Would y'all trust a 30 dollar torque wrench for tightenting lug nuts?

[jimbrown]

I wanna rotate my tires and do not want to break the bank buying a torque wrench for upwards of a hundred or hundreds of dollars. Would anyone trust a cheap 20-30 dollar one for lug nut application? You know that old saying, you get what you pay for. I am sure it applies here as well.

Example is one below.

Duralast/10-150 ft./lbs. range chrome vanadium torque wrench (79-142) | Torque Wrench | AutoZone.com

If not, do you think simply snugging them with a regular lug wrench will suffice? I know the service manual for my '04 V6 3.7 states '...Have an authorized service technician check that the torque is 85-110 ft. lbs. (115-149 N·m) as soon as possible.'

Looking forward to the responses.

 

[Cardhu]

Even if it isn't "accurate" atleast the torqe will be even on all lugs and keep your rotors from warping from uneven tighteni g in the worse case scenario.

Tyical error of a affordable wrench is 4%. double that is still sub 10 ft lbs on a lug nut and better then eyeballing it.

 

[Ry' N Jen]

Yes, I would.
For the longest time I used to just torque my Mini's wheels with the old arm strong method.
Then I decided to double check it with a Cratfsmen digital torque wrench, I actually over
torqued the lugnuts by 2-3 pounds.

 

[HoosierJeeper]

Yes...I trust a $10 Harbor Freight one.

 

[Dave]

I have 4 of them.

2 Harbor Freight 1/2" and 3/8". Don't ask me why I have them.....The 1/2" drive one stays in the jeep in case I need to change a wheel/tire. They were only 10 bucks and seem to work but I don't like the feel of them. I suppose if you were going to keep one in the jeep for checking wheels it would be ok.

Also have 2 Craftsman ones that I have had for many years. These 2 are the old clicker style. They work good and are my 2 favorites and they stay in the garage.

Dave

 

[Heep]

:happy175::happy175::happy175::happy175::happy175:

pfftt!! put star on nut torx by hand :smokin:

 

[Ry' N Jen]

:happy175::happy175::happy175::happy175::happy175:

pfftt!! put star on nut torx by hand :smokin:

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