Re: [advice] to buy or not to buy a torque wrench??

[Jay Redmond <jay@mmspos.com>]

I find the click type much easier to use and more accurate. One thing to 
consider when buying this type of wrench is calibration - make sure that 
you can have the wrench serviced/calibrated at the place you bought it. 
Also, if you pick up a click type remember 2 things; 1) if you drop it, it 
should be re-calibrated as they are quite sensitive and 2) always return 
the dial to the lowest setting when storing the wrench as keeping it set 
will tend to mess up the calibration.

JR

At 06:58 PM 2/28/2001 -0500, RoccoPhil wrote:
>As for click-type torque wrenches (load-specific), you have your ft.lb.
>wrenches and you have your inch-pound wrenches.  Your local Sears has them
>both.  Not endorsing one way or another, but you can at least take a look at
>an inch-pound wrench there.  It is about 2/3 the length of the ft.lb. wrench
>and used for light stuff, especially aluminuminum.
>
>-Phil Kerschner
>'85 Scirocco (the Loyal One)
>'87 Scirocco (sickee)
>'87 Scirocco 16V (BIG ol' project)
>
>"Sciroccos - 'til Death do us part!"
>
>
> > Make sure you get a torque wrench that is the right torque range for the
>jobs you are doing.  I once used a large, pointer and scale type, torque
>wrench to install some some small bolts in an aluminum head.  I went right
>out and bought a smaller torque wrench and a heli-coil kit!
> >
> > Bill
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