personaly i would get the harbor freight clicker and return it after the jobs done... My mechanic buddy brought over his expencive snap on clicker when he installed the head on my perkins and was bitching about the calibration being off... But thats a cheep fix, and i can imagine that a reputable manufacture would warente this kind of thing
-----Original Message----- Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2011 5:03:37 am To: [email protected] From: "Kurt Nolte" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Good, cheap torque wrench? More you pay the more you get works up to a certain point, and I hardly spent top-of-the-line money for mine. The NIST certificate with my wrench's latest calibration certifies it to within +- 1% mid-range, which is in the fractional ft-lb range and thus acceptable for me. My personal preference is to purchase any precision tool (under which category, for me, a torque wrench falls) from a manufacturer in Germany, USA or Japan (no particular order). Those three nations have a long standing history of quality precision tools and goods, and I feel very comfortable that QC and durability are going to be there. I also tend to view my tools as investments, so I'll pay extra for something that I can use over and over and over again, have it serviced, then use it for another half decade, get it serviced, use it again. Sure, my $25 service and calibration is the same as buying another low end torque wrench every time, but I have a kind of zen thing going with /my/ tools. I don't like replacing friend -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
