Digital Torque adapter

JDR

JDR

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Hi all,

What are your opinions on these. Looking at this option from ebay:

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/115448294528?_trkparms=amclksrc=ITM&aid=1110006&algo=HOMESPLICE.SIM&ao=1&asc=240657&meid=dddbceb610aa4761927f5e41df6d1ba9&pid=101196&rk=11&rkt=12&sd=254950284569&itm=115448294528&pmt=1&noa=0&pg=2047675&algv=SimplAMLv5PairwiseWebWithBBEV2bAndUBSourceDemotionWithUltimatelyBoughtOfCoviewV1&brand=Unbranded&_trksid=p2047675.c101196.m2219&amdata=cksum:115448294528dddbceb610aa4761927f5e41df6d1ba9|enc:AQAHAAABUIep8YrnpoI5Ip1Fr26ya5Zdwg2V78Yl01uYLsdPZcFTvxKxDts2M2LiSIpUM3yyPCg4I%2FI%2F%2BBr%2B3lbC%2BxYqInYGBmzIxc4EMw3YF0EDxTKyFVQhzHrqarpwTYXk1zNdiLN8z%2FN6%2BqKOCwmVSh4r%2BET98SIfpKfrxeSgoTQ%2F997fkJ6kMhYh0wMkyc5T9zgwjZNX1zpRDqkSMHaVpcbyiTZaZJQiYyYag6lIUT1vzA7hO4yf%2F2vl45yY9SZllvk0H6a9WO1e8K2lRrJZztB8%2Fg2nEp4zJF%2BO3fPZRmrAhpHACqHyQ4a8Ik8GPSz5TsDXPu%2FRNJREn4ATs2r8vuu7M7u225uaDVZJoxSENLIT89Wyf%2FOfr6v6JwDoXbJXmptYNWOPO0H8t2ehX9EObio6G3RKo0hGU9eD0X3G7rH40PhbymRrxn%2Bi0lwaO43tEqQ6Ew%3D%3D|ampid:pL_CLK|clp:2047675

Are these better, worse than the regular analog torque wrenches? Do you recommend them? Feedback most appreciated.

Jonno
 
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Ive never personally used one - so hopefully someone who has can chime in!

I’d recommend buying any tools from a local retailer purely for the ease of return if you have any issues/broken tools ect.

If you haven’t guessed by now, I do this sort of thing for a living and I use digital and analogue torque wrench’s. If the angles you have to set are easy like multiples of 90° or even multiples of 45° I’d use an analog wrench to set the initial torque and use a paint pen to mark the bolt head for the angles. Theres videos online if this doesnt make sense, but saves using a whole extra tool.

I like digital ones also, but they can be “spoofed” by twisting through an extension and even sometimes by the ratcheting mechanism.

You can get the tool you linked above and a paint pen if you wanted to double check the tool haha.
 
SDate42 said:
Ive never personally used one - so hopefully someone who has can chime in!

I’d recommend buying any tools from a local retailer purely for the ease of return if you have any issues/broken tools ect.

If you haven’t guessed by now, I do this sort of thing for a living and I use digital and analogue torque wrench’s. If the angles you have to set are easy like multiples of 90° or even multiples of 45° I’d use an analog wrench to set the initial torque and use a paint pen to mark the bolt head for the angles. Theres videos online if this doesnt make sense, but saves using a whole extra tool.

I like digital ones also, but they can be “spoofed” by twisting through an extension and even sometimes by the ratcheting mechanism.

You can get the tool you linked above and a paint pen if you wanted to double check the tool haha.
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Thanks @ SDate42

Yeah, I gathered you worked pretty close to the tools! :)

The whole 90 degree and then a further 90 degree after initial torque is new to me. I did a couple of heads/engine rebuilds back in the late 80's - sheesh I am getting old! but that aside in those days it was one torque and then a torque after something like 1000km's. For the head recon job I'm doing on a CJ, its an initial torque, then 90degrees and then a further 90degrees and as far as I can make out no further torqueing after that after some km's.
I'm definitely going to need to get my head around the whole paint marking thing.

Cheers,

Jonno
 
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