Thread: Torque Wrench
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Old 10-01-08, 02:48 PM   #4
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Default Re: Torque Wrench

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Originally Posted by the_lone_wolf View Post
halfords professional ones are meant to be good, i have the 8-60Nm and 40-200Nm versions and they've both been used to save me overtightening bolts (which i would certainly have done had i not been using the torque wrench)
+1 on the Halfords Professional ones, seem good enough for the home mechanic.

Be sure to use it correctly as I stripped the threads from my alloy gearbox on a cage despite using a torque wrench. User error is the mother of all screw ups.
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