I've been building engines for 40 years. I've tried countless torque wrenches. Warren and Brown beam deflectors are the best I've used. You have to import them from Australia.
Waiting on my new ATECH to come in. I bought the green and black 3/8” drive. It’s replacing my AC Delco unit which still works but my eyes can’t read it anymore. The backlight and indicators are excellent on these ATECH wrenches.
How yah feeling at this point about that newer yellow Snap-on? Been reading some complaints that Snap-on was having a lot of premature failures with the electronics in these things.
@@EricksonMachinePerformance Hard to say I guess. There’s no way to tell how widespread, or not widespread, something might be based on a handful of comments. Just not ideal to hear on such an expensive tool.
@dlj1285 I agree with you there, but that being said, my original torque. Wrench, which failed on me, Snap on completely rebuilt it and sent it back to me for less than a $100 and it was I believe 17 years old at that point. I have had good luck over the years with snapon fixing my tools.
@@EricksonMachinePerformance That does seem pretty fair. My situation is that I’m just a DIY guy. I was considering just purchasing a Gearwrench in the 300 to 400 CND dollar range, but those things really have a lot of reports of failing electronics, and then they become basically paper weights. My impression is that getting them warrantied is a bit problematic, and I even read of one case where Gearwrench ignored the guy for warranty? One of the bigger TH-camrs (don’t remember the name) who tests these things a lot has had multiple failures on an E-spec Gear wrench…Super expensive one, even more than the Snap-on units…It failed a second time just outside out of the 1 year warranty and I have the impression he has given up on it based on some comments he made. It was a shame in the sense it was apparently the most accurate wrench he ever tested. So I started thinking I would put some money out and get something that has better warranty and is serviceable. That’s why I started considering Snap-on. I don’t mind paying a bit more to get a good serviceable tool. Spending 400 buck for nothing gets you nowhere in the end. Napa in Canada also has this one, which is surprisingly with a lifetime warranty. I called them and if there are any issues ever, assuming no tool abuse and no calibration problems, they take the failed tool and give you a brand new one: www.napacanada.com/en/p/UHT17219 Probably not quite at the same level of a snap-on, but you can’t argue with that sort of peace of mind I suppose.
How do you like the gear wrench? I did a little bit of homework and I ended up going with that same gear wrench but in the 3/8 I've been debating abiut getting a 2nd wrench likely in 1/2" for bigger tq applications. Thinking the digital gear wrench or the snap on digital. I'd like to have a click type and a digital.
I own the red digital and have only had shit with it even after the handle mod .They not acurate eirther but they not that expensive if compared to some of the bigger players in the torgue market.
I've been building engines for 40 years.
I've tried countless torque wrenches.
Warren and Brown beam deflectors are the best I've used.
You have to import them from Australia.
Waiting on my new ATECH to come in. I bought the green and black 3/8” drive. It’s replacing my AC Delco unit which still works but my eyes can’t read it anymore. The backlight and indicators are excellent on these ATECH wrenches.
Your going to love it!!
cool video thanks for sharing im always interested in anything to do with torque
Any time!
Searching for a 3/8 torque wrench. Good info
I have had great luck with snap-on. And many times you can buy a used 1 and send it in for calibration for about half the cost of new
I see that jetski drive shaft coupler. I'm into stand ups.
Do you trust the 5-125 snap on down to 5lbs? Or do you use a 1/4 on the small stuff like cam caps?
@CarAholic86 yes we use it at 5lbs
@EricksonMachinePerformance Good to know! I just bought one and was a little hesitant to use it on my cam caps. Thanks for the fast reply!
How yah feeling at this point about that newer yellow Snap-on? Been reading some complaints that Snap-on was having a lot of premature failures with the electronics in these things.
That sucks to hear . Luckily, as of yet, i've had zero issues with mine. I wonder if it's from the pandemic chip issue that happened.
@@EricksonMachinePerformance Hard to say I guess. There’s no way to tell how widespread, or not widespread, something might be based on a handful of comments. Just not ideal to hear on such an expensive tool.
@dlj1285 I agree with you there, but that being said, my original torque. Wrench, which failed on me, Snap on completely rebuilt it and sent it back to me for less than a $100 and it was I believe 17 years old at that point. I have had good luck over the years with snapon fixing my tools.
@@EricksonMachinePerformance That does seem pretty fair. My situation is that I’m just a DIY guy. I was considering just purchasing a Gearwrench in the 300 to 400 CND dollar range, but those things really have a lot of reports of failing electronics, and then they become basically paper weights. My impression is that getting them warrantied is a bit problematic, and I even read of one case where Gearwrench ignored the guy for warranty?
One of the bigger TH-camrs (don’t remember the name) who tests these things a lot has had multiple failures on an E-spec Gear wrench…Super expensive one, even more than the Snap-on units…It failed a second time just outside out of the 1 year warranty and I have the impression he has given up on it based on some comments he made. It was a shame in the sense it was apparently the most accurate wrench he ever tested.
So I started thinking I would put some money out and get something that has better warranty and is serviceable. That’s why I started considering Snap-on. I don’t mind paying a bit more to get a good serviceable tool. Spending 400 buck for nothing gets you nowhere in the end.
Napa in Canada also has this one, which is surprisingly with a lifetime warranty. I called them and if there are any issues ever, assuming no tool abuse and no calibration problems, they take the failed tool and give you a brand new one:
www.napacanada.com/en/p/UHT17219
Probably not quite at the same level of a snap-on, but you can’t argue with that sort of peace of mind I suppose.
What’s you opinion on a Quinn (lowes) digital torque wrench? I don’t build engines like you, but once and a while I’ll do top ends and stuff
To be honest I don't know. I know gear wrench makes some.good ones that's aren't super expensive
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How do you like the gear wrench? I did a little bit of homework and I ended up going with that same gear wrench but in the 3/8 I've been debating abiut getting a 2nd wrench likely in 1/2" for bigger tq applications. Thinking the digital gear wrench or the snap on digital. I'd like to have a click type and a digital.
I like the gear wrench mechanical. But I mainly use for torque plate stuff in the honing machine. Otherwise Snapon Digital 100% at least for what I do
I own the red digital and have only had shit with it even after the handle mod .They not acurate eirther but they not that expensive if compared to some of the bigger players in the torgue market.
How do you reset the password or only snap on knows it?
Building over 10,000 engines is a lot of engines. How old are you and when did you start the in the engine building trade?
I started professionally at 17. So 23 years machining and building engines. Honestly it's way over 10k at this point.
I'm 40 now
That's more than one engine per day if you never took one day off in 23 years.
@@brianjarrell9203 overtime hahahaha
@@OneMenWreckingCrewOr an obvious lie lol