[Closed] torque wrench required- mtb not car!

Cheap option:

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£15 from Topeak

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grahamS

just what im looking for. its only for the stem and such like. I think the machine mart and Halfords ones are a bit too heavy handed.

cheers

I think to get a well calibrated torque wrench you will spend quite a bit of cash. When I was look think they were around £150

just found Bontrager 5Nm Torque Wrench.

should be ok for stem and bars

I bought an effetto supposedly bling one from wiggle. The bits aren't well machined, the cut outs in the box used for other sets makes it look like something is missing, the magnet in the hole to hold the bits has come unstuck. Found out last night the 3mm allen head bit does not even fit 3mm allen heads.........

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Topeak do a useful digital one but its about £100-120 iirc
Does work well though

I'd not bother with the cheap thing in the pic above

Orange boy

Can you check out the bounty one for me?

5Nm

I have one of those little Bontrager Torque Keys like this...
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It's spot on for stem bolts etc. I also have the Giant 'proper' torque wrench which is pretty good value, seems well made and works.

I'd not bother with the cheap thing in the pic above

Why?

How accurate does it [i]really[/i] need to be? Your seatpost isn't going to explode if you do it up to 6.2Nm instead of 6.

Seen a fair few busted seat post and bars and the odd fork from people over doing it.
The differnace of a few nm is quite a lot

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I just bought one of these seemed like a good buy to me £37.24

norbar are the best. i got one of these:

http://uk.farnell.com/jsp/displayProduct.jsp?sku=1375312&CMP=KNC-GUK-FUK-GEN-LISTINGS&gross_price=true&mckv=YKMwxwd8|pcrid|14164337469|plid|{placement}

from ebay for £50, it was a recalibrated one.

You don't need a bike specific one like the Park. Although, it is nice 🙂

Just get one that does fairly low 2Nm to 15Nm and something to fill the gap for the cassette/BB up to 50Nm. Job done.

It don't need to be mega accurate and calibrated every week. But I really think a Torque wrench is worth having. You have no idea how tight something is just by feeling.

The differnace of a few nm is quite a lot

True, but are you saying that Topeak one could be out by as much as 3Nm??

That's quite a margin of error on something that will typically be used at 6Nm. I'd be very surprised if it is [i]that[/i] inaccurate.

Of the top of my head 1/4"unc, roughly 5mm, 8ft/lbs or thats what we torque tooling up to in work, why not by a straight forward 1/4 drive torque wrench

Ive got one of these seems very good
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/pedros-demi-torque-wrench/

Another [url= http://www.norbar.com/TorqueWrench_3_8_ratchet_adjustable_N%C2%B7m_lbf%C2%B7in;TT20-TruTorqueTT20andTT50-TorqueWrenches-54-1-304-11161-product.aspx ]Norbar TT20[/url] user here

Mighty Torque Wrench

I just bought one of these seemed like a good buy to me £37.24

This looks to be the same as the Giant one that I have

Seen a fair few busted seat post and bars and the odd fork from people over doing it.
The differnace of a few nm is quite a lot

How many of those busted seat posts, bars and forks were busted by people over tightening using a cheap torque wrench ?

None ?

I have a torque elbow. 🙂 I should really invest in a torque wrench as I know my clicky elbow will fail me one day. 🙂

simonbea - Member
Mighty Torque Wrench
I just bought one of these seemed like a good buy to me £37.24

This looks to be the same as the Giant one that I have

For the record I wouldn't be without it these days. Only bought it because of my carbon bars but use it for most things on the bike now. If it's got a torque setting on it I'll try and match it.

You are prob right about the failed stuff I've never kept track
The only incidents I remember are people getting confused with in lb
And doing things up very tight.

But would be nice if they quoted the accuracy even my snap on ones only get 4-6 %
And even then not at the very bottom of the scale

To be fair anything is prob better than nothing at all

Of cource where the quoted figures on components are with lube/thread lock or not is a whole new issue

Sealey ones off amazon are great value, now £30

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I'll be asking for one for my birthday next month as I'm a ham fisted gallute

I've had that self same Sealey one on my Amazon wishlist for about three years now. Was the best one I found at the time that covered the right range and was certified.

another vote for the Sealey one from amazon. its surprising how little you need to tighten bolts when you use a torque wrench!

I've got a Britool avt 100a,you can get them for around £25-£50 on ebay,lovely thing

another vote for the Sealey one from amazon. its surprising how little you need to tighten bolts when you use a torque wrench!

I found the opposite! I bought a torque wrench to check I wasn't overtightening my stem / bar clamps for my carbon bars. I was surprised to find that the suggested 5nm torque required significantly more force than I was used to using.