Aldi Torque Wrench @ £12.99

[Laurel Green]

Have seen a few folk on here mentioning torque wrenches lately so, thought it worth a mention.

½" Torque Wrench with quick release for easy fastening.
1 x 125mm extension bar.
3 x sockets: 17, 19 and 21mm.

Oh and, comes with a three year warranty. Clicky

ETA: Offer starts this Thursday.

Edited by Laurel Green on Monday 4th October 18:22

[JamesK]

That seems great value doesn't it?

[AndyS2]

Would you trust it though? I doubt the factory that made it has ever heard the word calibration

[Wayne King]

AndyS2 said:

Would you trust it though? I doubt the factory that made it has ever heard the word calibration

For 12 quid to be used at home? Cannae see many problems with it.

[Taffer]

Anyone know what torque values it can cover?

As regards quality, if it's like the Lidl stuff it'll be TUV approved, so should be fine for home spannering (or torquing).

[Laurel Green]

It does seem rather cheap but, with no experience of their tools would have to rely on the three year warranty. Oh, and have edited the post to include; offer starts this Thursday.

[Mars]

Dead easy to check calibration, although not easy to recalibrate.

[DKL]

I'm hoping someone will tell us the range.
I bought the compressor last time that came up and I've had a couple of smaller bits too - no complaints so far. Its not pro standard but then neither is the price.

[Sand1]

The AA atlas is good value at £1.79

[andy43]

They had a 160 amp arc welder in a couple of weeks back for under £40 including helmet and loads of rods. Anywhere else it'd be at least twice that - so I went and had a look at one.
Downside is they don't just come with a 13 amp plug on the end of a flex, oh no - you have to hardwire the damn thing to a 30 amp feed from your fuseboard. Portable it is not.
I'm kind of guessing the torque wrench may be similar quality and, erm, a little inaccurate after a couple of uses - for torquing down those Espada cylinderhead bolts I'd be looking at something a little more expensive...

[badboyburt]

AndyS2 said:

Would you trust it though? I doubt the factory that made it has ever heard the word calibration

I got one of these last year and it has been fine, as for calibration the tyre company I use for punctures/replacement always comment on the tightness of my nuts so it must be good

[John D.]

Hmmm thanks I need one of them

[badboyburt]

TVR Moneypit said:

badboyburt said:

AndyS2 said:

Would you trust it though? I doubt the factory that made it has ever heard the word calibration

I got one of these last year and it has been fine, as for calibration the tyre company I use for punctures/replacement always comment on the tightness of my nuts so it must be good

Ok. But with all due respect, if your wheelnuts should be at, (for example), 80-lb/ft, and your setting the torque wrench to that, how do you know that your wheelnuts actually are torqued up to 80-lb/ft (+/- 1%)?

My wheelnuts are Torqued to 112Nm (+/- 1) I torqued them using this bar then used a snap on digital torque wrench which my friend had paid a lot of money for and it didnt click once so obviously the Aldi bar torqued to the setting I had selected, TBH for £12.99 if it does not perform you can always return it.

[thinfourth2]

Its better then nothing

[V8mate]

Something for CVM too.

[Cock Womble 7]

V8mate said:

Something for CVM too.

[PLamborghini]

Cock Womble 7 said:

V8mate said:

Something for CVM too.

What a name! congrats!

[aww999]

badboyburt said:

TVR Moneypit said:

badboyburt said:

AndyS2 said:

Would you trust it though? I doubt the factory that made it has ever heard the word calibration

I got one of these last year and it has been fine, as for calibration the tyre company I use for punctures/replacement always comment on the tightness of my nuts so it must be good

Ok. But with all due respect, if your wheelnuts should be at, (for example), 80-lb/ft, and your setting the torque wrench to that, how do you know that your wheelnuts actually are torqued up to 80-lb/ft (+/- 1%)?

My wheelnuts are Torqued to 112Nm (+/- 1) I torqued them using this bar then used a snap on digital torque wrench which my friend had paid a lot of money for and it didnt click once so obviously the Aldi bar torqued to the setting I had selected, TBH for £12.99 if it does not perform you can always return it.

That test shows that you had got the nuts to 112Nm *or more* . . . if your wrench was set to 112, but had actually over-tightened them to 120, 160 or 200Nm, your test would have had the same result. The only way you would find out is if you snapped a stud off.

[corradoG60]

badboyburt said:

TVR Moneypit said:

badboyburt said:

AndyS2 said:

Would you trust it though? I doubt the factory that made it has ever heard the word calibration

I got one of these last year and it has been fine, as for calibration the tyre company I use for punctures/replacement always comment on the tightness of my nuts so it must be good

Ok. But with all due respect, if your wheelnuts should be at, (for example), 80-lb/ft, and your setting the torque wrench to that, how do you know that your wheelnuts actually are torqued up to 80-lb/ft (+/- 1%)?

My wheelnuts are Torqued to 112Nm (+/- 1) I torqued them using this bar then used a snap on digital torque wrench which my friend had paid a lot of money for and it didnt click once so obviously the Aldi bar torqued to the setting I had selected, TBH for £12.99 if it does not perform you can always return it.

That just means they aren't under torqued

[busta]

TVR Moneypit said:

badboyburt said:

AndyS2 said:

Would you trust it though? I doubt the factory that made it has ever heard the word calibration

I got one of these last year and it has been fine, as for calibration the tyre company I use for punctures/replacement always comment on the tightness of my nuts so it must be good

Ok. But with all due respect, if your wheelnuts should be at, (for example), 80-lb/ft, and your setting the torque wrench to that, how do you know that your wheelnuts actually are torqued up to 80-lb/ft (+/- 1%)?

Because the torque wrench clicks? If you really need to check it, You could hang 80 lbs on the end of a foot long bar and see if it moves any more. I don't imagine anyone has ever checked the calibration of a draper or clarke torque wrench but from the packaging they look exactly the same. As said earlier, if it's got a TUV stamp it'll be fine.