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Old 12/22/05, 06:10 PM
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Someone is getting it for me as a gift. 100 bucks or less and from sears. This will be my first and only one so I would like the right one. I will use it for working on the GT changing springs headers things of that nature. So I am thinking a 1/2"one but some go in 2lb incraments and some are 1lb. How important is that?
Old 12/23/05, 09:08 PM
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Never really seen any in those low increments. Most of the ones Ive used go by 10. If you were looking for one of those Id go with the 2 since the 1 ft-lb aint going to hurt anything.
Old 12/23/05, 09:54 PM
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See I havent been around them much...I never knew that they had some that go in 10 lbs incraments. 2 pounder it is
Old 12/24/05, 10:58 AM
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You might also want to check to see just how much toruqe the wrench can handle. The 10 lb ones usually go up to 125-150 lb-ft. The smaller 1 or 2 pound ones might only go up to 50 or so. Depending on what youre going to do you might be better off getting a 10 lb one and just guessing on the torque for the odd increments (5, 6 ,7 lb-ft).
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Its 25-250

This one... http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?...Torque+Wrenches

Or this one http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?...ical=TOOL&cs=e1
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Id go with the 1st one.
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I'd go with the second one - don't cheap out on click-type torque wrenches. A digital gauge is unnecessary and probably took some money away from where it would have been better spent.

I've used some expensive clickers, but the only thing I own is a manual beam-type I bought for $20. Not really useful in your application, though!
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Hee one for one...I do kinda agree with the digitial taking up some money on other parts. Might go for that one....
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How important is having a 1/2" drive versus a 3/8" drive?
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