Thread: Recommend a torque wrench

The biggest question is what size. I agree that Warren Brown are great.
However you don't just have one.
Depending on the application, you may need 2 or 3 sizes.

Rocker cover on a Td5, 9nm, barely finger tight or 737 main landing gear trunion 800nm.

Will

Digital balance on the end of a spanner.

Or Norbar.

Originally Posted by Will Wallace

The biggest question is what size. I agree that Warren Brown are great.
However you don't just have one.
Depending on the application, you may need 2 or 3 sizes.

Rocker cover on a Td5, 9nm, barely finger tight or 737 main landing gear trunion 800nm.

Will

You don't need a tension wrench for rocker cover bolts.

In 40 odd years I have only ever used one for head bolts, big ends an main bearings and there might have been the odd other thing that I can't remember.

Originally Posted by p38arover

I have a Warren & Brown deflecting beam. I think I bought it in the late Sixties.

Yep, the one in my tool box was purchased new in the mid sixties by dad

warren and brown for me as well. Aussie built aren't they?

Thanks Dave.

Will.

Originally Posted by DanDisco2

warren and brown for me as well. Aussie built aren't they?

They were and still could be but don't know. It would be nice if they still are.

I have two Ritch tension wrenches - one that is rarely used. I try to keep it as a check. I also have a cheap aldi one and an old inch/lb tension wrench that is of unknown vintage.

The two ritch seem to still be in calibration with each other even though one has been used much more than the other


Tom.