Whats a good price on a Torque Wrench?
TIA

 

I believe mine was 60 dollars at Home Depot. I'm not at home so I don't remember what it measured to, but I think you'll be looking above 50 for a new one.

 

If you don't care about name brand, Harbor Freight has them for $20-$30, even cheaper when there's a super sale.

I have a $60 Husky and a $25 Harbor Freight (no brand name) torque wrench (got if for $10 during a super sale), and they both work just fine to me.

 

If on a budget, the Harbor Freight work. I went with Craftsman for the lifetime warranty and the yearly checkups to ensure accuracy.

Jae

 

for Harbor Freight

I bought mine from there for $12.99. It's a clicking, ratcheting, 1/2" torque wrench that is very accurate. One time, I tested it up against a clicking snap-on torque wrench and it was just as accurate. Harbor Freight also has a lifetime warranty on all of their hand tools. I don't know how they do it.

 

Jegs carries one, also. A guy I auto-x with uses it for his Sonoma.

 

Uhhh, which one do you have that you have a lifetime warranty on a torque wrench? all the ones I've seen are under 2 yr warranty and only like 90 days on calibration...

 

is there such a thing as an extendable torque wrench with a U joint?? like one that starts at 7 or 8 inches and extends to 15 or 16?

i was asking so i could use it to get the right foot lbs on the knock sensor im gonna do in the next few weeks.

 

Highly doubtful since Torque is a measure of Force x Distance. Extending the wrench would increase the torque and the wrench wouldn't be able to compensate for it, and having the U joint and introducing angles would complicate/alter the force being executed. If a wrench like this existed, it would be $500 plus.

 

I think my local Sear's is just nice. I've never seen the 2yr/90day thing before either. LOL

Jae

 

yea i think i got mine from sears as well and i use it atleast once a week. so if ya got $60 go with sears for warranty.

 

Just bought a 1/2" Craftsmen torque wrench for my 01 for $49 from Sears on sale....Good price for a torque wrench I will have for a long time...

 

$20 at Murray's a few years ago. It works great.

 

Same here. Did find out that Home Depot (Husky) was warrantied for life though. At least when I bought mine last year they were.

 

I picked one up from autozone a year or so, a 1/2" greatneck brand, i think it was less than $25, money well spent considering how much i use it

 

Yup, that's the one I have. $19.99

 

I have an older sears one that seems to be serving well.

/side question
Where do you guys get them calibrated, and how much does it usually run to do? Is it so much, that it's worth just buying a new one?

 

Ha! I was wondering the same thing. I remember dropping mine on the floor once. Not sure how accurate it is now.

 

Just in case there may still be one soul on this thread that wasn't aware, the easiest way to put a torque wrench out of calibration is to finish using it and store it away WITHOUT releasing ALL pressure/tension on it first.

 

Yup, I always put it at the lowest setting before putting it away.

 

so how would i go about measuring the torque on the knock sensor when im installing it WITHOUT removing the manifold?

just goodntight will work? i think the specs are 14-22 ftlbs

 

Hmmmmm... Every torque wrench I've owned never said this in the instructions.

 

My instructions said it.

 

Go to Sears. Great torque wrench for the money. Unless you are a full time mechanic, you will never wear it out.

 

You can use extensions and such with Snap-On torque wrenches

Unloading the click type is proper practice