okay, so bullet bitten- i decided i need to add a torque wrench to my tool collection if i want to follow through with certain plans i have.
but i have no idea what to get! there's a load on ebay but i'm not sure whether it'd be false economy buying, say, a draper wrench for <20 quid...
any advice on what i should be looking for/at?
cheers.
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what torque wrench?
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Posted 2 years ago #
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Posted 2 years ago #
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Trouble is, so much stuff on a bike is amazingly low torque, that even my pretty expensive 3/8 drive norbar is mostly useless. I could use it to torque up the cassette, but haven't a 3/8 socket big enough to fit cassette removal thingy so it's largely redundant.
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ah, should have searched first. thanks drac!
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I have one of these and it seems to work very well I havent bust any bolts using it.
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ah, should have searched first. thanks drac!
Just happen to see a couple of threads latterly.
Posted 2 years ago # -
that BBB one goes down to 2Nm which would seem to be low enough; will 24Nm be high enough for stuff that needs more torque on a bike though, or would i need to consider getting a second one (up to 70Nm or so)?
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BBB wrench. £55 on CRC but possibly cheaper on ebay if you can be arsed looking around.
2-24 NM range which covers most bike torque settings and comes with the most commonly used bits (allen key 3,4,5,6,8,10mm and Torx T25)
Seems pretty good quality too.
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24 isn't going to cover cassette lock rings, bottom bracket cups or crank arms to name a few.
I've got the two park ones that seem to fit the bill.
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It's fine for HTII style crank bolts (12-15NM) and for lockrings and BB cups and Shimano centrelock rotors I just use the appropriate tool and go "tight as ****"
Don't think there is one wrench to do all...
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torque wrench indeed
just use the force
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