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Recommendations for torque wrench please

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Evening peeps,

I could do with getting a torque wrench, but not knowing anything about them has anyone got any recommendations for one that has a is suitable range for use on our vans.
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I got a second hand "bendy bar" type .. a Thorsen T150... I had a cheap click type one before but it went out of calibration almost instantly.
I think Draper do a bendy bar type as well...
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Depends on what torques range you need, but Halfords professional are made by Norbar in the UK who make some of the best torque wrenches.
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Got mine from Lidl.
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Have two Norbar torque wrenches, 6-40 ft/lb and 20/110 ft/lb. I find the lower range more useful for small stuff.
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bigherb wrote:Depends on what torques range you need, but Halfords professional are made by Norbar in the UK who make some of the best torque wrenches.


I have just had a quick look through the haynes and with the exception of the rear hubs, it would seem as though up to 200nm would do pretty much all the jobs.

Funny enough I was in Halfords today & saw their large wrench for £89
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I got one of these digital torque wrenches from Machine Mart, £88, 10-135nm, has covered everything I've needed to do so far, and with "traffic lights", beeps and a digital display, takes the guess work out of things :)

https://www.machinemart.co.uk/p/clarke- ... tronic-to/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

(That's the 3/8" model, there's also 1/2" 20-200nm version)

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Britool are very nice traditional break-bar type (if you can afford one), otherwise Teng tool which are 1/3 the cost.
The only way I could justify buying a 3/4" drive 450Nm torque wrench was to buy Teng.

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