Draper Torque Wrench - any good?

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Yes, loads.

If you get the units wrong then you're in danger of stripping things out, I always work in Nm.

1 lbf.ft = 1.356 N.m

Ah ok, I think i see what you're saying - Nm is the metric measurement whereas lb ft is imperial, right? Two different units for measuring the same force?

I think I'll order one of those wrenches then, according to the Haynes book it looks like it should cover most of the torque settings for doing general servicing.

Got one from Argos 28-well over 100 Nm range, used it to put my frame sliders on the Kwak, easy to use and set, well put together and does the job good enough.

And bfore anyone says ah but yes it a cheap chinease import, its not its built by a German tool company and has all the TUV standards on it etc. German buils quality is good enough for me!!

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by El Saxo

Two different units for measuring the same force?

Torque is a force acting at a distance, 1 pound of force.foot is like having a pound of force on a foot long lever. 1 Newton meter is a force of 1 Newton on a lever a meter long.

[dizzyblonde]

this guy ^^^ is doing mechanical engineering at Uni
I trust his explanations, tis why eee's fixing my bike.....no ideea wot he's on about half the time, cause its all gobbledeeegook, but he does know what hes on about





sometimes!!!!!!

[flymo]

Originally Posted by El Saxo

Just saw this offer which I thought looked like a pretty good price, although I guess you get what you pay for, considering some of the other wrenches on the site are £100+. Anyone had any good/bad experiences with Draper tools?

I'm going to start servicing the bike myself to save some dosh, and I figured I'd need a torque wrench, but can't really spend a fortune.

What do you reckon, a good buy?

Yep, I have one of these and its an excellent tool to have, good quality too. I buy a lot of Draper kit. Pretty rare that you'll need anything much bigger in my experience. When you do, get another one to cover the bigger torques.

Good value, go for it.

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

this guy ^^^ is doing mechanical engineering at Uni
I trust his explanations, tis why eee's fixing my bike.....no ideea wot he's on about half the time, cause its all gobbledeeegook, but he does know what hes on about





sometimes!!!!!!

lol, I used to live with a couple of Mechanical Engineering students when I was at uni - I used to walk in on some of their conversations when they were doing uni work / revision and think they were speaking another language!

Thanks for the replies everyone. Have just ordered one of those wrenches, will be doing the service in a couple of weeks (waiting for payday!), so I might be posting a few more questions!

[embee]

They're fine. Another in the range got a good rating in Autoexpress tests.

Have fun!

[northwind]

Yep, and most wrenches are least accurate at the ends of their range, particularily cheaper ones. I used to have one of those Draper ones, it was decent enough, never broke any bolts at least... Cost me ?7. But then it just stopped working for no apparent reason.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by El Saxo

think they were speaking another language!

We are, but it's just a ploy to make non-mechanical engineer types think we're really clever when we're just talking about birds and racing.

I've got that one too, works great. Borrow a big one from your mates for the heavier jobs.