[HTFR]

i'm planing on buying one, but i'm not too sure what is needed in a torque wrench to make it usefull for bike repair. what torque range is needed (N/M, pound/foot, pound/inch) should i get a ratcheting one? or are the "bar bending" ones ok? are some more accurate then others? what accuracy to i need?


i'm namly just looking for recomendations, which one should i get (or what do you have )???

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Bikes are more inch pounds, Park make a decent one.

 

[UiUiUiUi]

Syntace makes agreat torque wrench for bike related stuff
have a look: www.syntace.com

direct link:
http://www.syntace.com/02_produkte/detail.cfm?artid=377

 

[fasterTHANyou]

torque wrench? ha

just takes a little practice... if crap falls off the bike, its not tight enough. if you rip the threads or cant get it back out- its too tight...

 

[MMike]

Strangley I've had very bad luck with Craftsman torque wrenches. Gray and Snap-on make nice ones. (I've only worked with larger ones though...200 ft-lb ones)

 

[HTFR]

would a 25-250pound/inch torque range suffice??? or is there an important range i'm missing?

 

[KaTooMer]

would a 25-250pound/inch torque range suffice??? or is there an important range i'm missing?

Yes, in most cases. I have a 3/8th inch drive torque wrench that's in the neighborhood of 25-250 inch-lbs and covers just about everything on a bike. I do also have a 1/2 inch drive that starts around 20 ft-lbs and goes over 100 ft-lbs, but that's for the truck and the motorcycles.

For most bolts, I don't use torque wrenches much anymore (tighten-by-feel method). But there are some "precision" applications that I still try to tighten to the recommended torque, like suspension components.