$11.99 HF 1/4" Torque Wrench

[Rasputin]

The video was very helpful in understanding how to check the tool. I will use it with my next inch/pound one to check it out before destroying parts.
The one I had trouble with will not click, no matter the setting nor the weight applied. It was brand new when I used it to strip my clutch bolts and has only been tried on a few bolts since. I went so far as to put a pipe on the handle to multiply my weight and it would not click.
I still prefer a brand name over a chinese cheapie, even though a manufacturers defect (as I am sure this one has) will still be a possibility.

[jetmechmarty]

I still prefer a brand name over a chinese cheapie, even though a manufacturers defect (as I am sure this one has) will still be a possibility.

That's highly unlikely. An expensive torque wrench will be tested before it gets to you.

[3Phase]

Don't Sweat It!

Ras,

I'm not bagging on you or trying to wrestle you down to your nearest Harbor Freight outlet to buy a torque wrench! Honest!

The Chinese do make some really good stuff but QA being what it is you have to check the widgets yourself to make sure all the parts in the box and the widget works. I flat out won't buy their blades, booze, tires, guns or ammo.

If you want to run with real, genuine bona fide single data point failure:
Don't buy cheap Japanese products (except Camrys, they make great Camrys!) and make sure you don't ever buy a Yamaha, especially a Yamaha XS1100! I know mine is defective because it broke right after I bought it and it's needed a lot of work since.

"Ah, pardon me, there's just one more thing...."

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[CaptonZap]

Scott, be fair. I'm sure that the engineers at Yamaha were not aware of your "exuberant" riding style. Had they been, I'm sure that they would have over engineered the bike to a greater degree than they did.

CZ

[3Phase]

Yeah, to be fair the engineers built it well enough to last through 30 years of two other peoples' exuberance before I got it but I had no idea at the time. One of the dumbest moves I ever made was putting air in the tires, adding a new battery, gas and oil, then riding to Las Vegas and back.

Eventually came the complete teardown where I found out how lucky I really had been along with the new in-lb torque wrench at Harbor Freight.

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