Who makes a good torque wrench?

[ryanwise]

The "Car and Driver" test below is really good reading on "clicker" torque wrenches. The HF wrench is good for wheel torque and things that you can afford to be off 5-10%. The comment about resetting the wrench back to zero for storage is interesting due to what it does to the spring. All "click" wrench's are susceptible to this regardless of who makes it. A good note for sure. We have a Snap -On torque wrench in th Porsche Club I belong to using it for lug torque before events. My HF is about 5 lbs shy of that one so I set it accordingly. I would not be building engines with one.

[Last930]

How do you check the accuracy or calibration of an old torque wrench that you've had for years? Don't they go out of calibration over time?

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by Last930

How do you check the accuracy or calibration of an old torque wrench that you've had for years? Don't they go out of calibration over time?

You can purchase a certified calibration test unit for several hundred dollars, or send it to places that do it for a few bucks. Snap-On has such a program in house for their tools.