Recommend a torque wrench

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Originally Posted by Toxic_Avenger

So all you blokes with Warren and Browns from the dark ages...
Are the deflecting beam units still accurate after all these years?

There are always a few floating around on ebay for modest coin... if they are as strong as a brick ****house, then it may make sense to stick with a battle proven (albeit old) unit rather than a new cheap innacurate model out of the people's republic

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I just had a look at W&B's website. I would hardly suggest the dark ages.
They still make the same deflecting beam, due to it standing the test of time.

It has the equal highest accuracy of all their wrenches and as a bonus is still made in Oz.

Might have been poor choice of wording.
Main question was who has had one in regular service for years, and if so what's its accuracy like now?
Trying to work out how inaccurate these things become when they see many years of service without the level of maintenance the manufacturer may stipulate... as I'd more likely than not be looking at a higher qualitiy, used wrench.

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Originally Posted by Toxic_Avenger

Might have been poor choice of wording.
Main question was who has had one in regular service for years, and if so what's its accuracy like now?
Trying to work out how inaccurate these things become when they see many years of service without the level of maintenance the manufacturer may stipulate... as I'd more likely than not be looking at a higher qualitiy, used wrench.

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There is a 1/2" W&B deflecting beam torque wrench that I use at work almost weekly. Unfortunately the workshop won't pay for a recalibration so I have no idea how accurate it is.

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Originally Posted by Surrufus

There is a 1/2" W&B deflecting beam torque wrench that I use at work almost weekly. Unfortunately the workshop won't pay for a recalibration so I have no idea how accurate it is.

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So if you are using it on a daily basis and have had no failures due to incorrect torquing, tells me that it is accurate enough, even if it might not be 100%.

My father has a W&B deflection beam TW that has to be 30+ years old, is used regularly and has never been recalibrated. I recently purchased a brand new one. They appear, as far as I can tell, to give identical results when tested back to back.

When I researched a TW everyone was saying get one of the ratchet jobs. My first mistake was buying a Kingchrome, which might be a good wrench but I find the setting values impossible to use. Partly because my eyesight is a bit poor but even with glasses the damn thing is hard to see and complicated to set. It sits in the cupboard now, having made me bust an injector stud.

I went with the W&B deflection beam as it was my understanding from research at the time that it is the only type that remains accurate without the need for periodic recalibration. I could never be bothered getting a TW recalibrated so it was the jigger for me. Helps that the settings are easy to read and easy to set.