Are the electronic torque wrenches better than the manual one's???? I would think electronic but I wanna hear peoples opinions.

 

Ive never tried an electric one but have used a manual one and it worked fine. when it clicks is when u stop. if you have the money for an electric one why not try it out im sure its fine.

 

they all do the same job. manual torque wrench is normally cheaper. sears make a good one. or snap on

 

I prefer the manual one. Cheaper and does exactly the same.

 

the digital is easier to set up, just hit a few buttons to dial it in, vrs. turning the handle to dial it in. if you know how to read them, they work grreat. but also they need to be calibrated every now and again. and if you drop them, or anything like that, you can screw up the calibration in the mechanical ones, where as digital ones calibrates itself every time it gets turned on.

 

Seriously, it only takes like five seconds to dial in a manual torque wrench! If you spend an extra $50 or so just to get a digital because it's easier to dial, than shame on you!

 

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Anybody got a link to a good digital one? iw as looking around on snap-ons site and their ft-lb ratings for the digitals seemed kinda low for the 300ish dollar ones. I am looking into getting one for when i build my motor...

 

I recommend buying them form the dealer(snap on) got ta digital TQ wrench & it's amazing . I didn't get the one with the built in angle meter, but I did test it & was amazed . the digital wrenches I would recommend if you have an extra couple of $$$ burning a hole in u'r pocket.

 

I just bought the Snap-on digital tech2r100 for $285. It's awesome, it beeps and vibrates before you get to your preset torque values. Calibration card shows .02% from 5-100lb even though its says 2% accuracy. Overall I'm very happy with the purchase, and will be using this for all my builds.

 

I had 4 Snap on tq wrenches 2 digital,2 mechanical. best advice for U Keep one of each just in case u run out of baterry( low battery ) Yes if you drop ur mechanical by accident be sure to have it recalibrated. I use most of them for light duty engines build. 0-100 ft[lb. Any higher than that no need to waste money unless ur an everyday technician. Cost u just as much as a new one when recalibrated. so be very careful with it.

 

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This is the one I'm looking at but I'm debating getting the one with the angle measureer built in. Do people think its worth it to spend the extra on the angle measuring digital torque wrench?

 

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This is the one I'm looking at but I'm debating getting the one with the angle measureer built in. Do people think its worth it to spend the extra on the angle measuring digital torque wrench?</TD></TR></TABLE>

With imports i haven's seen a torque angle requirement in a helm manual so i opted not to get it. The snap-on guy tried to sell me it for 335 all i had at the time was 290. I'd say get it, its a very nice wrench.

 

One of my jobs at work is to keep track of the 37 torque wrenches we use. I have been working for the same Aero-Space company for almost 28 years. I have assembled rocket guidance systems to Space Station hardware to Oxygen Generators for Navy Submarine's.
I got into buying the new Snap-On digitals about a year ago. At first my guy's didn't like them. Now that are the torque wrench of choice. We're all in our 50's, these guy's don't like change. It was big when they bought into the digital wrenches. We have them in 1/4" up to 3/4" drives.

At home for our race engine where it's my money I use the Craftsman digitork.

All the Snap-On torque wenches (clicker type) we use at work need to be adjusted at each calibration cycle. We have a fixed head 5-75ftlbs clicker type that we have only used a few times on a NASA item. It failed it's last calibration and had to be sent out for repair. We only used that wrench to torque tie rods to 20+/- 1ftlbs

We have had to sent out most of the Snap-On clicker type wrenches for repair at one time or another. The new Digital ones seem to be better at holding calibration. But they are still fairly new.

I take my 1/2" and 3/8" Craftsman wrenches in to the same guy that calibrates all our Snap-On wrenches, my 1/2" even fell off the tool cart onto the floor and didn't not fail calibration.

For the small guy at home I'd recommend Craftsman.


Modified by 1992Si at 7:24 AM 5/23/2008

 

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This is the one I'm looking at but I'm debating getting the one with the angle measureer built in. Do people think its worth it to spend the extra on the angle measuring digital torque wrench?</TD></TR></TABLE>

What the guy's in our IR&D lab do for a angle measurement is take a piece of thin weld wire and wrap it around the socket and leave a pointer off it. Than they have laminated piece of paper with a few lines on it which is the angle. They lay the paper under the pointer and tighten the nut/bolt/tie rod until they get the proper angle or stretch.
Get the picture. We also measure the tie length to 4 places. But that's over kill for most.

 

just purchased the tech2r100 today. Its the one with the flex head though. Dunno how much i like the flex head. Seems to, besides the 15 degree pivot/flex its supposed to have, it seems like it also has some side to side play which i dont like/ seems sketch to me.

 

that 15 degrees is to protect your knuckles against hitting it on something...id ask your snapon guy about the side to side play

 

ya i will. He comes every friday so i gotta wait a week The torque doesnt seem to read until after the side to side play is done so i guess thats good. Also is anyone finding it really hard to get to the exact torque spec? ive been trying out my wrench and i usually either get like .1 under or .1-.3 over.

 

i have used both types of torque wrenches (both snap-on) and i must say, the digital one imo is better. i have the angle meter built into also. calibration is not needed unlike the mechanical one because of its design. and the digital one also shows u the "real time" torque (doesn't really matter but i find it cool lol) for the price and what it is, u cant go wrong but of course it is up to u and your pockets.

btw, if your going to get a mechanical torque wrench, please get a good well known brand. i've seen too many torque wrenches go to waste, and out of calibration. stick with snap-on with either one, no problems so far since the past 2 years (both digital and mechanical) and make sure u get the mechanical one calibrated (it really depends on how often u use it)