Tourque wrenches.. what range/size is best?

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I see from the service manual and from the boards that many of the bits on the bike require a set tourqe on tightening up..

Never bought a tourque wrench before.. and from a brief look ( halfords website) there are differing sizes and ranges. So in an attempt to avoid buying the wrong one.. what would be the best suited size/range for working on the bike.. and which are good quality..
 
Rocks,

You will at the end of the day possibly need two torque wrenches.

1) 10-200NM range as some bolts on the GS goes up to 150NM and you don't want to work in the max range on a torque wrench

2) 1-50NM range, not necessary but nice to have as simple things like the valve lock nuts can be like 8nm and very tender when you over torque them.

Now don't buy cheap stuff as these wrenches will last you your lifetime.

I found two very well looked after wrenches for 1/2 price on ebay

Britool & Norbar is good to have although not always the cheapest. Just keep in mind they will stay with you a few years when you freak out about the price you pay and the amount of times you will use them.

Cheers
:gringo
 
Halford Pro

These are made by Sykes Pikervant <sp> and are Ride magazine best buys very good and accurate and have the advantage that they will do left hand threads as well but you will need to 2 depending on the jobs you want to do the low will do 6-45 lbf.ft ok for tappets and brake mounting bolts the next one will do for most other jobs forget its rating as its at work.

Pete A
 
Halfords..

Hmm seems no escaping the need for two..
What about bar head.. I have a 100piece halford proffesional socket set and its been a real treat.. apart from no adapter for the small drive.. to take the larger sockets.. dough!

anyhow.. its been invaluable.. so lookslike it will be back to halfords. going to have to get a tool chest at this rate..

Not sure what length they have in the wrenches.. any preference?? Short /long.. etc.

had a look on ebay.. and there are many,, but hard to know if they are sound or not.. i think i will just go new..
 
Re: Wich ones..

rocks said:
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Going by the comment of not going too close to the end ranges.. i take it would be the 8-60Nm and the 40-200Nm wrenches then.?

I am getting braver with working on the bike.. so slowly expanding the tool kit. [/B]
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Thats the one ive got does most jobs and 3/8th drive so will be ok with your sockets, dont forget you need to get torque wrenches recalibrated, every year if used a lot , bi-annualy if not, and always return the settings to zero after use.

Pete A
 
One..or two..

Cheers Pete.. umm there are two listed there..

I take it those two are ok.. cheers for the tip on calibration.. where on earth do you get them calibrated them.. I recon if i am honest they usage will be very low.. ie the essential jobs and maybe the wheels off to save a few quid on the tyre changes...

Will the 200Nm be able to go high enough for most jobs.. i guess is the real question to the adove??
 
talking torques!

The halfords range came out tops in the recent 'Ride' magazine test. The precision and value for money apparently made them the ones to go for.
 
2 are best
I have bought 2 Teng ones (with a lifetime g/tee)
One is 3/8 drive and goes from 10-70nM
Other is 1/2 drive and goes from 40-16-nM
Both have adjustable head angles for using in awkward places
Cost about £100 -130 for the 2 from a local tool supplier

I also purchased some Teng adapters to swap between 3/8's and 1/2's drive and vice-versa.......these are invaluable for use with torque wrenches and also normal sockets
 
Re: One..or two..

rocks said:
Cheers Pete.. umm there are two listed there..

I take it those two are ok.. cheers for the tip on calibration.. where on earth do you get them calibrated them.. I recon if i am honest they usage will be very low.. ie the essential jobs and maybe the wheels off to save a few quid on the tyre changes...

Will the 200Nm be able to go high enough for most jobs.. i guess is the real question to the adove??
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200NM is more than enough even on cars dude, the size of a bolt or nut that needs to be torqued more than 200NM is fairly big I can assure you - any mechanical guys know the average size of a nut that will need to be torqued that high?
 
I bought two from halfords and the ranges overlap. The lower range one is 3/8 drive and the higher 1/2 ins. They have been great so far. I do find that I use a lot more thread lock now just to be sure of lightly torqued bits. Noticed the gs1150 loosens things a bit compared to some bikes. Came back from a run on it on Sunday and the front right indicator was flapping around!
 
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maverick said:
200NM is more than enough even on cars dude, the size of a bolt or nut that needs to be torqued more than 200NM is fairly big I can assure you - any mechanical guys know the average size of a nut that will need to be torqued that high?
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The front ball joint on yer GS is 130Nm and thats not a big nut/bolt.

Pete A
 
Can anyone answer Rocks question about where one gets wrneches re-calibrated? I fer one would be interested in knowing, as i have used one for years, and never had it re-cailbrated. It may well be completely out of synch by now.
 
Flying banana said:
Can anyone answer Rocks question about where one gets wrneches re-calibrated? I fer one would be interested in knowing, as i have used one for years, and never had it re-cailbrated. It may well be completely out of synch by now.
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Try your local Yellow pages under instrumentation engineers or calibration services, speak to your local garages.

Pete A
 
Re Calibration. If you have two wrenches with an overlapping range you could check them off against each other. Not as good as proper calibration but better than nothing. Also you could use a spring balance pulling on the wrench to give an idea if the settings were close.
 
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