What size torque wrench?

Scorpio_girlie

Can anybody help me please?

I need to know what size torque wrench I would need for a 2002 Mercedes sprinter 413cdi.:)

Thanks
SG

harveybobbles

Scorpio_girlie wrote: »

Can anybody help me please?

I need to know what size torque wrench I would need for a 2002 Mercedes sprinter 413cdi.:)

Thanks
SG

Hi.

Depends what it is you're wanting to undo?

Something simple like a door hinge would need a small one. Undoing an engine mount would need a more heavy duty one...

pendulum

harveybobbles wrote: »

Depends what it is you're wanting to undo?

You'd use a torque wrench to undo something? :eek:

Scorpio_girlie

Thanks Harveybobbles

That was a very quick response!

I think it is for wheel nuts, does that sound feasible? We have a mini coach and husband wants it because it is part of the walk round check you need to do.

He isn't here at the moment - I just thought I would surprise him by getting it sorted!!!

SG
x

pendulum

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Silverline-633567-Torque-Wrench/dp/B000LFTSG6/ref=sr_1_2?s=diy&ie=UTF8&qid=1335007270&sr=1-2

A cheapie like that will be fine for wheel nuts and odd jobs, no need to spend lots.
They also sell them in Argos

But you use them for doing things up, never undoing something, it damages them

Scorpio_girlie

Thanks Pendulum.

Will this one do the job for our vehicle? Sorry to sound so vague!!!!

vaio

check the van book but google comes up with......

Steel wheel – 177 lbf.ft 240 N.m
alloy wheel – 138 lbf.ft 177 N.m

so (assuming it's correct) you need one that covers that range. The Amazon one above will do alloys but you'll need the next size up if his van has steel wheels

Scorpio_girlie

Thanks vaio

It is steel wheels.

SG

mikey72

vaio wrote: »

check the van book but google comes up with......

Steel wheel – 177 lbf.ft 240 N.m
alloy wheel – 138 lbf.ft 177 N.m

so (assuming it's correct) you need one that covers that range. The Amazon one above will do alloys but you'll need the next size up if his van has steel wheels

Do you have a link for that, mines not a merc, but nowhere near that figure though.

Wig

Check in the manual at the back in the section where it gives specifications on tyre sizes it should say what the torque is somewhere. Then you buy a torque wrench which has that figure within it's range. Oh and tell him he has to unwind it every time he uses it (set it to zero) he can't leave it wound up just because he uses it every day or every week at that setting. If he does not return it to zero it will cause it to be inaccurate over time.


if 240 Nm

You could go for this one to 300
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_178621_langId_-1_categoryId_165469
Which has a good review
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/products/products/233472/torque_wrenches_tested.html

Or this one to 250
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Norbar-TruTorque-certificate-calibration-England/dp/B002BYVPUC/ref=sr_1_7?s=diy&ie=UTF8&qid=1335014254&sr=1-7

Or this one to 300
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Norbar-TruTorque-certificate-calibration-England/dp/B002BYYYF0

Wig

mikey72 wrote: »

Do you have a link for that, mines not a merc, but nowhere near that figure though.

It would appear to be right
http://sprinter-source.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2233
240Nm +/- 10Nm