Small drive beam type torque wrench

[scottmk1]

I'm going to be rebuilding the diff on my Land Cruiser, and the pinion bearing preload torque is to be between 1 and 1.5Nm with new bearings. The over all preload torque is the the pinion preload plus an additional 0.4 to 0.6Nm.

So anyone got recommendations for a bending beam/drive beam type torque wrench for these small numbers?

 

[Cobbler]

Use a breaker bar, convert the torque to pounds feet & hang a weight on it at 1 foot from the socket, or double the weight at 6 inches, whichever most convenient.

 

[m_c]

Bar and pull gauge will likely be a lot cheaper.

 

[scottmk1]

Bar and pull gauge will likely be a lot cheaper.

I do have a small pull gauge/spring balance somewhere, I'll have to check what scale it is.