snap on torque wrench

Deleted_User_13284 · Member Joined: Oct 10, 2021 Posts: 127

Any one here calibrated a snap on torque wrench. Im going to give it a try on one of mine. Just would like to know where the adjuster is in it..

Bushmaster · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2021 9:47 am Post subject: Re: snap on torque wrench

What kind of torque wrench? Mine adjusts at the end of the handle filled with solder. No dial. It breaks when the set torque is reached.

Deleted_User_13284 · Member Joined: Oct 10, 2021 Posts: 127

It clicks when it reaches the setting set by winding the hadle up and down the scale

Bushmaster · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2021 12:34 pm Post subject: Re: snap on torque wrench

Breaks or "clicks" the same. The calibration adjustment is in the handle as stated above. Not sure what Snap-on uses to seal the adjustment, but it should be the same as mine.

dhc4ever · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2021 4:02 pm Post subject: Re: snap on torque wrench

Why does it need calibrating?
Have you checked it and its wrong, or has boredom set in?

DallanC · Site Admin Joined: Jan 18, 2005 Posts: 3572 Location: Utah

You can check it by putting an extension in a vice and cranking it down tight. Then put the torque wrench in the extension, and "pull" on the handle via a cheap luggage scale. It works pretty good. Other than that, I'd let the snapon folk do the calibration if its really off.

-DallanC

Vince · Posted: Tue Nov 23, 2021 5:27 pm Post subject: Re: snap on torque wrench

I’m with Dallan on this one…let SnapOn do the recalibration. SnapOn tools have a lifetime warranty, but fiddling with the internals will no doubt void that warranty…and SnapOn tools are extremely expensive to replace. My grandson has a SnapOn electronic torque wrench…it’s easy and great to use, has a visual scale as you approach the torque setting, and beeps when reached…but it cost him well over AUD$1000.

Elvis · Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 1:25 am Post subject: Re: snap on torque wrench

yip,let the snap on rep deal with it....great idea DallanC.

Deleted_User_13284 · Member Joined: Oct 10, 2021 Posts: 127

I've got a bit of snap on stuff but wouldn't buy any more My personal opinion of it is its expensive crap. I've gone to koken their gear leaves crap on for dead the ratchets are the best I've used and I've been in the game for 40+ years. This torque wrench isn't very old and has had little use. No way ill be supporting snap on again. Even my sidchrome stuff I started my apprenticeship with has outlasted the snap on...

Bushmaster · Posted: Wed Nov 24, 2021 9:30 am Post subject: Re: snap on torque wrench

45 years as a heavy diesel mechanic (ship's main propulsion and auxiliaries)...S&K Wayne have been my choice. Like you, I still have many of these from my apprenticeship starting in 1959. My torque wrench is made by Utica Tools. I've had it for over 30 years and is still accurate.

Deleted_User_13284 · Member Joined: Oct 10, 2021 Posts: 127

Ill be buying a decent torque wrench if i cant do this one myself. Boss still has a lot of his sk wayne hes also got stahl willie or how ever you spell it. They make nice spanners

Deleted_User_13284 · Member Joined: Oct 10, 2021 Posts: 127

sussed it today. there is an adjuster under the end cap that you flick off with a screwdriver. just need a bit of uninterrupted time to have a play with it now..