Hello folks. If you work on your own car, may I ask if you have a favorite brand and model of torque wrench? It can be one that you use for wheel lugs or it could be a model for things like cylinder heads or EV contact posts in a receptacle or EV charger junction box. If you have a brand you trust, …

Yes. The vast majority of these employ springs to set the tension. If kept in a compressed state, they tend to relax over time. For home use, the worst thing you could do is put them away for long periods at a low to high setting. I tend not to go all the way to zero like someone else mentioned only…

Check out this video. I have 2 Craftsman torque wrenches, one of which is 60 years old. [Best Torque Wrench? $450 Snap On vs Craftsman, ICON, Kobalt, DeWalt, SK Tools, Proto, Wera]

Different work places, different rules. In an environment where the torque wrench is used constantly, returning to zero after each use is not practical. The labor costs alone would be way above the cost of periodic replacement. In this environment, typically the torque wrenches get a cal check ev…

[image] keith: In this environment, typically the torque wrenches get a cal check every 2, 4 or 8 hours. Different rules definitely- we do checks at the start of a shift or when an operator changes. Analysis has shown anything more than that is unnecessary. In fact, analysis indicates that ou…

Is there a way for me to check mine, other than finding a calibration shop?

Yes. They make and sell professional digital torque adapters that you can set and then see if your wrench activates or reads at the correct setting. You could go full DIY and use a weight of known value hung from the wrench with the socket adapter in a vise. Easiest would be a foot but if you want/…

[image] texases: Is there a way for me to check mine, other than finding a calibration shop? I found this years ago… [image] How to Calibrate a Torque Wrench (with Pictures) - wikiHow Mechanics rely on torque wrenches to provide accurate and reliable torque readings so they can a…

What I do is far from perfect, but I always considered “good enough.” I have a decent quality digital fish scale. I check that against other stuff - like fitness weights. I think the most I ever went was an 80lb bag of concrete. I never trust only one thing though (like that the weights I used would…

[image] TwinTurbo: We found it better to have manufacturing engineering responsible for setting torque wrench values for a workstation Our mechanics set the torque wrenches to the value in the work instruction, then the QA engineer checked the setting against the work instruction before the t…

Haven’t had floor walking QA engineers since before 2000. Don’t you know, everyone is supposed to be responsible for quality now :face_with_tongue: So they do away with QA people doing checks and rely on Operations folks to do their jobs. The QA people at work are primarily sitting in their cubes po…

What brand and model torque wrench would you recommend?

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davesmopar September 1, 2025, 1:46am 41

I found this years ago…

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What brand and model torque wrench would you recommend?

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