I have craftsman clicker style I bought over 20 years ago and its build at least a dozen hi-po engines with nary a calibration nor issue with the results. I agree with Graham I don't think the variance is really all that critical. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
-----Original Message----- From: Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> Sender: [email protected] Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 13:40:59 To: <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Good, cheap torque wrench? For 80 ft-lbs you actually want to go a bit beyond the 80 range. Torque wrenches of the clicking type have their best accuracy "mid-range" and the accuracy gets poorer at the high and low ends of the range. Most don't specify what end-of-range accuracy is; I only know mine is 2% end of range because I have the certificates. 5-100 ft-lbs or would work quite well for our purposes, and you'd spend most of your time in that middle range of best accuracy. -Kurt On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Gene Henry <[email protected]> wrote: > The torque tables in my Honda manuals do not show any above 80 ft/lbs, so > I would recommend the 3/8" drive at 0-80 ft/lbs. > Most torques are in the 15 to 30 ft/lb range. > I am very pleased with my purchases from Harbor Freight. > > http://www.harborfreight.com/3-8-eighth-inch-drive-click-stop-torque-wrench-807.html > . > Religious use is a good habit, and will keep spark plugs from seizing or > stripping (9 to 13 ft/lb). You will be amazed at how little this is! > And IMO 4% accuracy is certainly adequate. > Certainly an improvement over the old standard of "stop 1/4 turn before it > breaks"! > And $20 is lots cheaper than $90! Buying it, using it, and returning it > after use is *really* cheap! > > -- 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. -- 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.
