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Posted by: danjerman---------------------

I found a great deal on a torque wrench a few days ago but am curious as to what kind of torque wrench I need. I'm really just gonna use it for working on my dirt bike. Do I want inch pounds, foot pounds, newton meters, etc. Also, how much range do I need with this torque wrench (whats the highest torque setting I will use on a motorcycle).

Posted by: bluerider125---------------------

uh.... i'd say inch pounds, unless you are going to check you're axle bolt with it, LOL. no idea on the max, though. i'll check my (read: my dad's) torque wrenches tomorrow. (it's 12:05 here and i have school in the morning, lol) and post what i find. g'night, all!

-Rob

Posted by: Patman---------------------

You will need both inch & pound wrenches. You manual should state all the torque values for fasteners on your bike.

Posted by: a454elk---------------------

The lowest torque my manual shows is 10 ft/lbs and it also has the newton meter valueas well.

Posted by: wardd---------------------

I believe my wrench goes from 10 - 250 ft/lbs. It also has measurements in Newton/mtrs. I can't think of any commonly removed bolt on my bike which is less than 14 ft/lbs. Fork bolts are commonly 14 and 17(top) ft/lbs respectively. I can't remember what the front axle pinch bolts are, but somewhere around 14 as well.

Of course it also works great for the axle bolts at 75(front) and 90(rear).
After you break a bolt off and have to use a drill or 'Easy-out' to remove, you'll alway remember to check the torque settings.

Never use one of those needle type torque wrenches. I'd invest in a good click type. Craftsman makes several in the $60 - $95 range.

Wardd..

Posted by: Patman---------------------

If he has a 4 stroke he'll need the inch pound wrench, it's sucks breaking off internal fasterners a lot more than frame fasteners.

Posted by: NVR FNSH---------------------

Gotta agree with the pantless wonder - get both in-lb & ft-lb. I have a nice Proto click type torque wrench that has a range of 10-150ft-lbs (I may be off on the 10ft-lbs) that I tried to use on the cam chain tensioner bolt/plug on my WR400. The lowest setting on the wrench was the correct value for the bolt. Snapped the darn thing clean. I now have in-lb wrench in my collection. The point to this monologue? Even though my Proto went low enough it was accurate enough at the low end of the range. I guess a good analogy might be using a 3lb sledge to drive finishing nails - it will do it but you're gonna pay for it....

Brian

Posted by: Danman---------------------

Remember as you approach the minimum and maximum of you wrenches range it becomes less accurate. Its most accurate if you stay in the middle of the range.

Posted by: splatt---------------------

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Originally posted by Danman
Remember as you approach the minimum and maximum of you wrenches range it becomes less accurate. Its most accurate if you stay in the middle of the range.

Also the smaller the range(say 10 to 100 vs10 to 250) the more accurate it will be. The best TW I`ve used was a Snap On dial type but very expensive.

Steve

Posted by: CAL---------------------

It would be handy to have one that goes over 75 ft./lbs.  I needed to torque my top nut on my triple clamps to 105 ft./lbs. at Dirtweek and no one had a wrench that went above 75 lbs.  I had one, but it was 600 miles away, in my garage.:confused:

Posted by: Patman---------------------

You should have looked up Thump, he swears his "by feel" method works fine. Then again he's also the one that had YZF guts poking out the cases

Posted by: CAL---------------------

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Originally posted by Patman
You should have looked up Thump, he swears his "by feel" method works fine. Then again he's also the one that had YZF guts poking out the cases

I should have.  My "by feel" method apparently was a little on the weak side.  My front wheel was swapping with me the entire time during the HS.  That ain't no fun! :scream:

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