That sounds like a winner. It would certainly cover almost all the tight clearance suspension use cases. I think there is still a market for something like a ratcheting torque adapter for the tool truck crowd, but It's certainly a smaller niche than just folks that need low clearance...
A dedicated torque wrench would be a great solution for a lot of folks. Will it be ratcheting, or just a fixed box end with retention?
As for the torque adapters, retaining rings would be nice, and shouldn't result in too expensive of a product. Your ratcheting handles or other ratchet...
It's going to need recalibration upon reassembly, so just putting it back together won't be sufficient. One of the Quinn digital 3/4" torque adapters for about $65 will probably be accurate enough if you want to go that route.
I haven't touched the 3/4" wrench, but it looks like the same...
Sorry to drag up an old post, but I had a similar desire to use 1/2 Nano sockets for some upcoming suspension work on our cars. Lots of the bolts / nuts are located in places that really limit you to box end wrenches, or something like the nano sockets. So I did this:
I cut up two Williams...
This is a very timely thread! I just bought one of the 1/2" Quinn digital adapters a few weeks ago to calibrate / adjust several torque wrenches I have knocking around here. This was prompted by having the handle on one of their cheap Pittsburgh torque wrenches disassemble itself on me a few...