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Dan
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22nd Mar 13 at 21:37   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Anyone have any experience with them?

What make/model, opinions on it?

Looking to buy one, but not sure wether to go snap on, or settle for a cheaper model.



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I've got both 3/8 and 1/2 snap on ones and can't fault them in any way to be honest, don't have anything to compare them too either. Do you really need a digiatal one? Does it have to do angles too?

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Do you have the techangles or just techwrench?

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It's techangle ones I have, didn't see the point in just buying a techwrench for the little saving there was.
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22nd Mar 13 at 21:49   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yea that's my thoughts.

Ive seen the sealey sw306 for £99.99, after snapon wanting £299 + vat for the 1/2 techangle today, im half tempted to take the cheaper sealey one.

Comes with same warranty, does angles. Calibration certs, so cant see an issue and can see a £200 saving :/

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22nd Mar 13 at 22:13   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
depends how much you intend on using it? if its for every day use then snapon or britool but if its for diy now and again then sealy would do. snapno stand by thier waranties alot better than cheaper brands.
ive got a 3/8 techwrench use it most days. was on offer when i got it half price.
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Think I gave £325+vat for the 1/2 one, what do you need to torque with it?
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Ill be building refurb engines with it most days.

Snap on may have good service. I've always sworn by them. You will probably see that on here if you search.

However something that doesn't wear like sockets and spanners, come only with a 1 yr warranty. Comes with a calibration cert that meets the same standard as the sealey one. I can't see where it's logical to spend over £200 more than I need to.

I read that after 1 year. Snap on charge a £99 fixed repair fee. I can buy a brand new one for that again.

Im just struggling to see what benefit its gonna have. Like I say. Sockets spanners etc yes, the it on nuts etc is perfect compared to others. And the service is the best you could wish for.

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I have manual and digital snapon torque wrenches.

For engine rebuilds i would always use the manual.
Its too easy to pull them past the torque... Actually almost impossible to pull the exact torque.

Where as a manual, you have the click and then some slack on the bar.
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1 or 2 nm over or under isn't gonna cause an issue in all honestly. I'm building big engines. Where the torque is generally under 100nm but the angle tightening is very big. It's not fiddly m10 bolts etc.

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Just for example... I tend to only use my 1/2" techwrench soley for ford rear hub nuts now..
Should be 235mn.

One pulled to 247 before it vibrated/ buzzed.
the other vibrated/buzzed at 230.. pulled again 250nm.
Quite a few out.
*calibrated in November.

Wouldnt trust it on engine builds.
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I have read that a fair bit. However, any torque stated is generally plus or minus a good 5-10% for most things. So I cant see the issue still. I guess its each to there own.


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I have used a 3/8 one a fair few times laely, I can see the issue of it over tightening due to no cut off relax method like a manual one.

I think with regular use, you would probably learn to stop quicker and be closer?

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The angle feature on the tech-angle is shit hot though.
100x easier than an angle gauge.
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That's more what interests me. How does it work lol

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Put the wrench in angle mode.
leave it for a few sceonds to calibrate itself being level.
Enter desired angle.
Use it.
It beeps/ vibrates when you hit the angle you set.

Theres 4 buttons, 1 changes units lbft/ nm.
1 changes between torque and angle and the other 2 let you enter the measurement you want.
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But how does it know how far u have moved lol

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(MEMS) gyroscope
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11th Jan 14 at 15:08   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Never ordered one. Work now want 2 techangles.

The 1/2 and the 3/4. Anyone used the 3/4? Does 60-600lbft

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Not used the 3/4 myself as only work on cars and vans, but the other two I have are still going strong
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We calibrate our own at work, I only use Britool wrenches at work,

Couple of guys have got halfords ones which tbh stay in the acceptable range percentage longer than the guys using snap on ones!
Never needed to adjust my Britool ones ever though.

So for home I got halfruads one.
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11th Jan 14 at 17:14   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Why do you need a digital one? Why not just get a manual one? :s
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Because they also do the angle function. Which, when you are going 20 big end bolts, 12 main bolts and 30 head bolts, which all require angle tightening as well as torqueing, the time spent setting up an angle guage is far too much.

Cutting it down for £360 for the half and £1000 for the 3/4 is well worth it for us.

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i literally havent used my techangle since i last replied in this thread.
Manual angle gauge, manual torque wrench.
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Manual angle guage? Fuck that. Absolute pain in the arse and totally inacurrate generally.

Are you using one everyday?

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