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Old 04-24-14, 11:38 AM
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Nebby10
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Originally Posted by JamesInSJ
1/4" Torque Wrench - 20-200 in. lbs. Regularly goes on sale for $10-15. Despite some opinions about Harbor Freight tools, I have 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 torque wrenches, use them all on my cars, and have had a couple friends/mechanics check against their Snap-on, frequently calibrated tools and found they're within 5% (negligible)
Main concern with a 20-200 is that the extremes is where the tolerances go first. I'd be very careful with checking the calibration often if it's going to be used on carbon. Not too big a deal with cars, but it can easily mean stuff breaking on bikes.
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