Torque wrench - looking for a particular type

[Yarflana]

Ok, I have a 1/2" Husky brand (from Home Depot) torque wrench that goes from about 10-200 ft./lbs.; however, it is about 18" long and hard to get in tighter spaces where torquing nuts is still required.

I would like to get a 1/4" or 3/8" torque wrench that only goes to about 50 ft.lbs (or equivalent in/lbs), but not sure of a good U.S.A brand to get. Since this torque wrench would be used for lower torque, accuracy is more important to me.

Any advice is appreciated.
Pat

[esse10]

yea, go to harbor freight tools store and they have a really good selection of smaller torque wrenches at decent price. the 1/4 inch drive is in inch pounds ( up to 200 inch pounds) i believe, they also have a 3/8 inch drive wrench that go's from 20 foot pounds up to 80 foot pounds I believe.I bought those two last year and also have two other bigger wrenches........You can't never have enought torque...LOL :laugh: They are pretty accurate when I tested them with a torque meter. I think you can also rent one at autozone or orielly's auto parts , but i think it's a pita. as much as I work on my cars I just went ahead and bought my own this way I know that somebody else didn't drop it and it's still accurate.

[hw6515]

I seen some gizmos at amazon like this one:

http://www.amazon.com/Powerbuilt-940758-8-Inch-Digital-Converter/dp/B004QO9OMG/ref=sr_1_3?s=power-hand-tools&ie=UTF8&qid=1365091402&sr=1-3

if you do a search@amazon, you can probably find something usable without the big tag price on the pro ones.

[YarisSedan]

One of the best companys is Precision Instruments they actually manufacture all the torque wrenches for snap-on tools. Good website to buy them is tooltopia.com Also they are made in the good old US of A and not made in china.

[YarisSedan]

http://www.tooltopia.com/precision-instruments-c2fr100f.aspx

this would be my pick

[YarisSedan]

http://www.tooltopia.com/precision-instruments-d2f600hm.aspx

this one is good too if you never have to worry about calibrations

[Geoff Peace]

One of the best companys is Precision Instruments they actually manufacture all the torque wrenches for snap-on tools. Good website to buy them is tooltopia.com Also they are made in the good old US of A and not made in china. If accuracy is important there are torque wrenches which are more accurate than snap on who give figures of + or - 4%. Sorry I am not familiar with the US market, so I cannot recommend a particular brand. For me snap on although very good quality are simply not worth the money.
Regards Geoff Peace.

[UberSilver]

Here's a nice one.

http://www.tooltopia.com/armstrong-64-146.aspx

[Hershey]

Got one at H.F. for $9.99 . Doesn't work all that great . Thinking of finding one with a digital display . How accurate are those ? Would like to spend less since not used often .

[Hershey]

Wonder if this is accurate ? A digital torque adapter that can be used with a regular socket wrench . Costs $31.00 at H.F. and could use the 20% off coupon . Go here , http://www.harborfreight.com/digital-torue-adapter-68283.html .

[UberSilver]

These are the same as Snap-On at half the price.

http://www.tooltopia.com/precision-instruments-c2fr100f.aspx