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mrmina wrote:

mat wrote:I use a $3k Snap on electronic torque wrench, works ok I guess.....

mate i would want it to blow me night and day for that price.

One difference between Mat & Car/Bike Mechanics

Mat works on Aircraft... SO the question is, How much is your life worth?

torque wrenchesare generally heavy..this is good..get a big heavy ass one...they are greta for bashing shit into place.....hammers are over rated

A Warren & Brown with a good torque range is around $240 here http://www.justtools.com.au/prod457.htm

We're thinking of getting one. We already have a smaller W&B 5-20Nm wrench and I'm happy with it, also have some crappy $40 types but they are not as trustworthy.

My dad was in the USA and got one of Sears own brand (Craftsman) which are made in USA for ~$100 US and have easy to read setting mechanism but he forgot that I wanted one with a torque range similar to the link above, instead he got one that starts too high for my use (except for the axel nut). The one more suited for the bike is $90 US, http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product. ... =CRAFT#tab

While he was in the USA I got him to goto Walmart (bit like BigW) and get some oil filters for the zzr, they are only $3.99US there.

gizmo wrote:

mrmina wrote:

mat wrote:I use a $3k Snap on electronic torque wrench, works ok I guess.....

mate i would want it to blow me night and day for that price.

One difference between Mat & Car/Bike Mechanics

Mat works on Aircraft... SO the question is, How much is your life worth?

Giz, when i was doin my trade we went to amberley air force base for a tour of the workshops, none of the tradies there used any of their own tools, they were all supplied & hung up on shadow boards. At the end of each shift EVERY tool had to be back on the board before they could go home.
The guides reason for this was " Imagine a pair of tin snips, vice grips, whatever, banging betwwen a couple of panels in the fuselage of an F1-11 going at over mach1 ......not a pretty site huh, so NO one leaves till the shadow board has NO shadows.
Once he explained it like that we all thought it was a pretty good idea having no cupboards or lockers & only shadow boards.

gizmo wrote:

mrmina wrote:

mat wrote:I use a $3k Snap on electronic torque wrench, works ok I guess.....

mate i would want it to blow me night and day for that price.

One difference between Mat & Car/Bike Mechanics

Mat works on Aircraft... SO the question is, How much is your life worth?

well i do fly a fair bit....

yeah great buy mate, $3K thats cheap. u should of bought a more expensive one

mrmina wrote:

gizmo wrote:

mrmina wrote:

mat wrote:I use a $3k Snap on electronic torque wrench, works ok I guess.....

mate i would want it to blow me night and day for that price.

One difference between Mat & Car/Bike Mechanics

Mat works on Aircraft... SO the question is, How much is your life worth?

well i do fly a fair bit....

yeah great buy mate, $3K thats cheap. u should of bought a more expensive one

yea..but is the $3k one good for bashing shit??

REPCO made a decent one and has held its calibration so far for 15 years. I get it tested every so often.

was that a Warren & Brown ??

best t/w I have used......

Obviously you guys don't know Mat very well as although it maybe worth $3k, I would guarantee he didn't pay that.

mrmina wrote:i got mine for 30 and it works ok i guess.

This for the bolts in your neck Mina?

neka79 wrote:yea..but is the $3k one good for bashing shit??

is that what a torque wrench is used for

Flakey wrote:I've got 2 sets of tools... Good ones that i've bought, and cheap ones that have been presents...

I use the good ones and lend the cheaper ones out...

Flakey, I have a similar idea, good ones in the garage and the cheap ones in the cage just in case my missus breaks down

mrmina wrote:

neka79 wrote:yea..but is the $3k one good for bashing shit??

is that what a torque wrench is used for

yea mate...as i said in my earlier post..there nice and heavy..and good for hitting shit...

neka79 wrote:.....yea mate...as i said in my earlier post..there nice and heavy..and good for hitting shit...

clearly this torque wrench is used a lot on a Honda !