torque wrench
Can someone recommend a basic torque wrench for me. I have a lot of tools but never owned a TW. Will not be building engines or that sort of thing so something basic that actually works, without b...
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Tom/Barb wrote:The cost of replacing a lug nut is about $6 and 1/2 hour time. Cost of a Harbor Freight Torque Wrench is about $10.00. Seeing as I have never heard of anyone twisting off a lug nut while using a HF Torque Wrench, I guess I would do what I do and use the $10 Torque Wrench and save the other $390 for something really important to me. Just Me, YOMV.wing_zealot wrote:Tom/Barb wrote:He's not rebuilding aircraft engines, he's torquing lug nuts.
`A torque wrench is not some thing you'd want to go cheap on.
I have one of these
https://store.snapon.com/TORQUE-C629053.aspx
The liability is about the same, and the price of replacing 1 lug stud is about the cost of a quality torque wrench.
Flip a coin, do you want to pay now or later?
