What brand of torque wrenches do you all like?

[OCJosh]

I still have an old craftman one from 30 years ago and I'm thinking about getting a newer one that can handle more torque. Let the flame war begin...

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[rharr]

i have a 1/2" husky for 250 ft/lb plus, and that is good for less precision work. I have a mac 3/8 for 20 to 80 ft/lb that had a calibration check done for medium torque and a CDI 1/4" for ft/in work. My suggestion is sticking to pro level brands for low torque work where having a badly calibrate wrench can strip or break stuff. CDI has been a pretty good brand for a good price, i believe it's a sub brand of snap on.

Snap on and mac are pro shop staple tools and some of the new digital wrenches are pretty amazing if you need to do torque to yield or torque plus X degrees the old click type wrench's just can't do that well. But for use at home guys we rarely need that setup and a clicker wrenches covers most jeep stuff.

 

[Sweetums]

I still have an old craftman one from 30 years ago and I'm thinking about getting a newer one that can handle more torque. Let the flame war begin...

I had GearWrench and old Craftsman, but I was disappointed by GearWrench's performance in Project Farm's testing. I replaced it with an Icon.

 

[DiehardTory]

IDK.. one close enough for the girls I go with. LMAO

 

[Badunit]

Flame war? Tool choice is hardly worthy of a flame war, unlike engine oil viscosity or differential gear ratio.

My preference has become Icon split beam torque wrenches. I got tired of micrometer torque wrenches, having to twist the handle so many times to dial in the torque. Plus the split beam gives a much louder click. I still use a micrometer style for low torque, though, or a small old-style beam torque wrench. I totally avoid digital because anything with a battery will eventually end up being dead when I need it and that just pisses me off.

 

[ChrisNLA]

I had a Craftsman 1/2" drive for years. Not certain it's accurate anymore. I recently bought a 3/8" Quinn (Harbor Freight) and those have good reviews and it seems to work for what I needed so far.

So, my answer is - the one I can afford that has good reviews.

 

[OCJosh]

I had a Craftsman 1/2" drive for years. Not certain it's accurate anymore. I recently bought a 3/8" Quinn (Harbor Freight) and those have good reviews and it seems to work for what I needed so far.

So, my answer is - the one I can afford that has good reviews.

Yeah, I was wondering about the harbor freight ones. My craftsman is a 1/2" and I'm pretty sure it isn't 100% accurate anymore which is why I wanted to see what other people are using. Accuracy is pretty important but I'm also not working on the space shuttle so...

 

[Idlethunder]

Mine is a Tekton 1/2" 250 ft lb off Amazon. It doesn't match up exactly with our shop managers Snap on but it is fairly close. To my thinking, it is better than not using one

 

[Charles 236]

I prefer a beam style torque wrench for engine and differential work. I know this goes against the choices of most tool users, but I have never had a problem with beam style torque wrenches. There are several hundred 3.6 Pentastars running around that I put heads on using an Indestro 3/8" beam style torque wrench for the head bolts, and never a problem with bolt torque.

 

[Badunit]

I prefer a beam style torque wrench for engine and differential work.

Hard to go wrong with one of those. Quick and easy and you can see the torque being applied as you do it, never having to worry if it is out of calibration or stuck/broken (i.e., never going to click).

 

[JonMN]

For wheels I went to a split beam. Nice audible click and I don't need to change it to zero after use. LINK

For lower torque I have a couple digital. I like them, but I really need to remember to make sure it's on. More than once I started applying torque only to find it had went to sleep while I was getting ready.

 

[Rusty PW]

When I was spinning wrenches for a living. I picked up Snap-On clicker and digital 3/8's and 1/2" drives. Also have an old Snap-On dial that my dad gave to me. I use the digital most of the time. When it hits it's setting. It buzzes and clicks. Plus it shows you what torque you hit.

 

[Free2roam]

Snap-On 50-250 clicker.

 

[Pliny]

When I decided to upgrade from my 35 year old Husky 3/8" and 1/2" torque wrenches, I replaced them with Wera:

https://www.wera.de/en/tools/tool-t...table-torque-wrenches-with-reversible-ratchet

 

[Sailorblue]

I have both snap on and a newer Harbor Freight Icon torque wrench, they seem to both calibrate accurately and no issues. The Icon was about $300 less than my snap on ones. Just saying.

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