TORQUE WRENCHES show me your stuff

[turbojolt]

Alright lads its payday :thumb:

torque wrenches show me what you have, how much it cost, and where you got it from :d

[Jon_nova1]

argos £19.99

[turbojolt]

there are loads on ebay for 20 quid just dont want anything that will pop a cog first time i use it

[novadave24]

i just use my mates ones at the mo got to save the pennys lol

[Mike]

Ive got an Halfords Pro 8-60nm 3/8 drive & also Halfords Pro 60-300nm 1/2 drive.

8-60nm is £75
60-300nm is £85

Both lifetime garantee if you keep the receipt :thumb:

Ive had a couple of cheaper ones in the past an they dont last long at all!

[Mazz]

Halford tools are really good tbh

[turbojolt]

would i need one of each to rebuild engines ?

[Mike]

Halford tools are really good tbh

The pro stuffs reet good Ive found. Got quite a bit, adapters, extensions, breakers an that.

I get a lot of Draper Sealey Pro tools cheap too via a friend of mine. 3/8 drive socket set with ratchet/extensions/deep soc/shallow soc/spline drives all in one case for like £40 when the shelf price is nearly £100.

[Mike]

would i need one of each to rebuild engines ?

Depends what things need to be torqued upto really. The sole reason I bought a lower NM torque wrench from halfords was to change a set of XE main bolts one sunday afternoon lol

[turbojolt]

im going to buy some cheapo ones for now and when they let go replace them with halford pro ones then

[BRoadGhost]

Mine was no more than £15 - TBH anything with a 1/2" drive is going to be strong enough to what it's rated for.

[Iain]

You should be fine on an engine rebuild with both Halfords ones. Good savings to be had with a trade card on these, you're welcome to borrow mine if you want.

[turbojolt]

You should be fine on an engine rebuild with both Halfords ones. Good savings to be had with a trade card on these, you're welcome to borrow mine if you want.

i will hold you to that when i replace these crappy ones mate cheers

[gearbox90]

snap on 3/8 and 1/2 drive, think i payed £300 for the 2 but did get a free t shirt :)

[Connor]

Get a pair of the halfords ones.

[mowgli]

ffs, you need one that does about 25nm, so don't break the bank.. Get a decent telescopic wheel bar or breaker bar for the proper tightening of the head bolts & invest in, or if tight, like me, make a 360o angle gauge...
Unless you are planning to run a workshop full time, your torque wrench will spend its life gathering dust on a shelf, so don't waste the coin, that KA won't buy itself you know....lol lol

[twistysnovagte]

http://www.pngclub.com/forum/showthread.php?188272-Predator-Torque-Wrench

down there a little v V v V v

[brainsnova]

3/4 drive 70-420nm £105

[mowgli]

/\/\/\ amateur ..... our 3/4" drive does 1000nm..

[brainsnova]

/\/\/\ amateur ..... our 3/4" drive does 1000nm..

The tightest nut I'll ever need to torque on my transit is my front hub nut 420nm :d how long is the handle to do 1000nm lol

[Peanut_119]

I got mine from machine mart, £19.99, it worked fine for me, but I do agree it just sat there gathering dust since I rebuilt my engine

[mowgli]

it is about 6', and comes in a plastic case that looks like one for a snooker cue, but when you pick it up one handed, its effing heavy

[mowgli]

The tightest nut I'll ever need to torque on my transit is my front hub nut 420nm :d how long is the handle to do 1000nm lol

we had to fit the vbg coupling on our wagon & drag, and there was a nut that needed to be 2000nm.. so we got a 1"drive impact socket(70 quid), chocked it with a massive crow bar thru the jaw, and got the lorry wheel windy gun, set the compressor to 140psi & hung on...
then the vbg field service bloke appeared & said, thats exactly how we do them...
http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQwWOBTuxzFwy20qv38uUSproYaGJ6Qy Vy3EnubG8Lv_nYLEfXW7Acoupling...

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ3bHO04Vx_eni0RfcOzVnBA-m5dH-Tw0lnp4_-XXpFDuPb3JUI1" windy gun

[brainsnova]

I wouldn't like to press the trigger

[mowgli]

its easy, as long as you really brace yourself first.

or it ends up like this..... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezgXqyvfzUs)

[Stuart]

Halfords PRO stuff is/was good... the new Advanced stuff is just dog turd :(

[mowgli]

/\ too true.

[Jon_nova1]

BTW you don't need to keep the Halfords receipt to keep your lifetime guarantee, you merely need to prove you bought the item from Halfords, it's not too hard considering they have Halfords written down them lol

[twistysnovagte]

its easy, as long as you really brace yourself first.

or it ends up like this..... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezgXqyvfzUs)

lol i knew something like the vid was gonna come of it..

[brownbear]

http://search.diy.com/search#w=torque

Got mine from here, To be fair it's a top bit of kit, Cured my knock sensor fault so must be accurate because anything over or under 20nm it doesn't function..... (yay for VW)

[24sevenslacker]

pfffft

toys

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/292231_10151028412723708_830712429_n.jpg

thats a small one

[Mike]

BTW you don't need to keep the Halfords receipt to keep your lifetime guarantee, you merely need to prove you bought the item from Halfords, it's not too hard considering they have Halfords written down them lol

Youll find you DO need the receipt to take it back :thumb:

[Lewis.]

Youll find you DO need the receipt to take it back :thumb:

I've never produced a receipt for any of the tools I've returned. Probably taken back 10 or so things, to 3 different branches. They just take your old one, hand you a new one and you walk out the shop feeling like you've nicked it lol

I mean, what purpose does the receipt actually serve? They know you purchased it from Halfords because it says HALFORDS down the side of it, and they know it's still in warranty because it's a lifetime warranty, and the earth hasn't been swallowed up by the sun yet lol

[Mike]

I've never produced a receipt for any of the tools I've returned. Probably taken back 10 or so things, to 3 different branches. They just take your old one, hand you a new one and you walk out the shop feeling like you've nicked it lol

I mean, what purpose does the receipt actually serve? They know you purchased it from Halfords because it says HALFORDS down the side of it, and they know it's still in warranty because it's a lifetime warranty, and the earth hasn't been swallowed up by the sun yet lol

Every time Ive taken owt back to Halfords (tool wise) Ive been asked for receipt on both occasions (once broke end clean off a brand new 24" breaker bar, other was a T55 torx sheared in half the day I bought it). Both times they said keep the recipet incase it breaks again.

They should ask for receipts, this is why people sell them on eBay lol

[Lewis.]

meh, they're obviously more trusting/stupid round these parts lol

[Mike]

meh, they're obviously more trusting/stupid round these parts lol

Possibly.

I live in the Midlands, where everyones out to scam everyone else lol so kinda says it all really.

[Spudly]

pfffft

toys

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/292231_10151028412723708_830712429_n.jpg

thats a small one





I like the way that Tommy has posted a huuuugggee torque wrench, and noone has even commented, so many innuendo's and not one posted, you guys are slipping badly lol

[MK999]

You however, seem to have noticed his massive tool straight away.