Torque Wrenches

JasonW

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Tekton - nearly everything is built in Taiwan or the US, and the price/quality are right.

I’ll 2nd Tekton. I have the 1/4 and 3/8 torque wrenches along with their socket sets.
If you buy through Tekton you get 10% rewards towards the next purchase and free shipping on every order.
 
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ferguson

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Auto zone lens out torque wenches you buy it then return it / store police may vary this one by me 5 days / only did it to check my old beam wrenches
 
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I've actually had a good Tekton as well. Forgot about them.
Torque wrenches are easy to check with nothing more than a vise, measuring tape and a known weight. I use either dumbbells or Olympic plates.
 

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I've actually had a good Tekton as well. Forgot about them.
Torque wrenches are easy to check with nothing more than a vise, measuring tape and a known weight. I use either dumbbells or Olympic plates.
You also need an understsnding of basic physics. That is not universal.

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That looks like a GREAT deal!
IMHO it is really necessary to have a torque wrench in inch pounds for lower torques, and one in ft. pounds for higher torques.
Using a 10 - 150 lb torque wrench is not particularly accurate at the lower range, and using an inch lb torque wrench at it's higher range is not particularly accurate either.
 
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Auto zone lens out torque wenches you buy it then return it / store police may vary this one by me 5 days / only did it to check my old beam wrenches
Please tell me if you are typing on a phone with autocorrect, or if you really believe that the store has its own police department.
 
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IMHO: You get what you pay for. For my basic home owner use I have an old beam type. It is close enough for the work I do. If I am paying the shop price of over a 100 bucks an hour I expect them to have far higher quality tools with tighter tolerances.
That being said , a really nice set of tools would be more than the resale price of my old B.
 

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I’ll 2nd Tekton. I have the 1/4 and 3/8 torque wrenches along with their socket sets.
If you buy through Tekton you get 10% rewards towards the next purchase and free shipping on every order.
Have to jump in and support Tekton tools also. Very good quality considering the price point and I am admittedly a bit of a tool snob.

They also make a bunch of somewhat specialty tools that meet certain needs (I.E. extended length wrenches, etc).

I needed one recently to access some nuts on my Land Cruiser and Tekton had just what I needed. The quality is definitely there and the price....more than reasonable. I haven't seen their whole line of tools....of course, but of those I have seen, all were good.

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And a little math. 🤪
Next thing I know theres going to some discussion of how a torque wrench is only reading the actual torque while it is moving (coefficients of kinetic and static friction apparently being different or some such phenomenon). And then I’ll start thinking I have to loosen a fastener and retighten it to really know what torque it’s at vs. like they do at the tire shop with a clicker torque wrench that clicks as soon as they push on it after the air gun has had a go at it.

Alas, we do like to stomp mud holes in seemingly simple inquiries.
 
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I also have Harbor Freight 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2”. No complaints.
 

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