[Closed] PSA: Pro Torque Wrench 2-14NM £24.97 (Superstar Daily Deal)

Ordered. Worth a shot at that price, thanks for the PSA!

Cheers ordered also

Thanks OP, worth a go at that.

Bought on a whim too!!!! Thanks for posting.

thanks - I don't have one and always paranoid. worth the outlay of 25 for assurance

Nice PSA, many thnaks just ordered for the tool kit in the car.

Ordered! Nice one OP.

Ordered one as I don't have one that goes down that low. Many thanks for posting

Another whim purchase here - thanks for the PSA.

The superstar torque wrenches are exactly the same as these [url= http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/pedros-demi-torque-wrench/rp-prod31342?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Shopping&utm_name=UnitedKingdom&gs=1&ds_e_ad_type=pla&gclid=COr11MS51MICFSX4wgodtDAAKg&gclsrc=aw.ds ]£100 Pedros Torque Wrenches[/url], good value at £25 indeed but remember to store it unwound and don't force it further once you hear/feel the [i]torque click[/i]

Ooh, very good PSA that one, thanks

At least I know what my daughter is getting me for Christmas now 😀

They have [s]cost[/s] saved me so much money this month with these deals.

🙂

Nice one! The X-Tools one I just ordered,without bits for similar price, will be going back 😀

The superstar torque wrenches are exactly the same as these £100 Pedros Torque Wrenches, good value at £25 indeed but remember to store it unwound and don't force it further once you hear/feel the torque click

What do you mean store it unwound? Do you mean store at the 2nm setting?

Yep me too - at that price even if it lasts a year it will be worth it

Thanks OP

Cheers for this .. ordered

Hmmm i might has we'll have my wages paid direct to superstar and on-one tbh.

If that's as low as it goes, then yes Rik. Leaving them at a particular setting is not good for them, when I worked on aircraft engines, FAA auditors liked to check out TR's, if they were left on toolboards at a setting, they'd pull you up, as it meant that the thing had the potential to under torque.

Cheers OP

Its £44 😐 am i late?

Edit.. Ahh XMAS20 duh!

You have to put the XMAS20 code in

What do you mean store it unwound? Do you mean store at the 2nm setting?

Yep, exactly that or just below the 2nm setting.

And before you use the wrench for the first time i suggest you wind it up to 14nm and [i]exercise[/i] it perhaps 3 or 4 times to the full torque capacity before use, and when applying a set torque to a bolt/stud/nut it is always preferable to [i]pull[/i] the wrench towards you * .

* - standard best practice in use

The superstar torque wrenches are exactly the same as these £100 Pedros Torque Wrenches, good value at £25 indeed but remember to store it unwound and don't force it further once you hear/feel the torque click

Also the same as the [url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/BBB-2-977-457-301-Torque-Spanner-BTL-73/dp/B004P8ITCO/ref=sr_1_2?s=sports&ie=UTF8&qid=1419078950&sr=1-2&keywords=torque+wrench ]BBB one[/url] that goes for a slightly more reasonable £45.

I am tempted to get one of these, but my Ritchey torque key does most of the things I would want torquing up.

....still, at £25.....tempting.

Good shout many thanks . Just need some loose nuts around the house now.

120gbp to Thailand, I'm out

Good shout op ordered, cheers

....still, at £25.....tempting.

I also have the Ritchey key, but am weaker willed - ordered, 'coz... er... Christmas!

Thanks, [b]burnsybhoy[/b]!

Bloomin heck, superstar are doing very well out of me this winter, that's the 3rd order this month..so far

Top Man, many thanks. My own secret Santa.

Nice, I already have one for higher torque settings, but this is perfect for things like carbon bars which need less than 10Nm

All gone, out of stock now

I'd like to join the queue if anyone decides not to keep theirs..

I'm still waiting fir my pedals after that last PSA.. got the email saying they've been dispatched, but nothing here yet.. 😥

These PSA threads seem to be all torque, no trousers...

DrP

Missed out! And a torque wrench was on my Christmas list.

What torque for steerer tubes?

Glad this helped a few people out. To be honest someone else would put up this PSA if it hadn't be me, I was just sitting in the office at work bored. So I ordered one and thought I'd share, this forum as I've bought some good some bargains on here with various PSA threads.

Who needs Hotukdeals!!

Teetosugars - Member

I'm still waiting fir my pedals after that last PSA.. got the email saying they've been dispatched, but nothing here yet..

There's something wrong with superstar's emailing- I got a dispatch email the morning after I ordered my wheels, and then another one a week later when it was actually dispatched

I ummed and arred for long enough for it to go out of stock.

Not sure how I feel, to be honest.

Not sure how I feel, to be honest.

Do you need to torque about it with someone?

Do you need to torque about it with someone?

Probably should do. I guess it was more gut-wrenching than I thought it would be.

I thought you seemed a bit up-tight.

What torque for steerer tubes?

I'm not sure if you need less for a carbon steerer, I've done mine tight enough so it doesn't slip but not much tighter, so will re-torque once mine arrives.

1/4" drive, 5-25Nm £31.80
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/p34759?utm_source=googleshopping&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=googleshoppingfeed&mkwid=9277soJF&pcrid=46335409823&gclid=CK6zzfuo1cICFUbMtAodDD0Aqg

The trouble with a mechanical torque wrench that is rated from 5-25Nm is that the lower and upper torque settings (5,6,7,8 Nm and 22,23,24 25 Nm) will not be [i]that[/i] accurate as mechanical clicker wrenches are ideally recommended to be used in the somewhat middle of their range for greater accuracy, so the one above will be practically useless for 4Nm and 5Nm stem bolts and such like - perfectly alright for crank bolts though.

For stem faceplate/stems/seatpost bolts etc i'd recommend a simple ritchey or snap-on torque preset 5nm key wrench or similar.

Just been presented a personal torque wrench at work and told we will be going on a course on how torque stuff and then be expected to use it.
Managed well enough for the majority of stuff for 40 odd yrs 😉

Last shift included slackening then torquing 24 x 16mm cap screws to 150lb ft and 280deg whilst supporting wrench at shoulder height 😯

One of the torque wrenches I use is almost as tall as me @ 6ft and can take 2 people to operate in some awkward positions.

Nice, I already have one for higher torque settings, but this is perfect for things like carbon bars which need less than 10Nm

What handlebars have bolts with a torque rating. ?

The stem....

DrP

Ah the stem has a torque figure... Independant of the handlebar material....

It always make me chuckle when i see a torque figure written on bars .... 5nm in a shit stem can still damage your bars.

Octopus compatible ?

somafunk - Member 
The superstar torque wrenches are exactly the same as these £100 Pedros Torque Wrenches, good value at £25 indeed but remember to store it unwound and don't force it further once you hear/feel the torque click

And don't forget that adding grease to bolt threads will render attempts to measure tightening torque useless... Torque wrenches are great but misused often. 🙂

Not even with appropriate use of the k factor into the equation.... Even loctite has a lubricity coefficient when your torquing stuff

Yesterdays "your item has been dispatched" email has just been superceded by todays "your item has not been dispatched and has been oversubscribed,should be dispatched at the end of January" email. Bollocks! Never mind, birthday pressie instead of christmas pressie then 🙂

Snap, same email here after dispatch one yesterday. Had ordered 2 one as christmas present, Oh well can be an end of January present 🙂

Mine just dropped through the door 🙂

I also treated myself wiv the other 20% offer to a crown race setter - a luxury tbh but right tool makes the job so easy...
Nearly went for bb facing/thread kit but there still pricey.

Got mine today, seems lovely quality, calibration certificate and everything, well done superstar.

Received and used - seems decent quality and certainly can't complain for £25! thankfully most of the bolts on my bike were ever so slightly under tightened, pretty good guess work but why take chances (£25 vs. £££££'s of components!!)

Saw the email from SS but didn't bother reading it, now gone back and read it and its an 'end of January' email...meh, coped without for 20 odd years so another month won't hurt

Now wrapped & nestling under Christmas tree. Fettling denied for 48 hours...

Mines just arrived. Seems a bargain for £25. I've been after one for a while after I removed a set of dropbars that had been crushed from the stem which worried me a bit.

Thanks for the heads up. I'm off to double check my stem bolts now .

Got mine today :0) .. seems a bargain , thanks superstar

Just tried mine. Even at 2Nm it seams to want to tighten bolts WAY more than I ever would. I know from years of Allen key use how tight to go into Alu before damage is done and this seems to want to tighten far too much before clicking. How has everyone else found theirs?

Note to self: try it on a torque gauge before use

its not a click slip one, its a head flops a bit to one side at required torque one

like this

ah...might have to go check if its a case of RTFM.

Mines also now sat under tree - Mrs DoD had a present non-delivery issue so I gave her some of my 'me2me' pressies to give to me ....

Note to self: try it on a torque gauge before use

Will do.

I've got one of the wee 5Nm torque tools that they do too, that came in at just shy of +10% of the indicated value. Not bad for £12

Mine came earlier today, looks pretty good. Compared it to my Giant one and seems calibrated the same. Seems good quality and certainly ok for the money.

True to their word, mine has now been dispatched 🙂