General Torque wrench
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General Torque wrench
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300nm thats very very tight.....
i think the highest is needed is for the Hub nuts on the rear stubs @ 280nm
Halfords is 85£
If you have trade - i would have thought it'd be around the £60ish mark
Rear hubs you dont reuse the nut - well Autodata says you dont have to, so you can punch 2 markers on the bolt alignment and count the turns off and stopping point
And to refit repeat
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Wtf are you tightening upto 300nm?
Seriously?
Gearbox to Engine bolts i just do up ratchet tight - along with other things like slave - starters -earth straps etc etc
Need more information before you possibly go and snap / thread something?
Ziggy
Problem is that torque wrenches with huge ranges are hugely expensive and hugely unwieldy -- they also tend to be woefully inaccurate at the lower end, which is where you really need accuracy.
You won't need them for gearboxes or hub nuts -- as Ziggy says, ratchet tight for the box, breaker bar and scaffold tube for the hub nuts.
You won't need them for gearboxes or hub nuts -- as Ziggy says, ratchet tight for the box, breaker bar and scaffold tube for the hub nuts.
if the man wants a torque wrench then let the man buy a torque wrench !
if you want one up to 300nm don't be tempted to tray and get something that covers a wide range, get yourself a high torque and a second lower torque wrench then you'll keep the accuracy
places like cash convertors can be very good for this sort of thing once saw a quite expensive TW (not snap on but that sort of ilk) a few years back in a nice blow moulded case which would do 320nm i seem to think and it was £40
if you want one up to 300nm don't be tempted to tray and get something that covers a wide range, get yourself a high torque and a second lower torque wrench then you'll keep the accuracy
places like cash convertors can be very good for this sort of thing once saw a quite expensive TW (not snap on but that sort of ilk) a few years back in a nice blow moulded case which would do 320nm i seem to think and it was £40
Some boyz like toyz................
and some boyz bodge........
and some boyz bodge........
A bodge is, almost by definition, an engineering strategem which didn't work. Until I start loosing gearboxes or hub nuts, or buy a Mack truck, I'll continue to spend my money on useful tools.................
if you want good tools that wont break and you dont mind secound hand
find a ex army surplus store,
they is normaly one in every other town, prices aint realy cheap but it still works
out cheap for what you get,
find a ex army surplus store,
they is normaly one in every other town, prices aint realy cheap but it still works
out cheap for what you get,
Like a lot of members, edit your details to add your location. There may be someone close who may be willing to lend you one for a day or so. No-one can offer if we don't know where you are.
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He's in orbit after the torque wrench slipped at 299Nm
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Have you tried toolstation or screwfix? Im pretty sure toolstation had torque wrenches for £30 last time I looked. Don't know if its a 300Nm one though...
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Haha something like that I expect!
