Pretty much anything on a '69 Cuda. My torque wrenches since I lost mine in a move years ago have been my arms... snug, tight, really tight, or 'I'm gonna feel this tomorrow' tight.Craftsmen - prices are good since the company has so much trouble. 3/8s was $40 something and the big 1/2" was a little more.
I have the craftsmen 3/8s, I believe it only goes to 80 pounds. I am happy with it - about 2 years
I ended up buying a Husky 1/2 that goes to 180 pounds - that sucker is long but works well- I was in a pinch and paid upper $50s
So depends what you are torquing
Perfect!Pretty much anything on a '69 Cuda. My torque wrenches since I lost mine in a move years ago have been my arms... snug, tight, really tight, or 'I'm gonna feel this tomorrow' tight.
I should have added 'hit it with the impact until it can't go anymore, let the air compressor catch up, and hit it again!' tight.Perfect!
That's also what I called every new girlfriend in High School.That’s what my cousin says is “Getting on his German” , “Goodentight.”
Better than being the opposite of prude! Anywho, before this thread goes completely off the rails, any input on new torque wrenches?Good one. 2 cent slight reply for laughs....
Sorry to hear your school mates were prude.
I'd want to keep it. Good idea though if I don't have one yet and need one... I always forget most of the parts stores will rent out tools.Something you are going to use again? If so spend a little more. You can rent one for one project.
Yea, we could get real silly from here...Better than being the opposite of prude! Anywho, before this thread goes completely off the rails, any input on new torque wrenches?
I don''t want a cheapie.. then again, if I wind up tossing an expensive one, that may be the way to go. Dammit, now I'm confused again! Good points to think over, though. Thanks man!If you buy a cheapie expect it to be a throw away. Even the expensive ones get tossed when ratchet kits and internal parts are discontinued.
Craftsman seems to be the way to go from the comments, which is good, as I have a Sears charge card.Yea, we could get real silly from here...
Suggestion? Craftsman.
More than likely a bastardization of 'gute nacht'... 'good night'.Craftsman seems to be the way to go from the comments, which is good, as I have a Sears charge card.
BTW, the proper German spelling I always had in my head (from listening to my German gramma, and sometimes from my mom when they spoke in German, and when they yelled at me in words I shouldn't be hearing, in German) is 'Gutentight'. More emphasis on the 't'. "GooT en tight."
There was a torque wrench "torque-off" in a mag and the $16 HF was +-3% of the best out there. 4% is the target for accuracy clockwise while 6% is counterclockwise. IIRC it was neck and neck with a Craftsman or a Matco. Now I have to find it....I think it was Off-road magazine? They have a digital "cube" that goes between a breaker bar and the bolt that measures the torque and beeps when its preset torque is met, it can also measure the breakaway torque. Its also used to calibrate on a static stand. I have a strange 3/8 Snap-On that is not a ratchet, just a straight torque "breaker bar". Beautiful piece, Kinda hard to use......
Here is the new HF $100 ICON compared the the $400 Snap-On 1/2 torque wrench...sorry Snap-On! ICON beat it in accuracy as well as repeatablilty, and even smaller degree of ratchet.
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