WTB: Tourque Wrench

[YP5 Toronto]

I need to buy a new tourque wrench? Anyone recomend a good brand?

[MP5Navy]

Torque Wrenches. I happen to love the Professional Series torque wrench at Canadian Tire. It is around $100 and has the automatic torque gauge. However, at the Tool sale at the Int'l Ctr I bought a torque wrench made by "pitbull" (basically a no name) but it has the clicking torque meter like the CanTire one. It works and it was only $20!

Tools are cool..... argggg

[Gen1GT]

Like most things, you get what you pay for. The best automotive tools out there, are Mac, and Snap-on. But I doubt you'd be punishing your wrench, so go with a cheap one. You could buy 3 of them for the price of one Mac...

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[Protege00]

Paying big bucks for Snap-on, when your getting pretty much same quality...

[firefly]

Snap-on does make some good tools but I admit some of them are plain ripoffs...like their tool chest. If all you do is car maintenance for yourself then Sears Professionals are good. Want to go even lower? Then Husky Tools from Home Depot are good too.

[midnightblue97lx]

Having talked to many mechanics on many occasions on this subject, I've gotten mixed opinions. Some that I've talked to swear by Mac, or Snap On, others say that Mastercraft or Craftsman are just as good. The majority of my tools are Mastercraft since there is a Canadian Tire a 5 minute walk from my house. My tool cabinet is also Mastercraft. I've had no problems with these tools. They've all got lifetime guarantees and my old man had a problem with a ratchet breaking on him once, so he brought it to Canadian Tire and they gave him a new one no questions asked. The techs that I've talked to that said Craftsman and Mastercraft are just as good, also said that they are all mafde by the samecompany, using the same process and materials, but since some say Mac or Snap On, the brand name justifies the 200% or more increase in price. It makes sense to me reall,y put a brand name on the same product and charge more for it.

[firefly]

Actually now I want to get one as well. A simple one will do...where can I get one for about $50?

I saw one at Crappy Tire for $25 but it's a deflection gauge. I want the ones with an adjustment knob on the handle...the clicking type...but those go for $100.

[MP5Navy]

Princess Auto has the clicking Torque wrench for $25. It's on sale.

[firefly]

Where is that place? Did a search on yellowpage and there're eight different Princess Auto out there...

[YP5 Toronto]

home depot..... I got one for $84. It looks exactly like the one at Canadian Tire.

[MP5Navy]

Fly. Anyone of those locations will do.

I was talking about the one in Mississauga.

Check out www.princessauto.com for directions

[firefly]

Kool...thanks. http://msg.toprotege.com/iB_html/non-cgi/emoticons/thumbs-up.gif

[7plymaple]

Hey get the canadian tire one! If you bust it you will have the least amount of hassles returning it. The people at the returns desk just return it without checking if you screwed it up by doing something stupid or if it actually was defective.

[Gen1GT]

I know you can get lifetime warrenties on tools, and since you guys won't be using them, day in and day out, there's no problem with Craftsmen, Mastercraft et al. But if you're a shop mechanic, and you're working on a car, you don't want your tools breaking, even if you can go get another one for free. That's why they almost all use snap-on and mac. I work with tools a lot too, mostly industrial pumps and equipment like that, and I've had a Craftsman wrench literally break when I was using it. We ended up having to cut off the bolt with the torch. If I had a better quality tool, I could have used a 2" pipe for leverage.

Anyways, that's just my tool experience. My brother is a mechanic, and he swears by Mac. I'd have to agree with him, but none of us are pros, so the cheap stuff will do.......

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