Features:

  • Confidently tighten fasteners to a manufacturer's torque specifications, preventing expensive damage caused by overstressed or poorly secured parts
  • Wrench emits a click that can be heard and felt when the preset value is reached
  • Smooth and precise, the spring-loaded adjustment collar automatically locks in place at the desired torque value, ensuring it won't accidentally wander during use
  • Reversible, finely geared 72-tooth ratchet head measures torque in clockwise and counterclockwise directions
  • Ships pre-calibrated to an accuracy of +/- 4% (clockwise) and +/- 6% (counterclockwise)
Can’t go wrong with Tekton.

It gets the job done for cheap. It will do what it’s designed to and look good doing it. The torque wrench does not come with a calibration certificate, but honesty- if you want one, buy a more expensive wrench. You can’t expect to pay $35 for a torque wrench then complain about certifications. I bought mine for minimal automotive use, and it seems to function just fine for that. I think if I was using it everyday I might go for a more expensive wrench, but as of now it works great. If it ever gets out of calibration, it was money well spent anyways.

Great Little Inch-Pound Torque Wrench for Working on Modern Vehicles.

A great little inch-pound torque wrench for working on modern vehicles with low-torque 8 mm or 10 mm bolts, like VVT solenoids, sensors, ground connections, valve covers and drain pans. It is short enough to get into tight spots, and the 1/4" drive ensures that you will not be tempted to over-tighten anything. Save yourself a lot of time and trouble by getting the torque wrench you need for the job. Read the instructions and follow them; the click it makes when the correct torque is reached sometimes has to be felt, rather than heard. Tekton makes good, but not perfect, tools that are usually a great value, and Tekton stands behind its products. Accordingly, I try to buy their tools whenever I can. If you need perfection in a tool, get a Snap-On.

Really nice torque wrench

Really nice torque wrench. I bought it for my mountain bike which has a carbon fiber frame. You really don't want to over torque on that. This tool looks well made, has a good feel to it. I like it for its low torques range. Some people said you don't feel much of click when it's near the low end of the range but I didn't have a problem. Besides, when you're torquing a bolt down like that you're not doing it blindly, you're looking at the wrench as you carefully tighten the bolt. I'm happy with it. I keep it in my car so I have it at the trail. It already came in handy like that once when I had to torque my rear axle that came loose.

Nice torque wrench.

For the price this ia a real nice torque wrench. It comes in a very nice case with instructions for those who dont know hoq to use one. There is no calibration certificate but if you must have a torque wrench that is certified you will pay a lot more than this for it. Read where one person complained that the engraved settings were to small to see. Well, its a 1/4 drive with all the settings a 3/4 drive has but written smaller due to its smaller size. Im getting up there in age and I need to look hard at reading the settings also. This is in no way a fault of the tool or manufacturing. If needed, I would buy it again.

A really great, really tiny, well-designed tool.

This thing looks, feels, and works great. Adjustments are easy and the locking mechanism is excellent. Markings are easy to see, durability appears to be outstanding, and it's very compact. I also appreciate the 1/4" size, because 1/4" sockets are easier to get into tight spaces (and spaces with "inch-pound" torque requirements are often tight). Having 72 teeth is *amazing* for a torque wrench. The case isn't really "soft" it has a reinforcing plastic plate in it. The case design is surprisingly good... it protects the tool much better than regular blow-molded plastic cases. Really outstanding. Two warnings: 1) It's very, very small: like a foot long. I found this to be advantageous but if you're expecting a big heavy tool, you'll be sorely disappointed. 2) Because this only goes up to 150 inch pounds (which is roughly 13 foot pounds) it doesn't cover all of the range below a typical 1/2 inch drive torque wrench (which usually starts at 20 foot pounds). If you want to have just two torque wrenches, rather than having a third one to cover the in-between margin, you might want to get the OTHER Tekton 1/4-inch torque wrench (which does 20-200 inch pounds instead of 10-150).

The markings are very easy to read as is adjusting the torque setting

Opened up the zippered hard-side case and was immediately impressed with the feel, markings, handling of the micrometer adjustment and smoothness of the ratchet mechanism. Not a big fan of quick release buttons on ratchets as it requires a hollow drive wheel that weakens the drive plug. Could have left that out of the design and it wouldn't have mattered. Proper maintenance of the ball bearing with a drop of penetrating oil periodically prevents having to pry sockets off. However, it's not much an issue with a torque wrench that won't be expected to break stuck fasteners loose. The markings are very easy to read as is adjusting the torque setting. This wrench has the newer style slip ring collar that you pull down to unlock the handle to turn it in one inch-pound increments. I've never encountered half inch-pound specs that would call for a wrench spanning this one's 10-150 inch-pound range. If I did, I'd simply round up or down and be done with it. Even at the 10 inch-pound minimum, 0.5 inch-pound is 5%, nearly within the wrench specs and close enough for practical purposes. Those working on stealth aircraft with composites, spacecraft, and nuke weapons, requiring 1% or better accuracy wouldn't be using a Tekton to begin with. Tested its operation using a 1/4" drive breaker bar with an 8-point 1/4" socket (for square head nuts, bolts and screws). The "click" is easily felt and unmistakable throughout its range, even at the 10 inch-pound setting. Did not notice any difference in forward or reverse. There's a popular misconception that the "click" is intended to be audible. While it is audible, depending on ambient noise level (some shops are noisy with machine tools and ventilation fans), it's designed to be felt by the hand turning the wrench as one roller bearing on a beam rolls over the top of a fixed roller bearing on a heavy spring causing a "break" of about 10 degrees or so in the turning of the wrench. Release pressure on the handle and it snaps back. The fabric covered zippered semi-hard case is a departure from the common blow-molded cases most wrenches come with now. It's not going to put up with the bashing and banging bouncing around in a box with other steel tools would subject it to. I don't store or carry torque wrenches in that manner anyway. They're (semi-)precision measuring instruments, not breaker bars or sliding T-handles, and should be reasonably protected. Some may take issue with the case and its robustness compared to a blow molded. I don't. I've handled, used and owned numerous tool brands over the past 45+ years, including high end Snap-On, S-K and Proto that I still own and use. This is an impressive torque wrench, most especially at its price. One could easily spend 2x - 3x or more on a bi-directional 1/4" drive micrometer click wrench and not get much if anything practical at all for substantially more money. Final Comments: A torque wrench should NEVER be used like a breaker bar to break loose stuck or corroded fasteners, most especially a bi-directional like this one. It can easily ruin its calibration and can permanently damage the click mechanism inside the wrench (even on a uni-directional). Proper use is turning slowly and firmly as the fastener tightens until the wrench "breaks" about 10 degrees or so indicating the torque setting has been reached. It's much more feel than audible, especially in the level of ambient background noise commonly found in many garages and shops. Using a torque wrench is not a racing team pit crew contest. Achieving proper torque with one reliably and repeatably is a deliberately methodical process - with the wrench being turned only from the middle of its handle. Might seem counter-intuitive, but choking up above the handle, or worse yet using a "cheater pipe" to add length to the wrench won't accurately torque the fastener. I've seen this demonstrated on a torque calibration machine and the reason has to do with the design of a click wrench and its internal beam mechanism; they all use the same mechanical concept internally.

Great bike wrench!

This is my third Tekton torque wrench. I've bought them in varying sizes and torque ranges based on the needs of a given project. With the purchase of a full suspension mountain bike I started noticing that I would need a wrench that is both smaller for bike maintenance, but also with lower tension settings for more delicate fasteners. I looked at a number of other sets that included bits and such but didn't need them as I'm chock full of bits from various socket sets. This was both a more affordable option as well as offering a lower range of settings than some of the more expensive bike wrench sets. I pulled the trigger on this one as well due to the fine tuning allowed with the dual increments (lb and Nm) on the tube dial. The only oddity was that the wrench came at a higher setting than is recommended for storage. Needless to say, I dialed it into the lowest setting upon receiving it and am hopeful that it will serve me as well as my two other torque wrenches from Tekton.

92% Good

I bought this for use with my family's many bikes and a new carbon frame bike. I was nervous at first using it and therefore thought it had weak "click" or torque indication points. So I also purchased a beam torque wrench and checked this wrench against the beam wrench. I found this wrench clicked at lower torque than dialed in and lower than the beam wrench read for all the common NM settings my bikes require. So I now have greater confidence in using this wrench since it came within about 8% of the beam wrench (albeit not very scientific testing), I'm not as worried about over torquing. Now both wrenches could be reading wrong, but both wrenches are close enough to each other that I'll use this wrench most of the time and for more precise use I use this wrench to get me most of the way there and fine tune the remaining amount with the beam wrench (so yeah I think the beam wrench is more accurate but not as convenient to use). Not a perfect system but it's okay for me. BTW the clicks I found were very apparent and not vague at all even at low NM.

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Very well made! feels like real a professional grade torque wrench. Im an auto mechanic by trade and this torque wrench definitely meets my expectations for a good quality shop grade/daily use type of tool. Easy to read settings, Has a nice smooth tactile "click" when desired torque has been achieved. As the instructions state get a feel for the wrench and practice on a fastener or mock up nut or bolt, also helps to break in the tool. Very satisfied with my purchase, and for the price I really don't think you could find a better bang for the buck. You cant beat the price! Buy it, you wont regret it.

Very Impressive Quality Torque Wrench

I purchased this torque wrench to tighten the bolts on my Carbon Fiber Bicycle. Every other cycle specific torque wrench I looked at were either unnecessarily expensive (because it was a cycle specific torque wrench) or seemed like a toy with a bunch of cheap 1/4 inch hex bits packaged in for good measure. This Tekton Torque wrench looked and felt like a "fine precision tool" right out of the box. it has a fine tooth ratcheting head and torques down fasteners in clockwise and counterclockwise directions. The torque wrench comes in a soft-sided storage case. It would have been nice if it came in a red blow-molded case like the other Tekton torque wrenches. This is purely my opinion as the included storage case should be more then sufficient to protect the torque wrench. I tested the Tekton against another calibrated torque wrench (nothing scientific just tightening and loosening several bolts at different torque settings) and it appeared to be precise enough that I would trust it for tightening down fasteners on a Carbon Fiber Frame. At lower torque settings the audible click is a little light but you do easily feel the torque wrench break when it reaches the set torque. I did not experience any slipping of the ratcheting mechanism as others have stated. The torque wrench scale lines up perfectly and it is easy to see. After about a week of testing and actual use, I am impressed with the finish, accuracy, and design of this torque wrench and I would highly recommend it.

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