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Are these any good? They appear to be cheaper than most and I wanted to know if I'm missing something. Anyone have any thoughts?
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necessary these days. I have both and they are fine. Better than the clicker type for bicycle use......
Again. Necessary if you are working on bikes with lightweight parts. Stripped bolts are the result of not using one these days. I learned on a alloy crank bolt.
Again. Necessary if you are working on bikes with lightweight parts. Stripped bolts are the result of not using one these days. I learned on a alloy crank bolt.
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Everything from Park Tools is good.
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Even cheaper are beam types from discount auto parts stores. Same thing, essentially, just get one that reads low.
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I use a ten inch steel bar. I attach a hex key to one end and a dial indicator fisherman's scale to the other. A five pound pull is 50 inch pounds. My scale read six percent light when tested with a known weight. I moved the point of attachment six percent nearer to the hex key. The cost was about five dollars.
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I almost picked one up the other night but i don't like the scales. 0 to 60 was to low for what I needed (80to 100) and 0 to 600 seemed like it would be too hard to read.
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I read the thread title as Tark Pork Wrench. Ahh...
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I bought both from performance the other day. 10% off with free shipping. It couldn't hurt.
As far as I can tell, the 0-600 one will probably see a lot more usage.
Sears has a 25-250 clicker type on sale this week for $60.
https://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...id=00944593000
The Craftsman tool seems like it would be of a respectable scale and it covers a mostly adequate range. I opted for the Park Tool ones because I got both of them for the same price as the Craftsman tool.
As far as I can tell, the 0-600 one will probably see a lot more usage.
Sears has a 25-250 clicker type on sale this week for $60.
https://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/produ...id=00944593000
The Craftsman tool seems like it would be of a respectable scale and it covers a mostly adequate range. I opted for the Park Tool ones because I got both of them for the same price as the Craftsman tool.