Looking for recommendations on a torque wrench for swapping wheels.
I'm leaning towards this 1/2" Gearwrench 30-250 ftlbs click style wrench. The stated accuracy is +/- 3% and its seems to deliver that based on Youtube testing. And it seems like it will fit in the factory tool kit compartment.
Is +/-3% accuracy sufficient for lug nuts? Or is it important to have something more accurate?
Only reason I'm giving it a second thought, is if the lugs are not all tightened evenly (say 94lbs for some and 100lbs for others) will that cause or add to wheel vibration?
I'm swapping the wheels on my 2025 LC 250. It's been a while since I've had a car that I wanted to build out, and the same goes for tools. When I was younger, I simply walked into Lowes and grabbed a click style torque wrench off the shelf and didn't give things like accuracy/tolerance much thought. Set and forget it.
Wheels and tires are coming already mounted and balanced, figured I could handle the swap on my own but may opt to take it to shop to do the swap if they're likely to use a more precise torque wrench. Though I've used the mobile tire repair shops before (no dedicated/national chain tire shops within 2 hours drive), and I doubt they're using a $600 Snap-on torque wrench or even bothered to check what the manufacturer suggested torque specs were.
I'm leaning towards this 1/2" Gearwrench 30-250 ftlbs click style wrench. The stated accuracy is +/- 3% and its seems to deliver that based on Youtube testing. And it seems like it will fit in the factory tool kit compartment.
Is +/-3% accuracy sufficient for lug nuts? Or is it important to have something more accurate?
Only reason I'm giving it a second thought, is if the lugs are not all tightened evenly (say 94lbs for some and 100lbs for others) will that cause or add to wheel vibration?
I'm swapping the wheels on my 2025 LC 250. It's been a while since I've had a car that I wanted to build out, and the same goes for tools. When I was younger, I simply walked into Lowes and grabbed a click style torque wrench off the shelf and didn't give things like accuracy/tolerance much thought. Set and forget it.
Wheels and tires are coming already mounted and balanced, figured I could handle the swap on my own but may opt to take it to shop to do the swap if they're likely to use a more precise torque wrench. Though I've used the mobile tire repair shops before (no dedicated/national chain tire shops within 2 hours drive), and I doubt they're using a $600 Snap-on torque wrench or even bothered to check what the manufacturer suggested torque specs were.