Which torque wrench do you have
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Which torque wrench do you have
Postby IamGroot » Sat Nov 05, 2016 10:43 pm
What do you have and like, I've looked at the ones at Pushys and the prices are crazy compared to my 210nm 1/2 wrench.
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Re: Which torque wrench do you have
Postby Patt0 » Sun Nov 06, 2016 7:48 am
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Re: Which torque wrench do you have
Postby daft1024 » Mon Nov 07, 2016 10:16 am
The graduations on the handle are only 2nm (2nm, 4,nm, 6nm etc) so if you need to dial exactly 5nm its a bit of a guess. Not terrible but I have worked out that 1nm can be the difference between a seatpost slipping and not slipping.
It works well for the small jobs I need - stem, seat post etc.
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Re: Which torque wrench do you have
Postby lone rider » Mon Nov 07, 2016 11:26 am
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Re: Which torque wrench do you have
Postby OnTrackZeD » Mon Nov 07, 2016 1:05 pm
I tested my Wiggle one as well when I got mine and it was surprisingly accurate, put some of my Physics I learnt to good use finally.Patt0 wrote: I tested when I got it at 5 and 10 n.m and it was within tolerance.
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Re: Which torque wrench do you have
Postby open roader » Mon Nov 07, 2016 1:34 pm
https://www.kincrome.com.au/tension-wrench-10-150ft-lb
I have this for seat post clamps / stem bolts etc :-
http://www.ribblecycles.com/au/bbb-torq ... #pid=24628
Both affordable and competent (nothing broken in several years using both these
If I'd had my druthers I'd be using Stahlwille - price like everything else is relative.
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Re: Which torque wrench do you have
Postby redsonic » Mon Nov 07, 2016 2:11 pm
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Re: Which torque wrench do you have
Postby Tim » Mon Nov 07, 2016 2:33 pm
It is good practice to wind the tension back to zero after use.
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Re: Which torque wrench do you have
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Re: Which torque wrench do you have
Postby Bunged Knee » Mon Nov 07, 2016 3:29 pm
Your ebay* links have no torque wrench lists. So this is the ebay torque wrench lists.Patt0 wrote:I have a velobici. It is a design that appears with a few different brand stickers on it. I got it off ebay when ebay had a 15% sitewide discount. Paid about $43 delivered. It works well and comes with a test cert., whether or not it is authentic, I dont know. I tested when I got it at 5 and 10 n.m and it was within tolerance.
edit: It had automatically refer to cycling items when the eb*y words been submitted. Sorry Patt0.
Yes,I always do this after use.Tim wrote:... and remember.
It is good practice to wind the tension back to zero after use.
Yes, I`ve had same torque wrench that was branded Venzo.lone rider wrote:Those Lifeline ones seem to be around everywhere with different badging on them.
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Re: Which torque wrench do you have
Postby ausFred » Mon Nov 07, 2016 4:44 pm
Flawless, but a bit on the pricey side!
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Re: Which torque wrench do you have
Postby martin_12 » Mon Nov 07, 2016 4:46 pm
It has been lying in my toolbox unused for about a year. Today I checked it very roughly against a Norbar. At 10 N-m it seems to apply about 12 - 14 N-m. When set to 20 N-M it would probably strip the threads of just about anything (even after working it a few times). Avoid it like the plague.
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Re: Which torque wrench do you have
Postby AUbicycles » Tue Jan 10, 2017 7:41 am
Two things to check-out and consider:
1 - the increments - a generic torque wrench I have has some unusual defined torque settings and you can't select inbetweens. e.g. 2, 4, 6 but 5Nm can't be selected - and a number of headsets have 5Nm
2 - the second is the super cheap single-torque tools. They are compact and only do, e.g. 5Nm but if you only need this one torque setting for your bars, stem and seatpost, then it is an easy option. All of the main online shops, the local ones like Cell Bikes or Pushies have them as well as Wiggle, c r c and Co. These cheap ones will be harder to find in bike stores.
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Re: Which torque wrench do you have
Postby tez001 » Tue Jan 10, 2017 10:35 am
More importantly are stem bolts, handlebars, seatposts etc where you'll most likely need a 1/4" torque wrench.
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Re: Which torque wrench do you have
Postby MacMan » Thu Jan 12, 2017 8:33 am
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Re: Which torque wrench do you have
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Re: Which torque wrench do you have
Postby CKinnard » Fri Jan 13, 2017 11:41 am
http://wbtools.com.au/products/deflecti ... -wrenches/
I have an old inch lb model.
both are great and calibrate very close to each other.
But neither go over 15Nm, which excludes use for bottom bracket, pedal to cranks, and cassette lockring.
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Re: Which torque wrench do you have
Postby steve-waters » Fri Jan 13, 2017 3:31 pm
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Re: Which torque wrench do you have
Postby Ant_S » Fri Jan 13, 2017 3:52 pm
At least using the Key lets me know I have hopefully 5Nm so it gives me a relative base.
Mind you I mostly work on steel/alloy frames & bikes so it isn't critical like carbon.
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Re: Which torque wrench do you have
Postby Bentnose » Sat Jan 14, 2017 2:51 pm
I've had one of these for years, can do 0.2NM increments from 3-15NM, seems okay, not sure how accurate it actually is.
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Re: Which torque wrench do you have
Postby trailgumby » Sat Jan 14, 2017 6:23 pm
So do I. It has been very good. For cranks and high torque applications I also have this:
http://www.this link is broken/au/e ... lsrc=aw.ds
The problem with buying non-cycling-specific units is the more cost-effective options only work in the clockwise direction (that is, for tightening conventional threads). Completely useless for reverse threads which are common on bicycles.
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