Good torque wrench for hobbyist...
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Good torque wrench for hobbyist...
Anyone have suggestions for a good torque wrench for general maintenance on Harleys? I'd really like to keep it in the hundred-dollar range if possible.
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Check you local Home Depot for some leftover Husky made in the U.S.A. torque wrenches. I found one recently behind the Chinese made ones on the hanging rack. Who knows you may get lucky too.
Actually I saw 3 different makes. U.S., China and Korean made all on same rack.
Actually I saw 3 different makes. U.S., China and Korean made all on same rack.
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I did the exact same thing. I believe once a year, Sears has a giant tool sale with items marked way down. Best time to purchase them. Craftsman are decent tools given the lifetime warranty. I've have deep well sockets crack that were very old, like 30+ years old, and they have always exchanged them for me.
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The harbor freight torque wrenches are actually pretty good for the price. I read a magazine article years ago that pitted them against snap-on and the likes. They were within 1%-2% accuracy, if i remember correctly. And you can get them for less than $20
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Harbor freight had them on sale for $9.99 3/8 drive works as good as the Sears digital. I have the digital and friend has HF and we checked his calipers the were the exact same.
How often are you going to use it would determine which to buy.
How often are you going to use it would determine which to buy.
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All Craftsman handtools do not have the same lifetime warranty. The Craftsman torque wrenches only have a one year warranty.
https://www.craftsman.com/customer-c...ty-information
https://www.craftsman.com/customer-c...ty-information
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Some things are ok to go cheap on, some are not. If you are going to do engine work, I wouldn't use a HF torque wrench. It might be fine the first few times you use it but then it starts to "Loosen up" and you wouldn't even know it.
I borrowed a Snap ON and a Matco when I put my 106 kit on. Awesome tools but for how much I would use them I couldn't justify the price. I bought the best 1/2 and 3/8 I could afford at the time. Had the owner of the borrowed TQ wrenches take them to work and use them to work them in. After a week or so I got them back. They were not as accurate as before but close. In each protective box I have written down how much they are off.
Bottom line, buy the best you can afford. I still want the Matco TQ wrench though!
I borrowed a Snap ON and a Matco when I put my 106 kit on. Awesome tools but for how much I would use them I couldn't justify the price. I bought the best 1/2 and 3/8 I could afford at the time. Had the owner of the borrowed TQ wrenches take them to work and use them to work them in. After a week or so I got them back. They were not as accurate as before but close. In each protective box I have written down how much they are off.
Bottom line, buy the best you can afford. I still want the Matco TQ wrench though!