[Closed] PSA: Cheap Draper 'Expert' torque wrench..

Not trolling, but when do folk think they NEED these?

but when do folk think they NEED these?

Guessing here but when doing up nuts/bolts etc?

Maybe there are others uses?

I got this one:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/images/B0001K9T2O/ref=dp_image_0?ie=UTF8&n=79903031&s=diy

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Works for me 🙂

develop a good hand lad.

Thanks sv very helpful 🙄 I am not trolling.

You can get there quicker with a cheap torque wrench - I ues them on crank bolts esp as I have over tightend them in the distant pass - you can tighten bolts without having to think about it 🙂

how do you know it's telling the truth?

How'd you know your hand is telling you the truth?

torque wrench ... my arse

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knew i shouldn't have bothered... 😆

I have a BBB one which has a test results sheet with it - though I suppose over time it's accuracy will diminish. I had a snapped bolt on my bike which resulted in a £150 item having to be replaced which was done under warranty. Please I could say it was fitted with a torque wrench.

my hand is cheaper 😆
i am only pulling your leg mind they do go out but not by much.

I have a torque wrench. Ok its not something I use everyday but when it comes to things like crank bolts I use it. Its surprising how far over you can go by doing it by hand. I reckon I was tightening my raceface cranks beyond 20 newtons when it should have only been something like 8, bottom bracket life went up as a result. Good for ensuring not over tightening bars especially carbon.

And I know the argument about calibration and greasing the bolts etc, but speaking to the calibration guy at work he reckoned that torque wrenches were rarely out when they came for there annual calibration thats with alot of use/dropped/misused etc.

So was I nonk 😉

Thing is, in order to develop a good hand, one first needs to know what 'correct' feels like, n'est-ce pas? You might as well argue that you don't need a speedo in a car because you should know what 30 / 50 / 70 feels like. Argueably true, but how do you gain that expertise in the first place without a means of measuring?

I've been threatening to get a torque wrench for years, not just for the bike but for car mechanicing and other odd jobs. Never quite managed to ever justify the expense though.

I'm only leg-pulling also - to 1.45Nm.

Just tighten til it creaks then back off half a turn.

... Incidentally, this is the one I've had in my Amazon Wish List for ages now, cheap and cheerful and comes with a calibration certificate, 2-24Nm.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sealey-STW1012-Torque-Micrometer-1-47-17-70lb-ft/dp/B000RO1ZCG

Dunno if it's any good or not, mind, but seems to fit the bill.

Does they all come with free calibration every, say 6 months?

If not, can you torque wrench users let me know who you use to recalibrate them, please?

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If not, can you torque wrench users let me know who you use to recalibrate them, please?

If possible please let me know where I can get my hand calibrated too, thanks.

I am only joking of course 😉 Now - carbon fibre mtb frames are all plastic rubbish and will fail/kill you. SSC pads fall to bits. On-One is brilliant/rubbish... any others care to add to the STW 'taken for granted' list?