Lazer tools - Allright?

[mr.z]

Here is my conundrum...

My pevious bike had no bolts that needed tourqueing more than 60lbft or so, my halfords torque wrench did the job nicely, and still does...
Problem is my new bike needs the rear axle nut torqueing to 90lbft! every time i adjust the chain! so borrowing a wrench is not an option...
The halfords one are great but £50 (which is excelent for what you get) ive seen a lazer torque wrench for £25, looks pretty naff but would do the job i suppose...

What do you think to lazer stuff? should i wait it out till i can afford a halfords one?
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[sickpup]

Very cheap shit.

[BlueNinja]

Only buy the best..

[Kickstart]

Hi

Hands up how many people use a torque wrench on the rear wheel spindle nut.

Ah, Mr Goose.

Anyone else?

All the best

Keith
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[Hex]

[mr.z]

If you are an experianced spannerer then you can feel how much force is needed...

If your not (which i'm not) then its a total guess, which is imo a crap idea.. the 40lbft on the cx rear axel seemed like WAY too much, but its right... one time i tightened up an insignificant bolt on the rack, thinking "hmm should be tighter than that!" followed by a loud bang/crack and the bolt flying accross the garrage never to be found again... so... nah, think i'll keep doing the way i was..

Will leave the cheep nasty lazer and wait till i can get the halfords one, it really is very very good, never though i'd own a couple of hundred worth of tools They soon add up dont they! dont really have all that much either.....
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[Rory]

Save up and get the good tools, as you'll be using them for a long time!
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[Robby]

Lazer tools are for the most part cheap shit.

However, their spanners are rather good for the cheap end of the market. Nice cut and grip, strong. Better than draper ones or halfords own range.

Don't even consider their sockets, ratchets, torque wrenches, valve spring compressors...

[binge]

Me dads got some smart tools...

Dont snap-on do a torque wrench

It wont be too expensive... Honnest

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[Rory]

[MattEMulsion]

Expensive tools are alright if you are using them all of the time or make a living using them day to day but Zero wants a torque wrench to do his axle nut when he adjusts his chain. There is not much logic in him going out and buying a top of the range torque wrench because he will not get the use of of it to justify the cost. I am talking with a voice of experience here because I have got a roll-cab and top-box full of Snap-On, Britool (as was), facom etc, tools. Like some of you I have thousands and thousands of pounds worth of tools, most of mine are rarely used now, due to a change of career and all I use day to day now is a very small proportion of what I own. So what I would recommend for Zero to do is to buy a 'cheap' torque wrench that has a reasonable name. I had a 'cheap' one (and have still got) that I used to keep at home for occasional use and that cost around £20 around 8 years ago. I think it was made by Richmond. It has been fine and I would guess reasonably accurate as well. The other option for Zero is to tighten his axle nut up to the 60lb/ft that his torque wrench will cope with and then put a breaker bar on his socket and give it a little extra nudge round. I would think somewhere around another 1/8th of a turn would be reasonably close then to 90lb/ft.
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[Retro-Man]

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what he said
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[mchaggis]

Just tighten the wheel nut until you almost can't tighten it any more. Works for me, the rear wheel spindle is about 3/4 inch diameter. When doing up nuts on car wheels, they, whoever they are, recommend that you tighten as much as possible by hand, and then stand on the wrench to tighten it that little bit more.
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