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mikelittle
| | Posted on Friday, August 09, 2002 - 10:02 pm: | 
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I am in the process of buying a torque wrench and would like a recommendation on the best size.
There seem to be two choices, 10-100lbf/ft or 50-250 lbf/ft.
Which would be a better all round choice.
Thanks
Mike |
jp
| | Posted on Friday, August 09, 2002 - 10:58 pm: |
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go with the 50-250 you will be able to use it for more projects. |
mikelittle
| | Posted on Friday, August 09, 2002 - 11:34 pm: |
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Thanks, I was concerned that the range might be a bit to high for most applications on the vehicle.
Mike |
perroneford
| | Posted on Saturday, August 10, 2002 - 04:43 pm: |
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the 50-250 is a LOT less likely to be accurate unless you spend real money. It's hard to make them accurate over the entire range.
What kind are you buying?
-P |
mikelittle
| | Posted on Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 12:19 am: |
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I have just had the diff rebuilt and am in the process of reinstalling the third memeber.
I would like to torque the drive flange bolts and do not have a tool for it, I looked at the Husky and Sears ones to start.
I have since looked at Snap on also, any recommendations would be helpful Perrone.
Thanks again.
Mike |
perroneford
| | Posted on Sunday, August 11, 2002 - 02:42 am: |
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http://www.spanishtrailrovers.com/Tech/Tools/Vendors/vendors.html
There's a lot of choice out there in torque tools. In general, the larger the range the tool has to cover, the less accurate it will be. And the cheaper the wrench, the less accurate it will be. I have spoken to a number of weekend wrenchers who've had VERY good success with the current Crafstman wrenches though so you may want to consider those carefully if money is tight.
If money were no prob, I'd have a set of 3 Hazet torque wrenches. Probably the best on the planet. And those Facoms aren't too shabby either. |
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