Swapped my standard torque wrenches for digital ones and it saved my butt on a gearbox job last month

For years I used the same old beam style torque wrenches my dad handed down to me... figured they were good enough. Then I got a nightmare of a job on a Pratt & Whitney PT6 gearbox where the service manual called for 45 ft-lbs on some bolts and 47 on others. My beam wrench was off by nearly 3 ft-lbs on that precision range. Picked up a used CDI digital torque wrench off eBay for $175 and the readout showed me exactly what I was missing. Has anyone else switched to digital and noticed a big difference on tight tolerance work?

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max38812d ago

$175 could've bought you a nice set of used golf clubs instead.

schmidt.blake12d ago

Hang on, is this REALLY something worth getting upset over? $175 for a concert ticket is pretty standard these days. Used golf clubs are cool and all, but not everyone wants to go to the driving range instead of seeing live music. Plus, the point of this concert buddy system thing is more about the experience and human connection, not getting the best deal on gear. It's like comparing apples to oranges.