At 02:25 PM 5/21/2011, Jeff Schwaia wrote: >A quality click-type torque wrench is not as "iffy" as you may think. I >have 4 Snap-On click-type torque wrenches (1/4", 3/8", and two 1/2"). All >of them are at least 10 years old (although one was recalibrated about 5 >years ago), and all of them tested out to less than a 5% deviation from >indicated torque. My Craftsman reads right with the beam wrench at 3-5 different settings every time I check it. > That's pretty close (less the 1% off) to the >specification for a brand new Snap-On wrench after 10+ years of use. The >biggest issue with click-type torque wrenches is that people do not back off >the torque setting to 0 when storing them. Ah yes - it says that right in the book, but if you don't read the book... Yrs, d |
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