Well reviewed basic torque wrench that (unlike other budget torque wrenches) comes with a case and a selection of 1/2 inch sockets (17, 19 & 21 mm).
Marked as clearance but stock is available in a few stores around Sydney, and possibly around other cities. FWIW, I got this a week ago from a store further away, but then my local store has since restocked despite it being a clearance item, so Repco might actually have quite a few sets left to clear out.
$30 for similar product at SCA, also similar mix of reviews: https://www.supercheapauto.com.au/p/sca-sca-torque-wrench-1-…
Not sure you want to cheap out on torque wrenches
Yeah… id personally not buy a cheap item that is designed to be used on parts that need to be torqued to certain loads.
People also tend to forget you are meant to get these kind of items recalibrated after so many uses or if you accidentally drop it, Doubt people buying a $50 item are going to give it much care.
Had this one when it was on clearance for <30 (can't remember how much). It is useful to torque lug nuts properly (avoid wheels run off…).
Torque adjustment at 126Nm 140Nm, easy to adjust and works on most lug nuts (check the manual).
Thats purely the drive of the socket.. Its a 1/2 drive so you just buy 1/2 sockets that suit your wheel nuts.
Personally ive never torqued wheel nuts, You don't need to be built like a tank to manually tighten them or even just impact gun.
Over torque is more of an issue than under torque, and thats where the old ugga dugga isn't such a good idea. Does not matter on passenger cars doomed for the scrap yard after 20-30 years of use, but if its a car that you care about and wish to keep for a long period I suggest torquing wheel nuts/bolts correctly just to avoid stuff like stretching the studs or bolts. There's also the added issue which I see far too often - ugga dugga'd nuts are usually too tight to remove on the roadside in the case of a flat tyre.
Id have changed over 1000 tires to this date(drift cars for over a decade) and its fine.
Anybody who's getting there tires changed at a tire shop is also getting the air compressor ugga dugga, I do agree it does make it a pain for roadside wheel changes cause its extremely tight.
@JPNx: The kind of person that changes over 1000 tyres is the exact kind of person that will neglect good practice in order to save time, not to hold it against you, as your other sentence says chances are your car has been ugga dugga'd if its been to a tyre shop, its still the wrong thing to do though, I wouldn't be copying what retail workshops do in any case.
I would say that over-torquing is an issue on passenger cars as well, because it leads not only to stretched studs, but can also warp brake rotors, which in turn wear break pads much faster. If the disc need to be replaced it will be easily around $1k for whole car. Certainly not something what owners would like.
Get them cheap enough and they make pretty good breaker bars.
Thanks ordered one.