mick
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I have a 35 year old, lightly used, well cared for Williams Autotorque. Is there any reason to suspect it shouldn't be used for torquing car wheel bolts?
Torque wrench question (strictly not boat-related but could be)
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rich
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Test it against another one if you can, I had to dispose of mine after some one? put it away,fully wound up, I hadn't needed it for a few years, it was useless for anything but a hammer!
VicS
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There is nothing in what you have said to suggest it should not be so used.
I'd bet not many people bother with a torque wrench ... usually use the wheel brace supplied with the car ....... I did get a surprise when I checked mine with a torque wrench though!
mick
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Under or over, Vic?
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VicS
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Under, even using two hands on a spider type wheel brace.
At least I would have been able to undo them at the road side with the wheel brace if necessary.. Now they are torqued up correctly I doubt if I will get them undone myself with the wheel brace next time I have to change a wheel.
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doug748
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For the price, these are a useful piece of kit:
https://www.machinemart.co.uk/shop/...in-impact-wrench-kit-12v?da=1&TC=RV-060810610
I could not justify buying a proper impact wrench but this 12v job took off a very difficult motorcycle clutch nut in 3 seconds. I now keep it in the back of the car. Machine Mart are offering 20% off on a couple of dates this month and early next.
mick
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Complications everywhere. Thanks, Vic and others.
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Lidl and Aldi regularly sell telescopic wheel wrenches that give more than enough leverage to get that job done for around a fiver. Cheap, yes...Good enough for the job, certainly
VicS
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Lidl and Aldi regularly sell telescopic wheel wrenches that give more than enough leverage to get that job done for around a fiver. Cheap, yes...Good enough for the job, certainly
I'm thinking more along the lines that next time I'll get the AA man to do it.
AFAICR the last time I had to change a wheel at the side of the road was 26 years ago .... late at night miles from anywhere on a busy trunk road without a proper hard shoulder.
A mobile phone would have been the best bit of kit I could have had ... but we did not have them in those days.
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Baddox
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What are they like to use, do they have a severe kick?
oldharry
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I have a similar device, not a Clarke tho I dont know the make as the label came off years ago! Looks to be the same as the Clarke. There is surprisingly little kick when mine engages considering the amount of torque its applying, even if the nut doesnt shift straight away
doug748
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As oldharry has said they are easy to use.
I have no real idea how they work but you can hear it wind itself up, a clutch lets go and then gives the nut a belt. If you muck about with old engines and want something cheap and cheerful I think they are great.
I have no real idea how they work but you can hear it wind itself up, a clutch lets go and then gives the nut a belt. If you muck about with old engines and want something cheap and cheerful I think they are great.
Lakesailor
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That's a youngster. I have a Britool torque wrench that was old when I got it in 1978. Well-used in a garage. I had it tested in 2000 by a mate who works in a garage equipment manufacturers.
It was within the 4% tolerance In fact it was less than 2% out.