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#23
There isn't a whole lot can go wrong with a beam-type torque wrench, and nothing to calibrate except for possibly having to straighten a bent pointer needle so that it points to zero. And they still make them.
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...0070921x00003a
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http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...0070921x00003a
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#24
Well I was going to pick up a torque wrench but they didn't have any that could handle up to 250lbs. there in 1/2" drive which is what I want. Birthday present I guess.
I ended up getting a set of 3 ton jack stands and a 4 ton (yeah overkill) floor jack w/4-20" range on it. The jack stands were $25 and the floor jack was $169 on sale. Strangely though I can't find the floor jack on their website and I think it might be discontinued. Hopefully it isn't a POS because I found a review page for it and there were a lot of bad ones. Guess I'll be hanging onto that receipt.
I ended up getting a set of 3 ton jack stands and a 4 ton (yeah overkill) floor jack w/4-20" range on it. The jack stands were $25 and the floor jack was $169 on sale. Strangely though I can't find the floor jack on their website and I think it might be discontinued. Hopefully it isn't a POS because I found a review page for it and there were a lot of bad ones. Guess I'll be hanging onto that receipt.
#25
What I've heard is that sometimes the original flushing isn't all that great, so the fluid starts out dirty and the seals take a beating. I just bought an aluminum frame jack and bled off a little fluid. It definitely wasn't clear, so I bled off more and replaced it. Kind of a PITA process, but the jack has worked OK at a number of autocrosses and doesn't leak so I guess I must have got it close enough to right. We'll see.
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Last edited by Norm Peterson; 12-26-2008 at 08:33 PM.
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