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[mvahora]

Are you in Australia ?

" Supercheap " are anything but cheap and much of their product I've found is not of reasonable quality.

That aside, with precision tools like Torque Wrenches, you get what you pay for. It's hardly worth buying a cheap Wrench, which may still be about 75% the price of a quality unit, to say use it on Big End Nuts, only to have them let go at some point because the Torque was wrong. That failure will set you back much much more than the price of the best Torque Wrench in the world ! When I was an apprentice on little money, I bought a cheap Wrench, it seemed to work fine on the first nut and on the second, it didn't feel right, but trusting the cheap wrench over my own feel, I kept going, luckily that stud snapped right then. It was a real wake up call, I threw that Wrench in the bin and never bought cheap since.

 

The Torque Wrenches I have (that I mentioned ^ ) are Warren & Brown. I thought they were a fair price. I usually send them out once a year for calibration, over the 20 + years I've had the 3/8" Wrench, it's never needed adjusting and never drifted. That one also gets a lot of use. The 3/4" Drive, I've had probably about 15 years now and that too has never needed adjusting and never drifted.

 

 

 

I'm a bit further south, New Zealand.  Ill stick with TENG TOOLS. Seems to be the most cost effective option whilst being a solid reliable brand. 

 

I looked at the "torque wrench" pinned thread here on the forum and also my Haynes manual. Need a wide range of torque. Which torque ranges and sizes should I get so that I can do nearly everything? 

Edited by mvahora, 29 November 2021 - 10:49 PM.

[croc7]

AC Delco makes a a torque adapter that I use. 1/2” drive, digital readout, audible/LED flash notification, 4-250 ft/#. Readings in Nm, “/# and ft/#. P/N ARM602-4A. $64 on Amazon, 3/8” drive available in 6-60 ft/# for about $50 US. I like it.

Has some pretty bad reviews on amazon lol

4 1/2 out of 5 stars is good enough for me. I use mine in conjunction with a digital torque wrench to confirm accuracy of both.

[Spider]

I'm a bit further south, New Zealand.  Ill stick with TENG TOOLS. Seems to be the most cost effective option whilst being a solid reliable brand. 

 

I looked at the "torque wrench" pinned thread here on the forum and also my Haynes manual. Need a wide range of torque. Which torque ranges and sizes should I get so that I can do nearly everything?

 

Ah, OK, you're our Eastern Island

As I mentioned in my earlier post, I find the 3/8" and 3/4" Drives cover everything sensibly, on a Mini.

The 3/8" I find light and sensitive enough not just with it's 'click' but in feel too. Mine goes from 6ft / lb to 75 ft /lb. That's covers the Engine, most of the Clutch and most of the gearbox.

The 3/4" Drive goes (I think) from 50 ft / lb to 350 ft / lb, that covers the Flywheel (not that I ever use it on that), the big nuts in the Gearbox and the CV Nut on Disc Brakes.

If you look through most of the Torque settings needed, they range from about 2-1/2 ft / lb through to about 40, with a couple in the 60 - 70 range, then the next jump up is to 110 ft / lb to 197 ft / lb.

Look for something that covers these ranges from about 20% to 80% of their scales.

I've bough a couple of TENG branded tools, admitted, not a Torque Wrench. For what ever it's worth, I wasn't the slightest impressed and wouldn't buy another.
 

[nicklouse]

I have a whole pile of Teng Tools as there were a good price when I lived in Sweden. They are/were a Swedish/Japanese company.

 

have I invested in their Torque wrenches? Nope. But I did buy their torque screwdriver.

 

[mvahora]

I have a whole pile of Teng Tools as there were a good price when I lived in Sweden. They are/were a Swedish/Japanese company.

 

have I invested in their Torque wrenches? Nope. But I did buy their torque

 

How much do you like the screwdriver? there are some really good reviews on their torque wrenches. 

[mvahora]

 

I'm a bit further south, New Zealand. Ill stick with TENG TOOLS. Seems to be the most cost effective option whilst being a solid reliable brand.

I looked at the "torque wrench" pinned thread here on the forum and also my Haynes manual. Need a wide range of torque. Which torque ranges and sizes should I get so that I can do nearly everything?

Ah, OK, you're our Eastern Island

As I mentioned in my earlier post, I find the 3/8" and 3/4" Drives cover everything sensibly, on a Mini.

The 3/8" I find light and sensitive enough not just with it's 'click' but in feel too. Mine goes from 6ft / lb to 75 ft /lb. That's covers the Engine, most of the Clutch and most of the gearbox.

The 3/4" Drive goes (I think) from 50 ft / lb to 350 ft / lb, that covers the Flywheel (not that I ever use it on that), the big nuts in the Gearbox and the CV Nut on Disc Brakes.

If you look through most of the Torque settings needed, they range from about 2-1/2 ft / lb through to about 40, with a couple in the 60 - 70 range, then the next jump up is to 110 ft / lb to 197 ft / lb.

Look for something that covers these ranges from about 20% to 80% of their scales.

I've bough a couple of TENG branded tools, admitted, not a Torque Wrench. For what ever it's worth, I wasn't the slightest impressed and wouldn't buy another.
 

I've got a BAHCO 1/4" and 1/2" Square Drive Socket Set see link and pics below - https://www.bahco.co...s-pb_s106_.html

If I purchase a 3/8" torque wrench will I need a adaptor to use the 1/4" and 1/2" bacho sockets?

The following torque wrenches are currently on special at a really good price:

1/2" 30-150 ft/lb 465mm

 

1/2" 50-250 (ft/lb) 632mm

 

3/8" 15-75 (ft/lb) 368mm

3/8" 4-18 (ft/lb) 277mm

 

3/4" 70-350 (ft/lb) is available but is significantly more expensive then the above options

 

Could I get away with a few of the above?

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Edited by mvahora, 01 December 2021 - 11:13 AM.

[nicklouse]

 

I have a whole pile of Teng Tools as there were a good price when I lived in Sweden. They are/were a Swedish/Japanese company.

 

have I invested in their Torque wrenches? Nope. But I did buy their torque

 

How much do you like the screwdriver? there are some really good reviews on their torque wrenches. 

 

Only gets used on bicycles and even then it rarely got used.

 

 My old ones were getting hard to read. Skuffed reading windows and pealing charts. Well I had had them since the 90s

so I spent about 500€ on some from a local hardware store all came with certificates of calibration and covered most of the range needed.

Then when back in the UK I picked up one of the Halfords ones that goes up to cover the Wheel/CV nuts. 
i dont like using any at the max or minimum of there range.

 

back to the Teng if they come with the certification slips and you look after them they they should do the job.

[I hate Brian]

Anyone know who makes the Halfords range they look very similar to the Wera torque wrenches ?

[nicklouse]

Anyone know who makes the Halfords range they look very similar to the Wera torque wrenches ?

Norbar I think it was mentioned earlier in the thread.

[gav]

Anyone know who makes the Halfords range they look very similar to the Wera torque wrenches ?

 

Norbar as per my original post ;)

[I hate Brian]

Aaahh just checked yes cheers guys, are these good quality ?

[mvahora]

Aaahh just checked yes cheers guys, are these good quality ?

 

Yeah Norbar is meant to be really really good! And the halfords ones have a great reputation. You guys are so lucky in the UK. You get some awesome products! The weather on the other hand lol

Edited by mvahora, 01 December 2021 - 11:15 AM.

[Spider]

Norbar is very much top shelf. I think the 1/2" Drive Wrench I have and never use on Minis ! is a Norbar.

Bahco tools too are generally very good, highly recommend them.

 

I'll try and remember to snap off a photo of a teng compression tester I bought a few years back - I don't even know why I still have it.

[mvahora]

Gonna bite the bullet and grab the following 3, should cover mostly everything Ill ever need to do. Getting them very cheap so may as well go for it lool 

 

TENG 1/2" 30-150 ft/lb 465mm

 

TENG 3/8" 15-75 (ft/lb) 368mm

 

TENG 3/8" 4-18 (ft/lb) 277mm

Edited by mvahora, 02 December 2021 - 10:49 AM.

[nicklouse]

That lot miss the hub nuts and the flywheel range by quite a lot.