mini torque wrench...5nm-

[mr mac]

hi, im after a mini torque wrench that will go down as low as 5nm, where can i get one at a fair price ?


thanks ian

 

[Endacy]

I bought a 0-4 NM one off ebay, have a look there.

 

[mr mac]

ok thanks.....i think its 7nm i actually need


cheers

 

[wyn]

I've got a 3/8" drive Norbar 4-20 Nm that i used to use on bike engines.
It's been pretty good apart from the adjusting knob falling off.

 

[Porschemaniac]

I've got one of these. And very happy with it, too.

 

[mr mac]

thanks, i been looking on ebay, they can be quite dear. and have to look as it needs to be reversible as its a reverse thread ...

thanks

 

[mr mac]

i like the look at that screwfix one....do u happen to have the scale and is it reversible?

thanks ian

 

[Porschemaniac]

Hi Ian,

I'd love to give you the scale - but it's buried in my tool box, in the garage, behind fourteen locks

I bought it for a belt change job on my old 944 - needed to torque the water pump bolts down to 8nm. The scale is easy to read and the wrench has a nice, positive action. Used it, also, for tightening the screws on the Autobox filter on the Jag.

Personally, I only ever used it in one direction - but I think it is reversible. Looking at the Screwfix picture, it has a lever on the head - so I assume that it is. Sorry for the vague and wooly answers, but it's been a little while since I last used it

Wish I had got mine from Screwfix - mine came from e-bay and, with the delivery, worked out a few quid more than this one. Mind you, I did get it in red - which is definitely the best colour for Teng Tools

Cheers,

Ian.

 

[Porschemaniac]

Hi Ian,

There's a bit more info here.

Cheers,

Ian.

 

[Robotstar5]

I know it does not go low enough but I saw this the other day, looks neat.

 

[hotrodder]

No idea what they cost now but switched from a Teng 5-25Nm wrench to a Roebuck (1 - 12ish NmIIRC) torque screwdriver after a bunch of stripped threads in the 5 - 7Nm range at a place i used to work. The wrench was used properly (no leaning on it and passing it's 'breakaway point', anyone caught putting it away under tension was made tea boy/dogsbody for the next month etc) but due to it's size gave absolutly no feel in use at the lower end of it's range. The Roebuck screwdriver didn't 'break' as gradually as say a Britool but IIRC far more notice that you'd reached the setting than many of the cheapies