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Review on πŸ”§ Sunex 9702A 3/8-Inch Torque Wrench: Professional-Grade Precision with Protective Case by Mark Loebis

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Disappointing - Torque Wrench

I was disappointed as soon as I opened the box. The knob does not match the scale on the wrench. When you stop the knob at "zero" it is between the two marks so you don't know if it's set at 20 or 25 ft/lbs. So if you think you're set at 20 when you're actually at 25, you're overtightening 25%, combined with a 4% tolerance, you could be overtightening 29% or vice versa, and you're not too tight enough. Another issue is that it is very difficult to turn the grip past 40 ft/lbs, it gets tighter and tighter as you go up. Mine is stuck at 50 ft/lbs and looks like it will break if I keep pushing it. I played with the bottom screw but that didn't help either. The little plastic dust plug on the wrench won't stay on, if I kept the wrench I would wrap tape around it to keep the connector inside. Another interesting thing is that it is identical to the Tekton wrench which I broke after a few uses and it looks like they are both made by the same manufacturer in Taiwan. I looked at some of the other pictures on Revain and most of these cheaper wrenches looked the same with different brand stickers. I'm returning it before trying to use it.

Pros
  • 10 to 80 ft. lb Drive
Cons
  • Short Instructions