I have never owned a torque wrench and will be buying one to reinstall my cylinder head. What do folks find works better? The new digital wrenches or the old analog with the pointer? Or is there no difference, just personal preference. Thanks!
I have both the clicker type and beam type with pointer. The clicker is pretty dummy-proof as you don't have to look at the pointer (sometimes hard to do.) You do have to be able to hear the click, though.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truck Follow this saga in Project Journal Photos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
I am a 60 year fan of the pointer type. As a friend of mine learned, if the batteries go out or go low in the digital ones, a strong guy can snap a head bolt waiting for the thing to beep or flash or whatever it is they do. And then you get to learn how to extract a bolt which broke off just inside the threaded zone...a bolt that was really tight when it snapped.
~ Jon 1952 1/2 ton with 1959 235 | T5 with 3.07 rear end
No batteries in my clicker torque wrench, just some sort of mechanism that snaps over center when the torque value is reached.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truck Follow this saga in Project Journal Photos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
Also a fan of the clicker type. Here's the one I got to do my 261 rebuild. I'm very pleased with it. As Jerry (Hotrod Lincoln) taught me, there is a way to hold it so you do not stress your shoulder. And you will want to calibrate it. Calibration is good to do whether you have a clicker or a needle.
Here's the one I got
~ John
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We have both clickers and beepers BUT we have the old beam to calibrate both. Two half inch drive sockets welded together connect the beam to the others.
