Recomendations Make / Model Torque Wrench

[Hybrid_From_Hell]

As mine seems wounded since the 90 reversed over it

So, need a new one, needs to be decent, and more importnantly accurate

Who recomends which / what and why ?

(Price idicators would be good too )

Nige

[landroversforever]

I have the 1/2" drive halfords one Just feels nice. Has a nice positive click too. IIRC it was about £60?

[crclifford]

i also have the halfords 60Nm one, i think it was about £60 too.third one down

But i think i might purchase the top one as well though!!

[Orange]

I too have both the small and medium Halfords ones. Excellent value for money and very accurate. Tested both of them against a Snap-On 3/8" drive digital jobbie and the differences were negligable (sp?)...

[redneck]

Norbar are pretty much the industry standard, but it's still worth getting them calibrated every so often (depending on use and storage conditions).

Personally I have Snap-on and Norbar, Snap-on (torque wrenches) are not worth the money tbh

[SiWhite]

I have the baby Halfords one (some TD5 engine torques are pretty low) and it's great. I'll get the bigger one to replace my horrid Machine Mart one when the need arises.

[Ratty43]

Another vote for Halfords, as with many of the own brand tools they sell the price and product are both excellent.

[zim]

A lot of ours at work are norbar or britool. But as said above, calibrated fairly often.

G

[Mark]

I have 2 Halfords ones, and they just work nicely. If money was no object or if I earned my living off it I'd go with britool or norbar, but the halfords ones really are good for the money.

Mark

[Jon White]

I've got Teng ones. Nice, reasonably priced and actually come with calibration certificates too!

Jon

[fozsug]

I have a Snap-on 3/8 th drive digital with degree 5-100ftlbs with calibration cert about 100 bear tokens, found very accurate and easy to use especially on the degrees, saves trying to pull and look at a gauge, it gives a nice buzz and vibrate when at the desired torque or angle

And i have a Wurth basic 1/2 in drive 40-200 nm for the bigger stuff , about 60 bear tokens, good strong and accurate

[L19MUD]

Another vote for the halfords ones - I have the small one and the biggest one. Between them they cover everything I need for cars and tractors

[yalan]

I have a snap-on 3/8 and 1/2" but without doubt would buy halfords next time.

Calibrating the snap-ons cost as much as buying a new halfords version.

The halfords ones are very solid and well put together and totally eclipse anything else such as draper and teng.

Awesome value for money especially if you have a trade card (20% off own brand tools)

[garymorris]

Another vote for Halfords , got the 3/8 drive for low torque and also got a teng 3/8 which i don't think is as good as the Halfords one

Cheers

Gary

[Les Henson]

Halfords for me too

Norbar are excellent as well.

Les.

[JeffR]

Believe it or not, I bought a Laser (!!!!!!!!!) half inch drive (300ft lbs) to do a brake conversion on a Mini last year for round about £100, and I hate to say it, (my smaller one is Norbar) but it does what it says on the tin. Came complete with a calibration certificate and instructions to have the thing re-calibrated regularly. I mean for what it cost....... Had a mate check it out at his work and it was spot on in terms of accuracy

[Hybrid_From_Hell]

Thanks all

Took My Halfords trade card for an outing today - sorted

Just need to get the engine bits back to use it

Nge

[outdoor_ian]

Did the trade card take much off the RRP ?

[Hybrid_From_Hell]

£79 to £48 for the biggie

£69 to £29 for the smaller one

Nige

[RustyNissanPrairie]

halfords=rebranded Norbar

[M&S]

£79 to £48 for the biggie

£69 to £29 for the smaller one

Nige

That's AMAZING VALUE! I have a £10 voucher for Halfords as well so that'll be £19 for me

Must say I don't use one at home, use them all the time at work but at home I'm pretty good at guessing Haven't rebuilt an engine though so...

For £19 I'll have one though, might be handy one day

[tychoS]

As mine seems wounded since the 90 reversed over it

So, need a new one, needs to be decent, and more importnantly accurate

Who recomends which / what and why ?

(Price idicators would be good too )

Nige

If you don't mind spending money I can recommend the Stahlville Manoskop series of torque wrenches.

http://www.stahlwille-online.de/index.php?amac=03030002000e&sid=e8a4ab8ca42d9f3efe0edc2aad90a8f0&lid=2&mid=2&shid=&scmd=rlist&pcid=4893

They have the advantage that you do not have to reset after use. You can leave them set at whatever torque you want forever without causing any damage.

This is because the spring is not under tension while the wrench is not used. Only when you turn a nut using the wrench is the spring under tension. In this thread are pictures of the mechanism http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=36219

They come in a great number of models. Fixed or removable ratchet, models that takes rectangular inserts, so you can have a ring or fork at the end instead of a ratchet, many different torque intervals etc.

In general the quality is second to none. Over here it common to walk into a mechanics shop and see they have brought all their handtools from one manufactor, with one exception their Stahlville torque wrenches.

[landroversforever]

They have the advantage that you do not have to reset after use. You can leave them set at whatever torque you want forever without causing any damage.

Bu99er. How should I leave my halfords one then? I didnt realise I had to reset it after use

[Retroanaconda]

Reset back to zero after use. Otherwise the spring will be damaged.

Except for the whizzy one above!

[tychoS]

Reset back to zero after use. Otherwise the spring will be damaged.

Except for the whizzy one above!

Exactly