Torque setting for small or odd items

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What do people use to set the correct torque on numerically small and/or physically small, or odd items such as these:

• Brake caliper bleed screw (5Nm)
• Brake pipe union to brake hose (16Nm)
• Brake hose bracket on trailing arm (?Nm)
• ABS sensor cable to trailing arm nut (9Nm)
• (Values shown are from Rave)

I've got an ordinary, full-length torque wrench and a smaller torque adapter but both of those will only go over the end of a nut/bolt. Some items need a torque spanner but most of the ones available don't go small enough (e.g. this one). Here's an adjustable link but I'm not sure I'd trust it on a brake union or bleed nipple due to the risk of rounding off the flats.

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Here's the same adjustable on Amazon - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Neilsen-Tor...FH3AQVHS5NSJ60

Probably a good one but smallest head is 17mm - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Rothenberge...TF6EVYJMQ4N7J0

[macafee2]

opps mis understood OP so I have deleted my reply

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Originally Posted by macafee2

opps mis understood OP so I have deleted my reply

Your reply was still relevant though for low torque nuts/bolts (but not for things like the brake pipe union, which needs a torque spanner).

I like the look of the Draper 5-22Nm - I'd buy one to go with its bigger brother* but £98 is a bit too pricey for me.

* I've got the Draper 30-210Nm but it's far too big for a lot of uses (which is why I bought the torque adapter). The scale is tricky to read as well.

[SD1too]

Originally Posted by Blink

I like the look of the Draper 5-22Nm .... but £98 is a bit too pricey for me.

Good tools will last for your lifetime Simon, as well as saving you huge labour costs every time you use them.

Remember that saying: you'll remember the quality long after you've forgotten the price.

Simon

[Phil-T4]

Another question you must ask yourself, if your that worried about accuracy, is "how will i get it calibrated every 6 months or yearly?"

If you're not that worried, don't bother and tighten them by "feel"