<div dir="ltr">I really like the clicker style though it took me 20 years to give up my old beam and needle wrench. I bought two Tekton units and found them to be way out of spec quickly and I really didn't like the micrometer style, twist adjustment. One of my sons worked at a tire store and they used dual beam clickers from Precision Instruments. They are great and priced moderately at about $100 for the 3/8" and $130 for the 1/2". I'm told they make SnapOn branded torque wrenches and they look the same for double the price. <div><br></div><div>Looking into the differences the Precision Instrument wrenches are "dual beam" which means there's one beam attached to the handle and one floating as a reference to create the click. Both are inside the handle and torque selector knob adjusts the amount of deflection required to click. Because its a beam style wrench calibration should not be required. They also don't require you to return to zero to maintain the calibration.</div><div><br></div><div>Anyway, my two cents.</div><div><br></div><div>Ben</div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Ben Zwissler<br></div><a href="mailto:bjzwissler@gmail.com" target="_blank">bjzwissler@gmail.com</a><br></div><div>812-343-5533</div>Columbus, IN<br></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 10:30 AM Scott Hall <<a href="mailto:scott.hall.personal@gmail.com">scott.hall.personal@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I need a new torque wrench. The last time I bought one was 25 years ago--a Snap-On 1/2" dial model.</div><div><br></div><div>I don't expect to ever need to buy another one, and I want to like using it/them.</div><div><br></div><div>What's the current opinion on type and model? I don't think I want beam-type, and I never trusted my clicker 3/8" one, but here's my shot to buy my last torque wrench(es, I should probably get 1/4 - 1/2"). </div><div><br></div><div>Scott</div><div><br></div></div>
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