Need an affordable Torque Wrench for engine rebuild, any recommendations ??
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Need an affordable Torque Wrench for engine rebuild, any recommendations ??
Need a torque wrench for my LT1 complete rebuild.
So preferably it needs to cover all the torque values or would it be better to use 2 wrenches ?? (1 for lower values, 1 for bigger values).
The wrench is not supposed to break my bank so do you any of you have any recommendations for a good wrench(es) that are good enough and affordable at the same time ??
Thanks for the help,
Sergio
So preferably it needs to cover all the torque values or would it be better to use 2 wrenches ?? (1 for lower values, 1 for bigger values).
The wrench is not supposed to break my bank so do you any of you have any recommendations for a good wrench(es) that are good enough and affordable at the same time ??
Thanks for the help,
Sergio
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Re: Need an affordable Torque Wrench for engine rebuild, any recommendations ??
I bought the same one as RandyL.
The torque wrench seemed right on. I checked it against my dads 300 dollar snap on.
I love racheting wrenches. I have a set in metric and standard. (Husky) They are a must have when installing your headers and bellhousing, stuff like that.
The torque wrench seemed right on. I checked it against my dads 300 dollar snap on.
I love racheting wrenches. I have a set in metric and standard. (Husky) They are a must have when installing your headers and bellhousing, stuff like that.
#5
Re: Need an affordable Torque Wrench for engine rebuild, any recommendations ??
If you want to get right down and picky about all of the torque values (which I do), then you will need 2 different torque wrenches. 1 for foot pounds and 1 for inch pounds. You can get away with just the one for foot pounds and save yourself a little $$. OTOH, if this will be the only rebuild you plan on doing you can save yourself even more cash and borrow the tools from someone.
BTW, I use Craftsman with no complaints.
L8R
BTW, I use Craftsman with no complaints.
L8R
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Re: Need an affordable Torque Wrench for engine rebuild, any recommendations ??
It's indeed just for this complete rebuild and i intend to finish my VW project aswell later next year (Camaro kinda used all funds) so loaning is an option but i don't know ANYbody around here with a TW let alone a Torque wrench in foot pounds as we use metric here and for easyness i'd rather not convert all values all the time.
In case a proper TW isn't too exepensive i'd like to order one from the States.
Hope that explains
In case a proper TW isn't too exepensive i'd like to order one from the States.
Hope that explains
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