Torque Wrench

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Torque Wrench

#1 Post by furygan man » Fri May 25, 2012 8:37 am

Have been looking at getting one of these for a while now and as i've just bought a Carbon frame mountain bike i thought i'd better get one sooner rather than later.

On some of the torque settings they go as low as 3-4Nm, most of the torque wrenches i've seen on Ebay start at 5Nm am i worrying about nothing or are there ones out there for lower measurements for around £30-£50?? I've come across a couple £90+

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#2 Post by furygan man » Fri May 25, 2012 8:51 am

...after a bit more searching have found some, i had to search 'Cycle' Wrenches...doh!!!

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#3 Post by D-Rider » Fri May 25, 2012 9:04 am

furygan man wrote:...after a bit more searching have found some, i had to search 'Cycle' Wrenches...doh!!!
Links so that we may find .... ?
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#5 Post by D-Rider » Fri May 25, 2012 9:42 am

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#6 Post by furygan man » Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:09 pm

Bought the 'Pro' one from All Terrain Satuday, nice bit of kit and pretty useful too, have already gone around the new hardtail checking the torque settings!

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#7 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:58 pm

used for the white boots as well??

and i cannot fault the halfrauds ones


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#8 Post by furygan man » Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:00 pm

I needed the low torque settings as mentioned, Halfords only go down to 8Nm

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#9 Post by Aladinsaneuk » Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:03 pm

ahhh - i got one that goes from 3 - but that was a few years ago


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