Re: torque wrench

["Mr. Eddy" <eperson@students.uiuc.edu>]

yea you're probably right.  I think they said like 4% accuracy, if you can
believe them.  Not terrible, but maybe for certain things like head bolts,
rods, or mains I would like to be a little closer in precision.  But for
overall stuff this would be fine for me.  If nothing else, it would be a
good one to throw in the trunk.
 
At 11:51 PM 2/19/00 -0500, rmccarthy777 wrote:
>Just one note: you could go wrong if you're looking for precision. Harbor
>freight isn't always the highest quality. In critical situations, I'd rather
>pay more for peace of mind.
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Mr. Eddy" <eperson@students.uiuc.edu>
>To: "Braden Sayer" <sayerbj@hotmail.com>
>Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 6:18 PM
>Subject: Re: torque wrench
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>> I remember seeing this deal on the autox list.
>> Harbor freight has their Pittsburgh 1/2" micrometer-style torque wrench on
>> sale for $9.99 right now.  This is the only kind of torque wrench i would
>> use, the kind with the little pointer sucks.  Yes, they will cover any
>> range of torques you will probably need, 10-150 ft-lbs i think.  I have
>> used similar ones to this one and have never had any trouble with them.
>> Its not craftsman quality or anything but I doubt you could ever break it
>> and its hard to go wrong for 10 bucks.  Its got a lifetime warranty too.
>> Heres the link:
>>
>> http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/taf/Category.taf?CategoryID=152
>>
>> Eric Person
>> 86.5 16v
>>
>> At 02:49 PM 2/20/00 PST, Braden Sayer wrote:
>> >What are people out there using for torque wrenches?  As I went to find
>one,
>> >I see that they all cover only low or high torque levels.  Don't want to
>buy
>> >something and find that it will be useless for working on my car.  As
>> >always, list knowledge and experience is incomparable!!
>> >Brad
>> >
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