trail_rat on "What torque wrench?"
Why's no one use a bending beam if they are not getting clickers calibrated.
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I use my 3 position arm.Taking it easy (5 torquey things) Tight (15 torquey things) Really f****** tight. Like, all my weight on it. (50 torquey things)Never ruined anything yet.
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I use the Wiggle one for lower torque stuff and another one (can't remember brand) for higher torque settings on the crank etc.So far so good.
View ArticleLeeW on "What torque wrench?"
Even the bendy ones need calibration. They ain't that great to be honest.
View Articletrail_rat on "What torque wrench?"
Slightly less accurate lots more robust and less susceptible to mistreatment/damage. Perfect for home use on a mountain bike and not in a hermetically sealed lab if you ask me.Obviously not good enough...
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+1 for the lifeline - not let me down yet.I have a car one for the cassette ring and BB and a 5nm key for our and about.
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gnusmas on "What torque wrench?"
Taking it easy (5 torquey things) Tight (15 torquey things) Really f****** tight. Like, all my weight on it. (50 torquey things) that's exactly what i do now and have been doing for years, but with...
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I have a Sealey one for lower torque ranges, and a Halfords jobbie from the late 90's for 20Nm up. Both have been good. The Sealey one is easy to take apart and service; the Halfords one would require...
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I thought the bendy bar ones were crap. To be fair I only use the torque wrench for carbon bits as I'm a bit paranoid and suspension fork servicing, even then you don't NEED one. I checked a few bolts...
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Also worth bearing in mind they're more accurate around the middle of their range than at either end of the scale.johnnyboy666 - Member Oh and leave your torque wrench on it's lowest setting when not...
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I thought the bendy bar ones were crapAny particular reason ,?
View Articlejohnnyboy666 on "What torque wrench?"
Not as easy to use or be precise with and not as accurate. John
View Articlejeffl on "What torque wrench?"
I've got a topeak bendy bar one for low torque stuff and a draper clicky one for big torque.
View ArticleLeeW on "What torque wrench?"
it was such a surprise to find it still calibratedFinding it within 10% isn't 'calibrated', probably more than twice it's tolerance out of spec. In all the years I've been involved in calibration and...
View Articlez1ppy on "What torque wrench?"
Considering the amount of use I need a torque wrench for, after the local Norbar recalibration center wrote off my last T-W for being too old and not have the parts.. I replaced it with a generic one...
View ArticleLeeW on "What torque wrench?"
I think you're close to me Zippy, I'll calibrate it for you for nowt - have done a few for people on here, mainly for cake.
View Articlez1ppy on "What torque wrench?"
... they got snotty with me, when I asked* if I really needed to pay full price for taking it to pieces for inspection but not complete the re-calibration, so I told them to bin it & walked away....
View ArticleLeeW on "What torque wrench?"
OEMs generally do, just be glad you don't have to deal with some of the large US manufacturer's of RF/Microwave electronic kit.
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Has anyone dropped Hooke a WhatsApp and told him about the wildly variable properties of a steel bar ?Not used in industry as industry demands a setting type wrench rather than an indicating type for...
View ArticleLeeW on "What torque wrench?"
I see as many Type one wrenches as I see Type 2. Dial wrenches are Gedore's (Formally MHH Engineering/Torqueleader) second best selling tool after their setting drivers.this cant be done with an...
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