Anyone have suggestions on a favorite choice here? Prices range from $30 to over $300... I'm not a professional mechanic so I figure I don't need to spend $300+, but I don't need to cheap out, either.
Torque Wrench
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1pieceatatime
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Torque Wrench
Browsing Amazon looking for a good 1/2" drive torque wrench that runs up to 250 ft-lbs... gotta make sure the Thuren 2.5 setup goes on correctly
Anyone have suggestions on a favorite choice here? Prices range from $30 to over $300... I'm not a professional mechanic so I figure I don't need to spend $300+, but I don't need to cheap out, either.
Anyone have suggestions on a favorite choice here? Prices range from $30 to over $300... I'm not a professional mechanic so I figure I don't need to spend $300+, but I don't need to cheap out, either.
Re: Torque Wrench
I have this one below from Precision Instruments. I like how its easily adjusted and doesn't need to be reset to 0 for storage. It looks very similar to the SnapOn equivalent split beam torque wrench, which I believe is supplied by PI.
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Re: Torque Wrench
A good torque wrench is definitely a necessity. I was recommended this one by CJC Offroad(IIRC) a few years back and it's held up well with quite a bit of use. Made in the USA and includes a calibration certificate. A
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- Spintech Super Pro Street 9000 Muffler, Electronic Exhaust Cutout, Transgo Shift-Kit
- COOPER S/T MAXX(37x12.5R17), Carli High Clearance Control Arms, Carli HD Ball-joints
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- JW Speaker TS4000 Driving Lights, Grote 30" LED Off-road Light Bar, Bosch Compact 100 Fog Lights
2004 JEEP GRAND CHEROKEE OVERLAND: 4.7L High Output PowerTech V8, Quadra-Drive, Inferno Red
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Re: Torque Wrench
CDI is the company that builds torque wrench’s for snapon etc. best bang for the buck by a wide margin. Go with a split beam cdi and never look back.
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2009 5.7 auto quadcab
Carli 3” coils deaver leafs 3” kings with 4 tube bypass rear and fr/rr hydro bumps
Howe steering pump and gear with hydraulic ram assist
Custom tube bumpers and white knuckle sliders
Creative fab trussed axle. rem polished and cryoed 5.13 gears with arb lockers fr/rr
Sharadon stage 2 545rfe with 3000 stall edge converter
Lots of other stuff lol
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1pieceatatime
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Re: Torque Wrench
Thanks fellas!
Re: Torque Wrench
I'm in the "Go cheap and take care of it" camp. Torque wrenches aren't rocket science.
The HFT ones I have (1/4, 3/8, 1/2") have all cal'd good-enough for engines/accessories.
Biggest thing for bolt patterns is repeatability - that all fasteners are torqued close to each other. They don't all have to be exactly on-spec (exactly 100 ft-lbs), as long as they're all torqued the same (±0.5ft-lbs to each other).
The HFT ones I have (1/4, 3/8, 1/2") have all cal'd good-enough for engines/accessories.
Biggest thing for bolt patterns is repeatability - that all fasteners are torqued close to each other. They don't all have to be exactly on-spec (exactly 100 ft-lbs), as long as they're all torqued the same (±0.5ft-lbs to each other).
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Re: Torque Wrench
That diagram is a shooting target out of one of the books I have on long range shooting. 
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My build thread. http://forum.powerwagonregistry.org/vie ... =13&t=2826
Moab '09, '10, '12, '14, '20, '22
Rausch Creek - Summer '10, Spring-Fall '11, Spring '12, Summer '13, Summer '14, Summer '15, Summer '16, Summer '17, Summer '18, Summer '20, Summer '22, Summer '23, Summer '24,
AOAA Summer '19.
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Re: Torque Wrench
also something I deal with regularly. Repeatable/not-accurate + calibration = repeatable/accurate. 
