Oil Change - Let down by mechanic!!

452

fred246 said:

I have a couple of Halfords Professional torque wrenches made my Norbar which I really like. Always set to zero after use. I remember buying a cheaper Draper one which I didn't like and binned it after only a couple of years. I didn't trust it and I thought I might damage something with it. Maybe if you have damaged things using a torque wrench the torque wrench might not have been OK.

How often do you have them recalibrated?

fred246

452 said:

fred246 said:

I have a couple of Halfords Professional torque wrenches made my Norbar which I really like. Always set to zero after use. I remember buying a cheaper Draper one which I didn't like and binned it after only a couple of years. I didn't trust it and I thought I might damage something with it. Maybe if you have damaged things using a torque wrench the torque wrench might not have been OK.

How often do you have them recalibrated?

Every week

Scrapit

fred246 said:

452 said:

fred246 said:

I have a couple of Halfords Professional torque wrenches made my Norbar which I really like. Always set to zero after use. I remember buying a cheaper Draper one which I didn't like and binned it after only a couple of years. I didn't trust it and I thought I might damage something with it. Maybe if you have damaged things using a torque wrench the torque wrench might not have been OK.

How often do you have them recalibrated?

Every week

That sounds very expensive

couriervanman

OP you could have had an oil change done for £55-60 at national tyres plus a £5 off voucher.........they are a big chain company but nowhere near as bad as kwikfit of halfords

George_Michael

Scrapit said:

fred246 said:

452 said:

fred246 said:

I have a couple of Halfords Professional torque wrenches made my Norbar which I really like. Always set to zero after use.

How often do you have them recalibrated?

Every week

Every week?
Of course you do.

fred246

Just my sense of humour. I know I take some crazy risks. Not having my torque wrenches re-calibrated is one of them.

452

fred246 said:

Just my sense of humour. I know I take some crazy risks. Not having my torque wrenches re-calibrated is one of them.

So that's never then?

shaun_from_Africa

fred246 said:

Just my sense of humour. I know I take some crazy risks. Not having my torque wrenches re-calibrated is one of them.

In which case, you would be just as well forgetting about using a torque wrench that may or may not be accurate and simply do the job of tightening by feel.
I have to use torque wrenches at work for tightening just about every nut, bolt and screw that I fit and these tools have to be checked  prior to each job and in many cases, the indications on the gauge are often a long way from the true figures.

fred246

Maybe African tools aren't too good.

RichardD1970

fred246 said:

I've just been looking at youtube videos of how to change oil. Never done it before because I've never needed. Not one of them shows you using a torque wrench to put the drain plug back. There's always a torque wrench setting specified so why not use it? There's one by a Scotty Kilmer titled "You're doing it wrong" that shows a long extension bar to loosen the drain plug and then he uses the long extension bar and says tighten it nice and tight! Lunacy. It's the same with spark plugs and roadwheel nuts. Always use a torque wrench and you can't go wrong.

So all (most/some/a few, hard to know with you use of the term) YouTube videos show incorrect methods? 

But, I thought in previous threads that you told everyone not to use garages and to use YouTube if you didn't know what you were doing?