/diy/ - Do It Yourself

https://www.amazon.com/Snap-TechAngle-Electronic-Torque-ATECH3FR300B/dp/B07FB3XT5Y/ref=mp_s_a_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1537147511&sr=8-6&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_QL65&keywords=snap+on+torque+wrench+1%2F2+inch+drive&dpPl=1&dpID=41l5TeL82uL&ref=plSrch


Don’t worry anon you can get snap on on amazon.

>>1465541
>KB toy sales

Honestly I wish as soon as someone suggests buying a snap-on tool to a person that isn't a mechanic, that they be instantly struck down by the wrath of God.

>>1465537
breaker bar & digital torque adapter

or

1" impact

>>1465550
This is true. It’s retarded to pay that money unless you have the tool truck guy’s number. And he’s not gonna replace shit for you if you buy it online.

>>1465537
Why digital? Have fun when you don’t use it for 6 months and find a battery leaked inside of it and it’s useless.

>>1465551
>1” impact
Ahh, the old “It’s not tight enough til you snap the bolt” trick.

>>1465537
Oh and buy whatever the hell you want for a torque wrench. If you actually use it, you probably want a 3/8” drive for in-lbs and a 1/2” for ft-lbs. the $20 HF wrenches go on sale for like $12 all the time and they’re close enough.

>>1465560
>Why digital?
Honestly I just pulled up a random pic.
Looking on amazon however I may go with this exact one. The mechanical ones seem to start at 10 foot pounds. I'm buying a used Honda Fit and I need 7 foot pounds as the minimum and this AC Delco one does 4 to 99. Enough for sparkplugs and lug nuts.

>>1465551
>digital torque adapter
They seem to be around $60 at least. The OP pic is like $100, so I'm thinking of it. Still of course open to suggestions.

>>1465562
>HF wrenches go on sale for like $12 all the time and they’re close enough.
I'll check them out. $12 is better than $100!

>>1465566
>7ft lbs

Like I said above, you’ll probably want two if you actually use them. Tightening 19mm lug nuts and tightening 8mm bolts on engine covers are totally different. You shouldn’t be using a 1/2” torque wrench to tighten stuff to 50in-lbs

>>1465568
https://www.harborfreight.com/38-in-drive-click-type-torque-wrench-61276.html

This one seems to be the winner so far.
Yeah I understand it probably isn't good to do what I'm thinking. Sparkplugs and wheel lugs with the same torque wrench, but it says I can!

>>1465560
How did you piss off your tol guy?
All the Snap-On guys I've dealt with will replace or repair tools no matter where they came from.

>>1465575
I don’t work in a shop so if I were to find a Strap On guy and pull up to him with a bunch of broken tools from eBay and demand new tools even though I have never spent a penny with him, he would likely tell me to fuck off.

I’m curious as to who eats the bulk of the cost on those replacements. I have heard some stories of the tool truck dudes being stingy on replacements, especially if the stuff wasn’t bought off their truck. Other people say the truck guy will replace busted stuff from the flea market with no questions asked. At the very least it’s a waste of the franchisee’s time.

>>1465573
Here ya go. Buy all 3.

>>1465575
Probably by being bepis...

>>1465609
I baked some peanut butter fudge brownies for him one day because it was the least I could do after he extended my credit limit to $23k. Didn’t know he was allergic to peanuts and he ended up in the hospital.

>>1465588
Local guy watched my brother take a torch to his pry bar to bend it to fit a funny angle and still replaced it.
I guess the fact the shop has spent well in excess of one million in the past helps. Used to have a deal to set up apprentices with their own toolsets at near cost.

>>1465568
Is it really that necessary to torque lugs down to spec? I love following manuals and getting torques perfect, but I’ve always been a fan of using the car’s lug wrench and tightening lugs by hand/standing on the bar (because I’m a skeleton). That way I know if I get a flat I can pop the wheels off on the side of the road.

>>1465791
The typical car or SUV is like 80-100ft-lbs. and if it’s torqued properly, it’s not very difficult to get them off with the spare tire iron.

Going snug with an 18” or 24” breaker bar will probably be about right. The torque wrench on lug nuts is more for peace of mind. Either way it’s a good idea to break the lugs loose and retighten them somewhere close to the proper specs after you get the car back from the tire shop where the HS dropouts slammed them on to 300ft-lbs with the impact gun, that way you can actually get them off with the spare tire iron if you get a flat on the side of the road.

>>1465566
I have a digital but rarely use it because it's less repeatable than click style. Look at tekton's stuff.

>>1465795

the actual reason to torque your lugnuts is because over tightening will stretch the stud, distort the threads, and then wobble loose over time

if you do it every day, you probably have a good idea of the right torque and can get away without a torque wrench

if youve done it once, get the right shit so you dont kill your family

dont cheap out on torque wrenches, you might as well go by feel instead of a harbor freight

go with ultra pro, westward, blue point, snap on, etc

>>1466361
You’re not going to fuck up the studs and threads going 15% over with a cheap click-type torque wrench. The Jififfy Luber will do that with his impact gun for you.

A lot of poorfags on /o/ use those HF tork wrenches and they all claim they’re close enough. OP isn’t building a racing engine.

I would reccommend the Craftsman click-type wrenches because they go on sale a lot but I believe they changed the design a couple years back and the newer reviews aren’t as good. My older US-made ones are going strong.

>>1466361
did you make too many unoriginal posts on /r9k/ ?

>>1465592
That's a good idea!

>>1466421

wat

>>1466417

also, not lug nuts no

but other bolts, yea

dissimilar metals for sure, like aluminum with a steel bolt, transmission filters etc that are all corroded

if you dont know what to feel for youll pull the bolts right out before your chinkerton even thinks of clicking

>>1466946
I’ll admit you’re right when I manage to strip out threads by tightening a 45ft-lb bolt to 50ft-lb. I kinda doubt that will happen any time soon unless something else is already fucked.