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I have one at the moment, a cheap X-Tools one but the lowest setting is 5nm and I'm concious these things generally work best in the middle of their range.
So what, not too expensive ideally, torque wrench should I buy that focussed on the lower ends of the range, 1 or 2nm to maybe 10nm or so?
Edit, and if it happens to have 3/8" drive and so will fit my existing sockets then all the better!
I got an ice-toolz from Halfords. 5-25 Nm ... As good as they get really. I paid about £20.
"As good as they get really"
thats a pretty big statement for a cheapo torque wrench.....and pretty useless when he already has a 5-25 by sounds of it .
wera make a nice 1-25nm one.
how ever for most home bike mechanics a bending beam one more than suffices. in which case you have the park tw1 or tw-2 depending on if you want a 1/4 or 3/8s....
I've got the syntace one with bits (1/4 inch) and its quite nice - you can always get a 1/4 to 3/8 adapter:
[url= http://www.bike-discount.de/en/buy/syntace-torque-tool-1-25-nm-bit-set-hex-set-139659 ]linky[/url]
does come on its own though too. Apparantly its one developed with 'norbar' for bike specific range of 1-25Nm so not as cheap quality as some that are available
M-Part torque wrench 2-24nm @ CRC £23.99.
You're better off using common sense than an uncalibrated torque wrench.
We calibrate our own at work, some of them are MILES out when we buy them.
Just got one of these..
[url= http://mbaction.com/home-page/product-testing-cdi-torque-products-torqcontrol-adjustable-torque-wrench ]CDi TorqControl Wrench[/url]
Comes calibrated, CDi are part of SnapOn which may or may not be a good thing, depending on your opinion of them. The torque range is ideal for a bike at 2-8Nm and the gauge makes it nice and easy to set the correct torque. I used a mates 5-25Nm wrench and the gauge made it nigh on impossible to accurately set torques below 10Nm..
Couldn't find it available in the UK so ordered it on AmazonUS and it arrived in about a week. Seems like a decent price too.
trail_rat - Member
"As good as they get really"thats a pretty big statement for a cheapo torque wrench......
It wasn`t meant as a big statement. Rather hinting at what this post says rather better ...
ahwiles - Member
You're better off using common sense than an uncalibrated torque wrench.We calibrate our own at work, some of them are MILES out when we buy them.
I've got a BBB torque wrench that goes down to 2Nm and cost about 45 quid several years ago.
It looks remarkably like the [url= http://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TOJWeggMTWS/jobsworth-pro-torque-wrench-set ]PlanetX[/url] one and works really well.
Drop me a line if you're interested in a superstar pro torque wrench cheap.
New and unused. Does 2 to 14nm iirc.