Torque Wrench needed

[TrevS]

Hi all

Can anyone recommend a nice torque wrench that would be suitable for my Tornado TS40 build? I am stocking up with some more tools at the moment and want to buy a good quality torque wrench. I know you can spend hundreds on these things but ideally I don't want to spend too much

Any suggestions?

Trev

www.gt40builder.com

[Malcolm]

I recently got a Halfords Expert for about £60 in 3/8 drive, the most common sized socket I use on my cars. It seems to cover most situations for me.

[TrevS]

I was actually just looking at the Halfords professinal range as there are a lot of rave reviews about them on the web. They offer 3 versions of the torque wrench so which one will suit most if not all of my torqueing needs for my build.

Halfords Professional Torque Wrench 40-200Nm
Halfords Professional Torque Wrench 60-300Nm
Halfords Professional Torque Wrench 8-60Nm

Cheers

Trev

[Ian Anderson]

Unless you are going to become a permanent mechanic would it not be more suitable to purchase a more reasonable one.

It should survive at least one car build and if you remember to release the pressure on the spring after use shoudl be reasonably accurate for a long time

Try
Clarke ½" Drive Torque Wrench - CHT141 - Machine Mart

or others from e bay

If you are that worried get a cheaper one and link it toa "borrowed" good one to check how far out the readings are

Ian

[TrevS]

Originally Posted by IanAnderson

Unless you are going to become a permanent mechanic would it not be more suitable to purchase a more reasonable one.

It should survive at least one car build and if you remember to release the pressure on the spring after use shoudl be reasonably accurate for a long time

Try
Clarke ½" Drive Torque Wrench - CHT141 - Machine Mart

or others from e bay

If you are that worried get a cheaper one and link it toa "borrowed" good one to check how far out the readings are

Ian

Valid point Ian. I don't think £50-60 is that bad though for something Ill use regularly and also the halfords one is supposed to be very easy to setup etc. Those few minutes spent here and there messing around configuring tools will soon add up.

Trev

[Malcolm]

I would be cynical perhaps to think that on really cheap versions the torque setting spring might be made of chocolate? Works a few times then looses calibration. I still have tools I bought to build my first kit car (Dax Cobra in 1984) so buying something for a few extra pounds now should make it last a lifetime if cared for. And it is less likely to break on you in use so saving your knuckles from punching something you didn't want to! As has oft been quoted to me on this forum before, you pays your money and takes your choice!

[TrevS]

Right decided to go for a halfords one and see how i get on. Which one should I go for and what are the minimum and maximum torque values I can expect to use throughout my build?

Halfords Professional Torque Wrench 40-200Nm
Halfords Professional Torque Wrench 60-300Nm
Halfords Professional Torque Wrench 8-60Nm

Thanks

Trev

[TrevS]

Right, looking at the build manual the torque settings chart states the lowest setting used in the build as 20ft/ibs and the highest as 200ft/ibs.

Looking through a load of torque wrenchs I can't seem to find any that offer that kind of range. I might have to buy 2 of the halfords wrenchs to meet all required torque settings.

Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Trev