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Review on Capri Tools 20 245 Torque Wrench by James Auzenne

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Inconsistent - Torque Wrench

Capri 1/4 T Wrench looks good, size is good and scale range is good, but when you hold it and wiggle the handle, it has plenty side game. Circle, the lock did not stop the handle from rotating because the handle's play allowed movement and this raised concerns about accuracy and quality, so I checked the torque at the lowest and middle points of the stand. You can google the luggage scale method. Yes. Both tests were within the specified range of acceptable values. I figured if you were careful I might miss this lock quirk. I continued tightening the bolts on an aluminum motor and once I got to the torque setting it would click and move to another bolt and then seem not to want to push on the brake setting as you make enough bolts you feel and feel tightening and when it should click. So I went back to the one that used to click and now the button wouldn't click and allowed me to tighten more. Then I stopped using it and did everything by touch as I didn't want to break the bolts. I felt the 100 inch T-wrench was stable at lower settings, but at the higher 200 pounds it was very inconsistent when I tried a different bolt where I hand-tightened the T-wrench to 170 pounds adjusted and was able to click but then dropped back to 200 inches per pound, it tightened further than I thought was safe and accurate and didn't want to try my luck before I clicked the screw. I'd also like to point out that the click is more of a feel than a loud click like the big T clefs. I can return it because you can't try to guess the tools' behavior, so I'm not sure about the performance at scale. Update 10/30/19) and sometimes it would click and sometimes I felt like it should stop and I finally clicked the screw. I will return this key, it is a pity that its overall physical size is suitable for narrower places.

Pros
  • Torque Wrench
Cons
  • Not as thick as the other