Re: Torque wrench - which one to buy?

Bruno wrote:
> I'm looking for a good 1/2" torque wrench and so far I have only some 
> really cheap rubbish ones and some really expensive ones (like a Bahco 
> costing like 300+ US!).
> 
> I wonder if it will even make sense for me to buy it on-line and have it

> ****pped to Denmark - being that good tool shops seem not really to have 
> gone on-line over here.
> 
> My first main use would simply to control the force when I check my 
> summer rims (the actual mounting is done with an air wrench and some 
> sort of torque limiter so it's not really for when I swap winter wheels 
> to the summer ones).

For wheel nuts a fairly cheap one will do, as long as it's capable of 
100Nm or more.  I would never put an air wrench near wheel nuts though, 
not unless you're careful to use a lower torque setting at first (say 
50Nm) *then* step up to the recommended torque.  Torquing them from 
loose to 100Nm one by one is the way to warp brake discs.  But you 
probably know that ;-)