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A Torque Wrench....

Want it to be cheap but useful, dont really wanna go more than £40.

From looking in the SV Haynes manual i'm sure i saw something as low as 8nm of torque.

HELLLLLLP

Thanks in advance peeps :rendeer:

Stu

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A bit over your budget but they're good.

Halfords Pro range 8-60Nm £50

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Cheers law

Found this one dunno if its popular make or not?

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do a quick search dude as there have been plenty of torque wrench threads with good advice and links in them.

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I would take torque settings with a pinch of salt, haynes and shop manuals give "dry assembly" torques, which means if you use copper slip or ever have oil on threads, then the setting should be different.

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I have that one, front axle needs 65nm and it only goes to 60...

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Afternoon all.

You really need at least two wrenches to cover all of the torques you're likely to come across doing general maintenance. The best of the cheaper end in my opinion are made by Teng tools. However Halfords pro tools are not bad at all.
If you really want the business & have a couple of hundred to spare (& shares in Duracell). The Snap on digital is terrific!
As Yorkie says most torque figures relate to a dry thread, the Suzuki manual states that one should wipe off oil & grease from a thread before torquing, which is often not practical to do. I usually reduce the torque applied by no more than 5% in such cases.
Years ago when I worked for Snap on selling tools to industry, I sold a load of torque wrenches to British Aerospace. Their torque testing facilities were the dogs, & before they bought them they tested them extensively, amongst other things it was revealed that in some cases the torque was more accurate on a lubricated thread, that had a dry specification figure, due to the thread not binding. Slight binding would result in the wrench reading the set figure, before the fastener had actually got there. So if the thread isn't totally smooth lube it, & reduce the applied torque accordingly.

Cheers.

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I like my http://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/pr...-torque-wrench
£15

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everything said above i agree with.. you dont want to be getting cheap rubbish it's just not worth it..my recomendations go to the Halfords pro range.

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I have a small torque wrench for low torque settings but it isn't enough for the wheels etc. I have just bought today a draper for £30 which does 30 - 210 nm