Torque Wrench £12.99

[Jack]

I know, for that price I'd have expected it to be made from butter as well, but a few mates have got these recently and found them to be perfectly good and solid enough for normal DIY use, as well as being accurate.

Available from Aldi stores nationwide.



Jack.

[Alastair Gregg]

Fire Extinguishers, torque wrench's tell me Jack do you have a "thing" for Aldi?

Seriously if not made of butter, then a good buy. Well spotted that man.

[Forumadmin]

Jack certainly needs one of these. The problem is knowing what torque is required. Low tensile and small diameter bolts are the most problematic. First you need to know the relative strengths of different diameters of foxings. Then you need to appreciate the different strenfths of the materails they are made from. Then you need to know your own strength and learn to feel for the fixing. Learn when it is grabbing, learn when it is about to stretch or neck. Learn about even and gradual application of torque. A torque wrench does help but you still need to know how to use one.

Typical bolts that stretch on a Jowett are wheel studs, clutch plate bolts and of course anything in aluminium; but then it is not the fixing that goes- the oil flexi pipe banjo bolts, head studs, oil sump.

Anybody any others they have stripped or snapped?

[Jack]

Jack certainly needs one of these. The problem is knowing what torque is required. Low tensile and small diameter bolts are the most problematic. First you need to know the relative strengths of different diameters of foxings. Then you need to appreciate the different strenfths of the materails they are made from. Then you need to know your own strength and learn to feel for the fixing. Learn when it is grabbing, learn when it is about to stretch or neck. Learn about even and gradual application of torque. A torque wrench does help but you still need to know how to use one.

Typical bolts that stretch on a Jowett are wheel studs, clutch plate bolts and of course anything in aluminium; but then it is not the fixing that goes- the oil flexi pipe banjo bolts, head studs, oil sump.

Anybody any others they have stripped or snapped?

All I see above is a longer bar than normal to chuck my weight behind So it's clicking, that means it's nearly there doesn't it?

And these foxings you speak of, how might I find these now that hunting with dogs has been banned?

Jack.

[Forumadmin]

It is a technical term for when a fixing goes out instead of in, a frequent occurence in your case.