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 For bikes, excellent wrench and a great money saver:, June 7, 2009
By Anthony Garrido (Diamond Springs, CA United States)
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Here's the thing, this is the only torque wrench you'll ever need for the bike, since it covers the entire range of torques for 99.99% of all bicycles. The same range for the Park click type wrenches is at least $200.00, because you'd have to buy the TW-5 and TW-6.
These dial type wrenches are accurate enough for bicycles, without a doubt. For cars, I use the click torque type because the name brands really are more accurate, looking at a gauge is really difficult under the hood or car, AND you need better accuracy for cars because of the tremendously larger forces and various materials you work, eg, keeping water from getting through the heads into the engine.
Bikes just don't need the plus or minus 4 lb. accuracy. Nobody, not even Lance Armstrong pedals at > 1000 lbs. per square inch, on any bike part.
Save yourself $160. No worries. And save yourself the trouble of having to store two wrenches instead of one in your toolbox.
:)
28 of 33 people found the above review helpful.
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Neat torque wrench, October 8, 2008
By Spade5 (Houston, TX)
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I thought about the click torque wrenches but worried about the calibration, etc. This is a plain beam wrench so all you have to do is look at the pointer to make sure it is zeroed before you use it. Granted you have to be looking at the scale to use it which can sometimes be difficult. I like to be able to watch the torque value increase so I can increase it gradually.
My 150 ft lb wrench is not practical for my motorcycle which often requires inch pounds. I am so impressed I am going to order the 600 inch pound version. Sometimes low tech is the better way to go.
12 of 13 people found the above review helpful.
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Good wrench for the money, March 21, 2009
By Spade5 (Houston, TX)
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I originall bought the 60 inch version and am happy with it so I bought the 600 inch version. As I said in my review of the 60 incher, I was concerned about the accuracy and mechanics of the click wrenches that many prefer. The downside of the beam wrenches is you have to be looking at the scale. In my opinion the upside is it is easy to check the calibration (set zero) and I like to be able to watch the torque build by looking at the scale rather than wondering when I am going to get there as with a click wrench. Sometimes simple technology is better in my opinion. Not much to go wrong with this one.
10 of 11 people found the above review helpful.
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 OK, but doesn't measure Newton-Meters, August 4, 2009
By SomeDude (California)
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This torque wrench works OK but it has a major limitation: it doesn't measure Newton-Meters. Yet most small bike parts seem to be specified by manufacturers in terms of Newton-Meters. Instead this wrench has inch-pounds and centimeter-kilograms. Maybe I'm buying the wrong bike parts (I buy Ritchey, Shimano, Campagnolo, SRAM, etc.) but I've never seen torque requirements of centimeter-kilograms for any commercial bike part. It looks like this tool design is old and Park hasn't updated it, though an update has been overdue for at least five years now. Your only recourse with this tool is to mark up the tool face with NM or keep a calculator around when using it.
9 of 12 people found the above review helpful.
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The scales don't line up, June 11, 2009
By M. J Lane (USA)
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This is a quality wrench (by feel) however on the one that I received the N/m and the inch/lb scales do not line up at 0. So this makes it impossible to properly calibrate the wrench for both scales. It isn't bad enough to send it back but it is annoying and shows poor quality control.
This, of course, makes me wonder how accurate the wrench is overall.
8 of 8 people found the above review helpful.
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Critical tool for tightening carbon fiber components!, September 1, 2010
By davetheadventurer (Los Angeles, CA USA)
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Being an avid cyclist, I love assembling, tinkering, and modifying all of my bikes. Four years ago, I added a full-monocoque carbon fiber road bike (2006 CFR-LE) to my stable. I bought the Park TW-2 Torque Wrench to correctly tighten all of the carbon fiber components (stem, seatpost, cranks, etc.) to manufacturer specs and to prevent damage from overtightening. The long handle provides plenty of torque even for the carbon crankset fixing bolt.
The scale on the TW-2 ranges from 0-600 in. lbs. (0-70 NM) and is appropriate for almost all bike components. This torque wrench is fairly easy to use (need to correctly use the swiveling handle) and includes clear instructions and a basic Torque Specifications table. More detailed torque specs can be downloaded from components manufacturers and parktool website.
The Park Tool TW-2 torque wrench has a 3/8" square drive. No sockets are included; I purchased a separate 10 piece Metric Hex Bit socket set that fits all of my bikes' hex bolts (available at local hardware, auto parts, or online stores). Make sure to use carbon assembly compound/paste for properly tightening carbon components (*paste not recommended for steering column-stem interface and handlebar-stem interface which can cause slippage).
5 of 5 people found the above review helpful.
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 TW-1 Torque Wrench, May 19, 2008
By Peter Draper
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I have tried repeatedly to return the wrench we purchased and your seller, Bikeparts USA has not returned my emails. I would not do business with them again.
5 of 46 people found the above review helpful.
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You get what you pay for, November 23, 2009
By D. G. Bley (Atlanta, GA)
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This is a great tool. As others have said, the simplicity of this tool is what is appealing. The only drawback is having to be able to see the needle and numbers while torquing. I have always had great luck with Park Tool products and feel good to see the Made in USA stamp.
4 of 4 people found the above review helpful.
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Best tool for the job, August 11, 2009
By Adam J. Walzer
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If you're looking to torque smaller bolts you need a torque wrench that can measure in in-lbs and in newton-meters. This tool is sensitive and accurate. Not to mention you won't find a less expensive tool that can do this job.
3 of 3 people found the above review helpful.
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Very Accurate!, April 21, 2011
By Eric
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This Park Tool torque wrench is simply the best torque wrench. I have both TW-1 and TW-2 and they are hold very accurate torque specs.
The small little ball handle feels a little weird holding with your hand but I guess they designed it that way on purpose.
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good product and good price, September 20, 2010
By BD
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I purchased the TW-1 to work on my carbon fiber bicycle, and also to check if my clicker torque wrench is accurate. This product is priced right, simple, and never needs calibration. The scale has torque readings in both in-lbs and Nm. However, a beam type torque wrench is not as easy to use as a clicker torque wrench, because it does not have racheting action. The indicator did not point exactly at zero when I received this tool; the enclosed manual has the instruction on how to bend the pointer until it sets to zero. I have both beam and clicker torque wrenches. If you need to choose one, I think it is best to have the beam-type wrench because you will never have to worry about calibration.
2 of 2 people found the above review helpful.
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Useful tool, April 11, 2010
By bamboo gardener (Fayetteville, AR)
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The Park torque wrench, like all of their tools, appears solid and well made. It will a useful addition to my bicycle tools and help to correctly tighten bicycle parts; neither too loose to be dangerous or too tight as to damage them.
2 of 2 people found the above review helpful.
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Bicycle size torque wrench, April 9, 2010
By J. Dodds (LA)
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If you wish to be careful about the torque settings when you adjust various fasteners on your bicycle this is the right tool for you. I have been riding for 60+ years without one, but the recent addition of carbon fiber parts to my bike made me consider the importance just right bolt tightening. (Steel and aluminum are more forgiving over tightening.) This inexpensive tool will make you safer, if you confirm the correct tension has been applied to each fastener.
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Great but go with the TW-1, May 26, 2011
By Tamarisk
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TW-1 torque range is much better suited for the delicate precision work. Because you may think you can go with the TW-2 and cover much wider torque range but you just can't. Power is so weak at sub 10 Newtons it barely register on the dial of TW-2. And sub 10 newton is the most used range where precise torque force really required.
1 of 1 people found the above review helpful.
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Seems fine to me, April 12, 2011
By Wylie Wiggins
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I use this torque wrench more often as a repeatable torquing device then a calibrated torquing tool and it seems to be doing fine for my rifles as well as my motorcycle. I just make sure it reads 0 before I use it each time and if it doesn't a little bending sets it back to 0 just fine.
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works great, April 3, 2011
By C.H.
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excellent tool. wish it came with a hard case to protect it, but you can keep it in the cardboard box. good torque range for working on bikes and small engines. price and quality are great, highly recommended.
1 of 1 people found the above review helpful.
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Works well, March 6, 2011
By RW (San Francisco, CA United States)
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I bought this for occasional use for my bike. I chose this beam-type unit since I've heard that the click-type wrenches (especially the cheap ones) can lose their calibration over time. I didn't want to invest in a quality click-type wrench since I use it so rarely, so this seemed like a good alternative.
So far I have no complaints.
1 of 1 people found the above review helpful.
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Just the tool for stems and seat posts!, February 22, 2011
By Eighth Samurai
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This tool does just what it's advertised to do: accurately torque small bolts on sensitive bike parts. The torque beam design allows the user to see the torque increase - the "click" style torque wrenches hit without warning. Also, the accuracy of a 1/4" torque wrench can wander and the cost of recalibration can exceed the value of the wrench. The 0-60 inch/pound range perfectly fits the bolts on most stems, seat posts and derailleurs. I'm not certain, but I expect that this wrench is made in the USA by Danaher, which also builds for Matco, K-D, Kobalt and Craftsman. Only downside I can see, you have to take the seat post off the bike and turn it upside down to read the scale while torquing - about the only task where a "click" style wrench would be preferred.
1 of 1 people found the above review helpful.
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Does what it is suppposed to, July 7, 2010
By pistos
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It is a torque wrench. Works perfectly for the smaller bolts found on bikes. I looked all over for a small torque wrench. This was the best I could find at a reasonable price.
1 of 1 people found the above review helpful.
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Park Tool TW-2 Torque Wrench, October 5, 2009
By davidg. (gastonia, nc)
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I am very pleased with your product. It was just the tool I was looking for to tighten objects to their specifications. It is a broad scale, so I can also use it to do many foot pound specifications. Thanks for making such a great tool. I also appreciate the promptness in which I received it.
1 of 1 people found the above review helpful.
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I love this wrench!, August 16, 2009
By David Butler-cole (Los Angeles)
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If you have a bike with any carbon on it you need this torque wrench. Super easy to use and accurate.
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 simple and does the job, November 2, 2009
By R. Campbell (UK)
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I have no real complaints with this tool. It's simple and won't break on you like those ratchet torque wrenches. Sometimes the scale doesn't line up at zero. When this happens, I just bend the indicator bar until it's re-zeroed. It's somewhat bulky because of the way it makes the measurements.
1 of 3 people found the above review helpful.
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For simple torque wrench, this is a great little item, July 30, 2011
By Visit my Amazon Profile page! (Bay Area, CA)
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For the low end torque settings, this is a great little wrench. When I hang weights off it at the 12'' point from the axis of the drive shaft, it matches up with the measurement on the torque scale so it seems accurate enough at this low end. I only wish it went a little higher (I have the smallest of these wrenches) like from 0 to 100 or 0 to 120. It is a big jump to the bigger one from here.
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Excellent Tool For Disabled Builder, May 3, 2011
By Doc La Velle (Cedar Falls, IA USA)
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When I became fully disabled I had to make a mental list of those things I could do, or try to do given time with the resources I had. I've always enjoyed shooting sports so I thought, "Benchrest," would be worth trying. Why? Because; I'm limited to a wheelchair, really like to produce a high end/high tolerance parts build, like 0.001 tolerances. What are the components? Brass which you must hand turn the neck until you convert a .230 Russian shell into a 6mm PPC shell, Prep the primer receptacle to operate consistently time after time the same way. Next, how to "throw" powder using precision weights in grains. Last, seat a custom bullet. After all this you have a custom rifle to have someone to build or purchase the components yourself .
The components to the rifle include the receiver, barrel(s), stock,
The Park Tool Torque Wrench is used to create a constant pressure when neck turning to create a .262 neck to accept the custom bullets that are used in competition. This is an expensive sport compared with others that my be appealing to other disabled persons. Most are retired military, police, or other related fields and have the time to travel, build, hand-load and practice, practice, and practice.
There are so many uses for the torque wrench in other aspects of what I call building, maintenance or your own personal tool uses. This is one of the best tools to have on your tool bench or tool cart.
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Park tool, October 18, 2010
By J32
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The tool was just what I needed. Got here quickley am very
pleased with the tool.
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Excellent tool, October 1, 2010
By Captainbob (Atlanta)
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I had bought a cheap ratchet Torque wrench a month ago ( Tekton) that broke after the 4th use. I got the Park wrench today, and found out that the one that broke had allowed me to set the torque way too high on the components that I had used it on. The Park tool is well made, accurate, and should last forever since there is nothing to break. Well worth the money, and with todays bikes and on my Recumbent Trike ( Rover) there are a couple of components that should be torqued properly.
I quickly reset the torque on the nuts that I had overtorqued with the defective wrench. The scale is easy to see, and the tool is easy to use. All you need is some 3/8" sockets to work with it.
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Quality tool at a good price, June 7, 2010
By A. Todd Beaver (Rogers, AR)
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This is a well made tool for a good price. If not abused, should last the home hobbyist their lifetime.
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Great Value/Great Tool, April 2, 2010
By Ray
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I spent a lot of time driving around going to local tool stores and was surprised to find out that not many of them carried an inch/lb torque wrench. When I found one that did they wanted over $200 dollars for it. Then I went to Amazon and found this great tool for a lot less than any other place I looked at online and off. This is a great tool and a great value and I would recommend it to anybody looking for an inch/lb wrench.
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Must Have Bike Tool, February 1, 2010
By Robert Kleinschmidt (Austin, TX)
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This is yet another excellent tool that everyone needs to have if you are doing your own bicycle maintenance. Over torque or under torque could damage or distroy the hard work you've done. You are not saving any money as a do it yourselfer if you damage your bike by under/over torqueing the fastners. This tool ensures that you are tighteneing the nuts and bolts back to the specs designated by the engineers.
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Works well - limited range, February 8, 2011
By jkp (Chicago)
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This does its job. My only disappointment is that I need to go up to about 12 nm for my bike, so I need two wrenches to do the job.
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Fairly consistent, September 12, 2009
By Amazonian (MA USA)
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I've been using more and more carbon components and thought I should abide by the warning labels to avoid over torquing. Bought this, and it has served me well. I'm still not quite sure in the long term how accurate the deflection will be as over time, the properties of the metal from being repeatedly bent would likely change. But considering I'm not a full time mechanic and the use is intermittent, it would likely be years before that ever became a concern.
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Adequate, September 13, 2010
By Redflyer
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This torque wrench is adequate for work that does not require much precision. Since this is a flex beam type torque wrench, there is no provision for "zeroing" out the tool before use, like a dial indicator type. The indicator on this wrench was not set, or resting, on zero when it arrived. There is no way to correct for this other than bending the indiator. Consequently, it leaves the user to guess at the degree of accuracy or inaccuracy of the tool.
0 of 2 people found the above review helpful.
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Good once you get one that works, October 26, 2009
By Christopher P. Kent (Alexandria, VA)
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I was unlucky enough to get a defective unit on my first shipment but the replacement works flawlessly and is easy to use. It's great to be able to adjust all my bicycle components myself.
0 of 2 people found the above review helpful.
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Wrong item, April 3, 2011
By Shannon Wood (AR USA)
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Can't really comment on the item I ordered as, Amazon took 3 days to ship the wrong the item. So, I ordered another item from a different vendor.
0 of 14 people found the above review helpful.
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not as advertised, September 22, 2011
By john
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The Park Company specification said that it would serve all bicycle needs.
However. the instructions that came with the item said that it was not accurate at lower torqe levels. It said it was only accurate in the middle of the torque range. It also said that you should get a torque wrench were the torque you needed was in the middle of the torque wrench range.
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Straightforward, easy to use, sturdy tool, August 15, 2011
By iceninejim
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Some comments about beam torque wrenchs have been that it's difficult to read the torque amount while using it, but I found it pretty easy.
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