torque wrench ?

[YotaOnRocks]

I have a ampro torque wrench I bought at advance auto about 8 years ago. Its a clicker style. My question is I'm about to do heads studs in my truck and was wondering if there is a way to test its accuracy. I know its been dropped once and last time I used it was to torque some u bolts and it felt like i was pulling a lot harder than what was needed before it clicked.

 

[transman731]

i know that you can get them re-calibrated, but i wouldn't know where to tell you to go. i send mine with the tool man.
if it's been dropped, it's not accurate

 

[YotaOnRocks]

Yeah I figured since I dropped it that it is off.

 

[Tommy_T]

Part if my job is having the shop tools calibrated. You can take it to Simco they are just off I40 at hwy 68. 336-605-1665. Be aware that you can buy a new one at Harbor Freight for less than the cost of calibration.

 

[catfishblues]

What Tommy said. The HF one is cheap and good enough. You can rig up a system of scales and rods of known length to test accuracy. Videos on YouTube show how. It ain't worth it, though.

 

[RatLabGuy]

http://www.wikihow.com/Calibrate-a-Torque-Wrench

you can do it yourself, at least pretty close... its not rocket surgery...