Recommend me a... Torque Wrench

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Recommend me a... Torque Wrench

Postby SickBoy » 16 Jun 2013 19:21

I'd like to be able to put my bike back together once it reaches Canada without risking crushing/breaking it with my mighty strength.

I'm looking to get a torque wrench, most things on the bike seem to be in the 5-7 Nm range

I was looking at something like this:
M Part Cycle / Bike Torque Wrench

Or this
Lifeline Essential Torque Wrench

Any thoughts or other recommendations?

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Re: Recommend me a... Torque Wrench

Postby ris » 16 Jun 2013 20:00

no idea if either of them are any good tbh, but i've bought wiggle's 'lifeline' brand tools in the past and they've been pretty good. not park tools quality, but neither have they broken in my super-hench powerful grip.
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Re: Recommend me a... Torque Wrench

Postby Tritans » 16 Jun 2013 20:48

That is a good recomendation. Ris has arms like Popeye.
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Re: Recommend me a... Torque Wrench

Postby gingertri » 16 Jun 2013 21:07

Tritans wrote:That is a good recomendation. Ris has arms like Popeye.


Well olive oil maybe?
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Re: Recommend me a... Torque Wrench

Postby md6 » 17 Jun 2013 10:32

I have a really nice BBB torque wrench, it has up to 10 or 15 nm IIRC and goes down below 5 so would cover your range. comes in a nice little box with about 7 or 8 different sized attachments... :oops:
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Re: Recommend me a... Torque Wrench

Postby SickBoy » 17 Jun 2013 19:20

Thanks all, I've gone for the Lifeline one :)

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Re: Recommend me a... Torque Wrench

Postby Lead Balloon » 26 Jun 2013 06:08

Let me know what they're like, I'm looking at expanding my toolkit beyond the simple hammer :lol:
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Re: Recommend me a... Torque Wrench

Postby Kevy427 » 26 Jun 2013 11:24

Lead Balloon wrote:Let me know what they're like, I'm looking at expanding my toolkit beyond the simple hammer :lol:

You need a biggerer hammer!
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