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[MiniBonkerz]

as title says will this cover everything mini related?

Draper Torque Wrench

[me madjoe 90]

as title says will this cover everything mini related?

Draper Torque Wrench

Wouldent bother with anything from Draper. Altho there ok if you are only planing on using it a few times.

I have a TengTools one thats quite good for money. We use them at work but they get chucked round quite alot and they lasted.

Click for my torque wrench


If you want a realy good one Britool are suposed to be best

oh good tip Always un screw the handel just off the scale after use stops the spring from un calibrating its self.

Edited by me madjoe 90, 07 February 2010 - 07:20 PM.

[Sir Cheat]

Buy a snap on if you have the money..

I use this one. Link

Edited by Sir Cheat, 07 February 2010 - 07:25 PM.

[Pauly]

Ive got a draper and know a few others that have, great wrenches for the money.

Draper make some good tools.

[me madjoe 90]

Buy a snap on if you have the money..

Brittool all the way

then facom tools

then mactool's (altho they are leaving uk or have left)


snapon come way down at the bottem of my expencive good quality tools list just out of preferance and personal experiances with them and there tools.

Edited by me madjoe 90, 07 February 2010 - 07:24 PM.

[BoboGib]

if you want a torque wrench and money is no object then you want to get one from these guys

Norbar


A Draper one will be fine for DIY use. All you have to do is remember, Only use it fir torquing things up. Never use it to undo. And release any tension in the spring and it will stay reliable for years.

[Sir Cheat]

Buy a snap on if you have the money..

Brittool all the way

then facom tools

then mactool's (altho they are leaving uk or have left)


snapon come way down at the bottem of my expencive good quality tools list just out of preferance and personal experiances with them and there tools.

Yeah!
I use brittool socket set for the snap on torque wrench.

[me madjoe 90]

if you want a torque wrench and money is no object then you want to get one from these guys

Norbar


A Draper one will be fine for DIY use. All you have to do is remember, Only use it fir torquing things up. Never use it to undo. And release any tension in the spring and it will stay reliable for years.

They make some seriouse kit, Im liking the link never seen them before.

[ukcooper]

Cheep and cheerfull

cheep

[MiniBonkerz]

Draper are great 90% of my tools are draper never once let me down yet but no one has answered my question

[BoboGib]

it depends on what your planning on torquing up.

If you are going to be doing everything from spark plugs to big ends etc then you may need a smaller one to. Have a look through a haynes manual at the work your going to be using it for and then decide. I have 2, one that starts at about 5 lb/ft to about 50 and another that starts at 40 lb/ft to god knows what.

[MiniBonkerz]

BoboGib thansk for your help going to have a look in the good old haynes

[BoboGib]

no worries. Best to be sure it suits the wok you need it for. It's never a case of one size fits all. Check out some of the clarke ones in machine mart.

[Ethel]

That Draper will be fine for the jobs that really matter.

[Pauly]

It would struggle with the hub nut and thats about it I think, the hub nuts are torqued up to 199 Ib/ft so you would need a big bar to do them. I would say thats the nut with the highest torque.

Edited by Pauly, 07 February 2010 - 08:52 PM.