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BoomerRoadie · 12-21-2016, 08:47 AM

I'd like to thank everyone for their reply to my question. This has been a very educational and entertaining thread for me!!

I have several takeaways from this conversation:

You are a smart group of people. I'm not pumping sunshine here...it's true. Thank you all.
You are an entertaining group of people too!! What more can you ask for, learn and laugh!!
Torque wrenches come in a variety of shapes and sizes. You need the one that fits the job and that means you might need multiple TW's to cover all the possible jobs.
Torque wrenches tend to have three basic ranges of accuracy (2%, 3% and 4%). 2% cost the most, 4% are the cheapest (generally). They all will do the job just fine so long as they are properly used and maintained.
Always torque to spec.
"Get the best torque wrench you can afford." actually means...get the best torque wrench you can afford, not because its going to to the job better or more accurately, because they all will (see #4), but because when you have a high quality torque wrench in your hands, it feels good and helps build confidence in what you're doing.
Tools are investments
Tools are assets
Using the a crappy torque wrench with proper technique will likely deliver better results than using a high quality torque wrench with crappy technique.
Psycho-analyzing torque wrenches is never ending and will make you dream about it. Don't psycho-analyze torque wrenches. Refer back to #4 and #6 and be done with it, knowing full well that #3 might come back and bite you. So planning out the perfect, most efficiency, most economical and optimum spread of tools and their respective ranges of torque coverage may get blown out of the water on your very next job.
No project is complete if it didn't involve getting a new tool, so, don't fret #10

Happy Holidays everyone. Happy New Year and...
Happy wrenching and happy motoring.

Best regards,
Adam

12-21-2016, 08:47 AM	#2
BoomerRoadie Registered User Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Fountain Hills Posts: 103	I'd like to thank everyone for their reply to my question. This has been a very educational and entertaining thread for me!! I have several takeaways from this conversation: You are a smart group of people. I'm not pumping sunshine here...it's true. Thank you all. You are an entertaining group of people too!! What more can you ask for, learn and laugh!! Torque wrenches come in a variety of shapes and sizes. You need the one that fits the job and that means you might need multiple TW's to cover all the possible jobs. Torque wrenches tend to have three basic ranges of accuracy (2%, 3% and 4%). 2% cost the most, 4% are the cheapest (generally). They all will do the job just fine so long as they are properly used and maintained. Always torque to spec. "Get the best torque wrench you can afford." actually means...get the best torque wrench you can afford, not because its going to to the job better or more accurately, because they all will (see #4), but because when you have a high quality torque wrench in your hands, it feels good and helps build confidence in what you're doing. Tools are investments Tools are assets Using the a crappy torque wrench with proper technique will likely deliver better results than using a high quality torque wrench with crappy technique. Psycho-analyzing torque wrenches is never ending and will make you dream about it. Don't psycho-analyze torque wrenches. Refer back to #4 and #6 and be done with it, knowing full well that #3 might come back and bite you. So planning out the perfect, most efficiency, most economical and optimum spread of tools and their respective ranges of torque coverage may get blown out of the water on your very next job. No project is complete if it didn't involve getting a new tool, so, don't fret #10 Happy Holidays everyone. Happy New Year and... Happy wrenching and happy motoring. Best regards, Adam Last edited by BoomerRoadie; 12-21-2016 at 08:50 AM.