[Healeys] Torque Wrench

[BJ8Healeys]

I bought a Sears Craftsman beam-type 0 – 140 lb-ft torque wrench (model 44642) in 1999 specifically to torque the head nuts on my BJ8.  Since then I have used it for lots of things.   I have the click-type torque wrenches for jobs requiring less torque and where the beam-type won’t fit.

 

Steve Byers

HBJ8L/36666

BJ8 Registry

AHCA Delegate at Large

Havelock, NC  USA

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of rrengineer.mike
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 8:42 PM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Torque Wrench

 

The concensus so far of the list is to just buy th he cheapest torque wrench I can find. I have had suggestions like Harbor Freight (yuck) and Craftsman.  First of all, Harbor Freight is the LAST place I would buy a precision calibrated tool.  I have a Craftsman torque Wrench. The last time I used it, the ratchet mechanism in the head exploded and fell out of the wrench.  I won't be going back to Sears for another one.  I was hoping for suggestions on a quality wrench I could count on for precision and long life. Maybe the last torque Wrench I will have to buy.  I would think you guys would want your head nuts torqued with a little more precision and consistency.  Am I assigning too much importance to the torque values of a heart that is known to crack in the middle for no reason.

Mike MacLean

56 BN2

60 AN5

 

 

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