Torque wrench recommended.

Another vote for Halfords Pro/Advanced tools, they're well made and come with a lifetime guarantee

Originally Posted by Darren69

Yea, doh! I meant 3/8 not 3/4 as that is even bigger and I don't have sockets that big!

How do you get your rear wheel nut off?

[Darren69]

Originally Posted by Flip

I’ve had one of these (and it’s bigger 1/2” brother) for years now and it’s been great. I’ve taken it into work and checked it on our calibration meters and it’s always been spot on. Just remember to back it back to zero when you put it away after use.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F272924810094

Thanks all, this is looking the most likely candidate, about the right sort of money for how often it will be used, plus I need a socket adapter with some hex bits as well.

[Darren69]

Originally Posted by Druid

Another vote for Halfords Pro/Advanced tools, they're well made and come with a lifetime guarantee



How do you get your rear wheel nut off?

On my 748 I used a breaker bar and a length of gas pipe/scaffold pole.

[Flip]

I’ll give another thumbs up for Halfords Professional range although since they changed from that to ‘Advanced’ I think the quality is not quite as good but it’s still covered with their lifetime guarantee and the only thing I’ve managed to mangle was a 7mm spanner which wasn’t really being used for its intended purpose (getting a bit more leverage on an Allen key).

I also love Britool stuff and regularly use some spanners I was bought for my sixteenth birthday, making them over thirty five years old!

[Darkness]

Originally Posted by Druid

How do you get your rear wheel nut off?

A compressed air, 18volt or mains impact gun is often successful with less fuss than a scaffold tube on a breaker bar.

[Flip]

I agree with Darkness- I bought this a couple of years ago off eBay for about £40 when I changed my clutch basket.

At a claimed 450Nm it’s not very subtle but it does seem to shift stubbornly tight fixings- I certainly wouldn’t use it to do them up though so you’d still need a suitable torque wrench for reassembly.



You can find similar here:

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?m...2F161945783962

[BigOz]

I have Beta 606/6 for my midrange torque wrench 8-60NM, my larger one is Halfords Professional and they look remarkably similar, I'd put money on them being made by the same company.

[jerry]

I have an old Clarke mains 450nm in UK and a main 350nm Hyundai gun in Thailand both less than £60 when i bought them very useful tools for cars and ducati clutch and alterbator nuts

Originally Posted by Darren69

On my 748 I used a breaker bar and a length of gas pipe/scaffold pole.

Originally Posted by Darkness

A compressed air, 18volt or mains impact gun is often successful with less fuss than a scaffold tube on a breaker bar.

My question was a reference to Darren's post about not having 3/4 sockets. Perhaps I should have used a smiley

[Darren69]

I've ordered the Draper 34570, so will find out next week.

[bigredduke]

Halfords torque wrenches are made by Norbar
https://www.norbar.com/

Interesting review here from AutoExpress magazine:
https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/access...-wrenches-2020

[Darren69]

Originally Posted by Darren69

I've ordered the Draper 34570, so will find out next week.

Turned up today, looks good for the money and calibrated too; in the middle of the range at 20% load, and within +/- 4% overall so I think good enough for the type of use it will get.

[damien666]

In case anyone is still after a torque wrench, i spotted this at a decent price,
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Top-Price...-/224006771923