Torque Wrenches, do you calibrate them?
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Torque Wrenches, do you calibrate them?
I just had my 5 year old craftsman done and it was registering 5 punds over at 80ft/lbs. So I asked to do a lower torque, 64 as this is for rod bolts, and it was 3 over. So, something to think about when everyone has there perfect special secret torquing methods.
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I found out the hard way when my Hobo Fake TW snapped 2 rad bracket bolts off in a row. My old HF wrenches were nearly 20ft-lbs off. Lucky i can cal them at work as i don't know where to get them cal'd elsewhere.
But if you want trouble free torque wrenchs the old beam wrenchs are hard to beat.
Beam wrenchs will keep a good cal for a long time unless dropped or bent.
And sometimes its kinda nice to measure break-free torque that u can't do with most other TW's (cept maybe dial types). But beam wrenchs are difficult to use in some locations.
Caught a pair of Craftsman beam wrench on sale for ready spares now.
cardo0
Also: i see a lot more Angle Torque Meters used now - claimed to be more accurate. Heck even Auto Zone sells'm cheap and they use much less tool box space than a TW.
But if you want trouble free torque wrenchs the old beam wrenchs are hard to beat.
Beam wrenchs will keep a good cal for a long time unless dropped or bent. And sometimes its kinda nice to measure break-free torque that u can't do with most other TW's (cept maybe dial types). But beam wrenchs are difficult to use in some locations. Caught a pair of Craftsman beam wrench on sale for ready spares now.
cardo0
Also: i see a lot more Angle Torque Meters used now - claimed to be more accurate. Heck even Auto Zone sells'm cheap and they use much less tool box space than a TW.
Last edited by cardo0; Jul 15, 2008 at 02:38 PM. Reason: one more thing
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