Anyone seen Bob's Torque Wrench?

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Anyone seen Bob's Torque Wrench?

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I am in the market for a decent(ish) torque wrench like the Park ATD-1 for bike fettling but they are all out of stock everywhere. Can someone recommend me something in the £50 range or is this not spendy enough?

PlanetX have this https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TOJWMTWSV ... TOJWMTWSV2 but surely it's pants?
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Re: Anyone seen Bob's Torque Wrench?

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Don't get the pile o poo Dave... Surely there's somewhere that will sell you a Norbar. What kind of torque settings would you need it for mainly? Spend the money on a decent one IMO. :smile:

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Re: Anyone seen Bob's Torque Wrench?

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What torque range are you after...? Maybe the RATCHET ROCKET LITE NTX+ (2 - 6 Nm) or the COMBOTORQ WRENCH (3 - 12 Nm)?
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I have a couple of Draper ones that I use for the car/motorbike/bicycle. One in 1/2" and one in 3/8". Good enough for the amount of use they get. Had them years but not have them recalibrated so might well be off!

I do have a little topeak bit type set for doing up hex bolts to low torque settings, mainly because it's easy and quick to use and I keep it in my tool chest drawer of bike tools
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Boab wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 2:54 pm What torque range are you after...? Maybe the RATCHET ROCKET LITE NTX+ (2 - 6 Nm) or the COMBOTORQ WRENCH (3 - 12 Nm)?
My low torque is same as this COMBOTORQ and high torque (40 and above) is an antique type draper. Thanks for that Rocket-lite link Bob.
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I needed a 1/4" torque wrench the other month Dave (all mine were too big). Anyway, I went for a Sealey Premier and it's very good. 5 - 25Nm plus ft/lb scale and they're also certified calibrated unlike a lot of others. Just below budget.

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I've heard that the Giant ones are ok, although never used one myself...

https://www.giant-bicycles.com/gb/shed-torque-wrench
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Re: Anyone seen Bob's Torque Wrench?

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I needed a 1/4" torque wrench the other month Dave (all mine were too big). Anyway, I went for a Sealey Premier and it's very good. 5 - 25Nm plus ft/lb scale and they're also certified calibrated unlike a lot of others. Just below budget.

https://whiterosetools.com/products/sea ... n-eva-tray
Thanks Stu. Ordered myself one. Looks a bargain that. Dave... be quick as I doubt there'll be many left shortly. Free delivery too :-bd
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redefined_cycles wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 3:28 pm
I needed a 1/4" torque wrench the other month Dave (all mine were too big). Anyway, I went for a Sealey Premier and it's very good. 5 - 25Nm plus ft/lb scale and they're also certified calibrated unlike a lot of others. Just below budget.

https://whiterosetools.com/products/sea ... n-eva-tray
Thanks Stu. Ordered myself one. Looks a bargain that. Dave... be quick as I doubt there'll be many left shortly. Free delivery too :-bd
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Re: Anyone seen Bob's Torque Wrench?

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There's not much that will cover the really low torque stuff, Teng 1/4" drives start at 5Nm and go up to 25Nm, that's probably the best £48 you will spend. Halfords wrenches look identical to Norbar (I'm guessing they are made by them) but don't go low enough and smallest is 3/8" anyway. Calibration is good but be warned that they drift through time. They can be adjusted but require a calibration bicycle. Never wind them all the way out or store them wound up either!

I have a Gedore/Torqueleader 1.6-8Nm dial gauge wrench, I should hasten to add that I didn't spend anywhere near retail as I got it on Gumtree for less than your budget, always worth doing a search of the usual places as sometimes you get extremely lucky! :shock:
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Too late but I have the PX one and its really good. Quite a few other manus sell the same one with different branding. I've also two drapers for the big nuts and they are dead good too.
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Re: Anyone seen Bob's Torque Wrench?

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Dave Barter wrote: Mon May 16, 2022 2:47 pm Couldn't resist the title

I am in the market for a decent(ish) torque wrench like the Park ATD-1 for bike fettling but they are all out of stock everywhere. Can someone recommend me something in the £50 range or is this not spendy enough?

PlanetX have this https://www.planetx.co.uk/i/q/TOJWMTWSV ... TOJWMTWSV2 but surely it's pants?
I've got one, really happy with it. I did blow the last one but that was user error trying to remove my crank and jumping on it, unbelievably it didn't end well.... went straight out an bought another.
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