I found that the click type arm with a breaker bar works best, lol.

 

I've had the Craftsman 1/2" and 3/8" for years. The plastic locking collar on the little one broke a long time ago. It just cracked in one spot, it's still on there. Electrical tape works just fine.
I've checked them a few times over the years, they are still pretty close.

 

Snap-On Techangle 3/8" does pretty much most stuff on a 928. Costs a lot, but worth it.

For little and big stuff I have some click-type 1/4, 1/2 and 3/4 drive ones too, but the 3/8" Techangle does almost all of it

 

A 1/2-inch Snap On Techangle was one of best tool purchases I've made. The flexible head has allowed me to properly torque several bolts I would never have been able to reach without it. Angle feature was perfect for the heads, and its range covers most bolts on the 928 as well as the other cars we own. I also picked up a 3/8-inch wrench from Eastwood pretty reasonable. It overlaps a bit on its upper end range with the Snap On, but goes lower to cover most (if not all) of the smaller bolts on the 928. Unfortunately no flex head on the Eastwood, but it also didn't cost anything close to the Technangle. I'd like to see a reasonably priced 1/4-inch wrench, but haven't seen anything outside of Snap On in this range.

 

Love my 1/2" Snap-On techangle.

 

For the crank bolt and wheels, this is a good one:

http://www.homedepot.com/p/t/1000582...7#.UUS9MVf4Q4k

For anything else that requires a "more precise" measurement, spend the money on a good Snap-On (or equivalent). Or if budget is really tight, one of these:

http://www.craftsman.com/craftsman-1...00000P?prdNo=8
http://www.craftsman.com/craftsman-3...99000P?prdNo=9

Yes they are very old school - they are more accurate than your "budget" click wrenches and very affordable.

That's what I used to put my heads back on, still holding fine after all these years of boost. Flame away....

Before my next "big" job, I plan on buying a higher end wrench with angle measurement.

 

There is a new coupon for the Harbor Freight Torque Wrenches in the middle of the latest issue of Rod and Custom which has any one of the three sizes for $9.99 each. Regular price is said to be $34.99, although I don't think I have ever seen anything in the HF store for regular price.

As to testing them for accuracy, I recall seeing a video, I think, online when I googled for testing one of these that shows a fairly simply way to do it in you shop. I asked my son, who is an ME, what he thought would be the issue about one going out of calibration from being dropped or something and his response was something about what can go wrong with it--it is just a spring.

I too like Craftsman tools, but I buy a lot of HF tools. They are just about as easy to replace--just throw it away if it fails and go buy another one on sale. Even then, I have not had too many HF tools fail. Actually I have had more Craftsman tools fail than any other. I suspect they are all made in the same place.

 

all HF torque wrenches are good for is big breaker bars.

 

Hacker has it right! I worked for a major airline and the FAA requires all click torque wrenches be calibrated every year. Also the mechanics would take a wrench out of service if it was dropped. Our claibration lab certified them all. The manager of the certification lab once told me that the click type almost always required new parts. The bending beam units just had the pointer bent so it would read zero with no torque being applied. You can't get any simpler than that or any more accurate.

 

Snap On 3/8", Craftsman 3/8", and Craftsman 1/2" digital - use the Snap On for most of the work, but the 1/2" digital rocks as well.

 

I've been eyeing up the click-beam wrenches from Warren Brown lately.. its a beam wrench, but with a click mechanism at the desired torque setting.

http://precisiontools.warrenandbrown....lb-1$OR$4/138

They've been around for decades, so picking up a used one is tempting, given calibration is, as you say, straightforward.

 

This 1/2 inch digital is reasonably priced. Got one for Xmas and like it.

https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...h-special.html


+1 on the Husky long 1/2" wrench from Home Depot that Roger recommended.

 

Wish I would have seen the 1/2" from HD before I purchased the Craftsman 1/2". The Craftsman doesn't go up to 250.... I may be returning it and purchasing the HD one.

 

After blowing an engine due to a borrowed (from a professional shop) clicker didn't torque the main bolts sufficiently, I check the clickers pretty often.

A properly used "bending beam" torque wrench is accurate unless destroyed - all you have to do is to make sure that the pointer is zeroed, and that the handle floats.

Make or buy a tool to connect the two wrenches (weld two cheap sockets face-to-face), set the clicker for the desired value, and watch the pointer as the clicker snaps.

A checked HF torque wrench works fine...

Virtually all HF hand tools have a lifetime warranty.

 

I have two HF torque wrenches, one I've never used but have it for back up. The other one has held up well for the little bit of shade tree work I've put it thru.