Sealey Torque Wrenches
- Thread starter rhysduck
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This one
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silverline-...2592&sr=8-1&keywords=silverline+torque+wrench
Very impressed and if you read the reviews, it's been tested on calibrated equipment and found to be very accurate.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silverline-...2592&sr=8-1&keywords=silverline+torque+wrench
Very impressed and if you read the reviews, it's been tested on calibrated equipment and found to be very accurate.
Ask yourself this:
You're lying under your car and have been for the majority of the day removing bits to get to some torqued bolts. It's a pain in the arse, you're filthy, cold, hungry and cranky because you haven't eaten and you've smashed your knuckles way too many times. You have a few hours left before you can relax and you have to torque these bolts up. Would you want to risk doing it with a cheap wrench and potentially ruin the thread or not tighten it enough which means you could end up doing it all again, or would you rather a more expensive unit, with peace of mind that it'll be ok?
This is of course a rather extreme example but it's what I always ask myself when buying tools of this nature.
That said, I've used some Sealy stuff in the past and it's been fine.
You're lying under your car and have been for the majority of the day removing bits to get to some torqued bolts. It's a pain in the arse, you're filthy, cold, hungry and cranky because you haven't eaten and you've smashed your knuckles way too many times. You have a few hours left before you can relax and you have to torque these bolts up. Would you want to risk doing it with a cheap wrench and potentially ruin the thread or not tighten it enough which means you could end up doing it all again, or would you rather a more expensive unit, with peace of mind that it'll be ok?
This is of course a rather extreme example but it's what I always ask myself when buying tools of this nature.
That said, I've used some Sealy stuff in the past and it's been fine.
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I've not had a had experience with sealey ones but the Halfords Pro ones we use at work for the bikes are pretty spot on. They seem to have held their calibration too considering i'm the only one who winds it in after using them.
Thanks, shall take a look
Didn't think of the Silverline stuff!The wrench won't be what strips the bolt head, that'll be the socket150~ words that could have been 1/8 of that
Thanks, £80 for the Halfords Pro 40-200NM. It'll do everything I'd ever need, would like something a little less than 40nm just to cover the smaller applications.
Already have one that goes to 14nm (bike specific). I most certainly bear that in mind.
it has 467 5 star or 4 star reviews. It has 11 1 star or 2 star reviews. You'd treat it with caution because *only* 98% rated it good or excellent?
I have a Sealy tourque wrench amongst other tools of their, they are all good quality and have never broke on me or failed to do the task, use mine all the time too. You don't need to spend hundreds of pounds on a fancy snap-on tool or some other expensive tool, your not a pro mechanic that is doing this day in day out.
I would however stay from cheap tools, Silverline are one such make, there hand tools are garbage, i've binned a load of them over the years.
I would however stay from cheap tools, Silverline are one such make, there hand tools are garbage, i've binned a load of them over the years.
The wrench won't be what strips the bolt head, that'll be the socket
Actually he said;
Which would be the wrench if it is not calibrated correctly and either over tightens (thus damaging the threads, not bolt head) or under tightens leaving the bolt loose.