Torque Wrenches

[dyna-ti]

In this day and age of finer tolerances and components that dont like being' cranked up tight' what are your experiences in torque wrenches,in that can anyone recommend me one ?
Im currently looking at the Park 'little clicker' one.


Who knows what






I'd a mate gave me his old one(worked in space industry) but passed it along the line many moons ago. Yup, regretting that now :facepalm:

 

[barry2017]

Never buy bike specific tools unless you have to. This one is excellent:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wera-050753930 ... B00BT0F7JE

 

[DynaCol]

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I've got an X tools one which appears perfectly adequate, never had any issues with it anyway. How accurate it is I have no way of testing obviously but for the limited times I use it for tightening stem bolts etc it seems to work fine and at £24 it's hardly a big investment.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/x-to ... -prod11142

 

[RobMac]

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I have two bought from Halfords Pro range one for bikes and one for the car and motorbikes. DONT buy one with the bendy needle and gauge arrangement.

 

[dyna-ti]

Never buy bike specific tools unless you have to. This one is excellent:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Wera-050753930 ... B00BT0F7JE

That one looks the job, but ill run past a couple of mechanics and get their opinion too.
I particularly like its 1-25. Covers just about everything bar cranks.

Ta all

@Rob
I had one of those but got rid of without ever using it. Park one at that, but as you say, pretty inaccurate. No, if i were to choose it would be a clicky type.
The park little clicker seems to be using the name click but it doesnt :? if you know what i mean. More a slight movement you need to watch for rather than a torque plate you get on drills
The one Chris667 pointed out seems to be what im after, just really the price to deal with now.

I'd avoid like the plague anything costing £24 :? Thats a recipe for disaster and too inaccurate for bits costing 200 quid.

 

[DynaCol]

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I've been building bikes for years without the use of a torque wrench and never had any issues. The £24 one I have is well built and accurate enough for bike building; if I was in to retro watches I might spend a bit more

I tend to go on the reviews of a product more than the price these days.

 

[dyna-ti]

New Rotor cranks, and i dont want to snap something That would likely depress me for a decade.

Luck would give me the only set that didnt work. Usually theres more interest in calibration with the more expensive models. So i'll pick one up when paid.
Just have to hope the deal stays on.

I appreciated the suggestion

 

[highlandsflyer]

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Will you want to carry this with you when you travel? If not, there are alternative and accurate methods for nipping things up near enough.

 

[02gf74]

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I've been building bikes for years without the use of a torque wrench and never had any issues. The £24 one I have is well built and accurate enough for bike building; if I was in to retro watches I might spend a bit more

I hear what you are saying but in theses days of carbon fibre parts, a torque wrench is needed to tighten up without damage or else face seatpost slippage for ever.

 

[jaypee]

Re: torque wrench

I'm looking to buy a torque wrench and the wiggle one seems to be popular. But it only goes up to 24nm and my need right now is for the crank bolts, with a recommended 40nm or so.

I've noted recommended torque before but this is the first job where i feel need to actually do it properly and buy the tool. Yet the recommended one is too low spec! Seems bizarre.

I'm strictly retro so maybe newer bikes don't have anything that needs over 24?? Confused.

There's a bunch at around £30 from various hardware/tool suppliers that go up to 80-120nm and I'll probably get one of those.