made and comes in a nice plastic box too! 
HTH,
James
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