A torque wrench is an extremely important tightening tool that you definitely don’t want to skimp on – especially if you’re using it to tighten your car’s lug nuts or other nuts or bolts important to your vehicle’s operation.
Good torque wrenches are highly precise, allowing the user to accurately tighten a nut to their desired value. There are a few different types of torque wrenches, but the most common are beam or click torque wrenches. A beam torque wrench simply features a gauge that displays the current torque strength being enacted on the nut, whereas a click wrench allows the user to set a desired value and will ‘click’ once the nut has been tightened to that value. There are also electronic click-style torque wrenches that allow the user to set the desired torque value using a series of buttons and an LCD display and will emit a ‘beep’ when once the correct value is reached.
Another major difference between torque wrenches is the torque value they are rated at. Some torque wrenches can tighten a nut or bolt all the way up to 300 lbs or more, whereas others are only rated up to 150 lbs or 250 lbs, for example. There are also different sizes, such 3/4″ and 1/2″.
Today we’re going to go over the top 10 torque wrenches on sale today and explain the pros and cons of each. We’ve picked ones that are bestsellers or have high user ratings. This will hopefully help you narrow down your choices when shopping for a torque wrench and help you gain a better understanding of the differences between them.