Good digital torque wrench

Digital Flex-Neck Torque Wrench, 3/8" Drive - Griot's Garage

My neighbor that has a SG has had that torque wrench for a year.
Its kinda hard to loan torque wrench's. On the clicker ones, they have to be set back to zero. It ain't good to leave them set on a load.
On a digital torque wrench when you are threw, its a good idea to take the battery out.
Most folks including myself don't load their torque wrench's as a rule of thumb.
The dude I used to do boat work with loaned his and he had to have snapon send them off and have them recalibrated.

Here is anther good digital torque wrench

Eastwood 3/8 Inch Drive Digital Electronic Torque Wrench

Pretty cheap, but I lost an engine to a cheap torque wrench one time and I'll spend money on a name brand from now on.

We have been doing engines with these what do you call cheap torque wrench's
I got a 99.00 northern tools digital torque wrench I checked against a SNAPON
And it was right on the money.
And remember this, its digital, not a clicker

I'm talking for lasting reliability. I'm sure it would be accurate out of the box, but I'm still not going to gonna rely on a cheap torque wrench.
I trust digital less than I trust thumb-screw clicks, and I won't buy a micrometer anymore.

A digital torque wrench does both inch and foot lbs and newton meters
Its more accurate than most clickers I've seen.
And a digital torque wrench is 3 times faster.
Don't know many folks that has used a digital torque wrench that will go back to a clicker. It don't make sense.

If you have to torque something to 20 ft lbs, then 45 then 65.
Set it at 65, do each bolt at 20 them come back around to 45 and watch the guage. When you hit 65 it will beep.

You can spend hundreds of dollars on torque wrench's if you use them everyday.
Or you can buy a few torque wrenchs that are good. And if you need send them back to have them calibrated.
I've checked a digital torque wrench I bought 4 yrs ago against a Snap on.
Its still right on the money.

Here is the one I got and build motors with it. Got several friends with it.

Bought this digital torque wrench about 2 1/2 yrs ago. Built my last motor with it.
It does both inch pounds and foot pounds.
It did a good job.

They have it on sale. Though I would let anybody that might be in the market for one.

Product: Northern Industrial Digital Torque Wrench — 1/2in.-Drive


It is no longer available either.

I've got both digital and standard clicker all Snap-on. It's your crap use what you please.

If I build engines everyday. I would get the best available. I'm making a living with it.
But with the Duty cycle of a torque wrench not being used much by a lot of us.
But when I like a bunch of other folks do not make a living using a torque wrench. There is no need to pay the snap on prices.
Would you not agree to that ?

I still think I'd step up to a craftsman.



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what i like on the digital is that mine does. deg. angle as well so when you have to torque and the go another 90 deg .i dont have to set up another gauge and move it from bolt to bolt . works real nice when having to do eight rods and a set of heads on a big chevy . all the late model motors are stretch to yield fasten bolts .