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Aldi Torque Wrench

  • 03-10-2011 10:20pm
    #1
    Zen0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 469 ✭✭


    I see Aldi have torque wrenches for EUR17.99 this Thursday. It looks suspiciously similar to the the X-Tools wrench (the bigger brother of this one: http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=11142). I have the smaller X-Tools wrench and it works fine for me for torques up to 24Nm, so I'm wondering if this is any good. No spec. given on the Aldi site, but judging by the size of sockets used, I guess this is a heavier duty model (20 Nm up?).

    Anybody here have an Aldi torque wrench? Any good?


Comments

  • #2
    Ant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 450 ✭✭Ant


    I picked up one of these at the weekend in the Navan Aldi along with a winter jersey and arm-warmers. The Aldi torque wrench is rated 28-210Nm and it does look very similar to the X-tools wrench you linked to. This would be more suited to working on a car so I'm still looking for a lower-torque wrench for bike use. I haven't needed to use this yet and I've never used a torque wrench before so I can't say how good it is.


  • #3
    dermur
    Registered Users Posts: 238 ✭✭dermur


    Something in the 3Nm to 70Nm range would be better suited for bikes.

    I reckon this lad would be the best all-rounder...
    http://www.parktool.com/product/torque-wrench-tw-2


  • #4
    blorg
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,995 ✭✭✭✭blorg


    dermur wrote: »
    Something in the 3Nm to 70Nm range would be better suited for bikes.

    I reckon this lad would be the best all-rounder...
    http://www.parktool.com/product/torque-wrench-tw-2
    For the smaller torques you want something that tops out at around 20. Something that tops out at 70 will be inaccurate at lower torques. To be honest for the larger torques (bottom brackets, SRAM chainsets @40) I am not sure it is really matters that much and you can just crank them on tight with the tool.


  • #5
    dermur
    Registered Users Posts: 238 ✭✭dermur


    blorg wrote: »
    For the smaller torques you want something that tops out at around 20. Something that tops out at 70 will be inaccurate at lower torques. To be honest for the larger torques (bottom brackets, SRAM chainsets @40) I am not sure it is really matters that much and you can just crank them on tight with the tool.

    True enough - it mightn't be very accurate at the lower end. It'd be nice to have a good one-wrench-fits-all though considering the price of them.

    If my biggest concern is damaging my carbon frame by over-tightening then I'd sleep easier using a torque wrench whatever the job...stem, seatpost, cranks.


  • #6
    spyderski
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,270 ✭✭✭spyderski


    Theres pretty much nothing on a bike that this wrench would be any use for.......please dont use it on anything carbon!


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