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Well, as I read more and more about the torque wrenches, I realized the digitals are the way the go and the $40 ones can only go so much. They go out of calibration very easily (this really applies to cheap brands like tekton, I'm sure CDI is different). Not to mention, for something like an oil...

I bought the these two torque wrenches after much deliberation : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0032A60W2/?tag=atomicindus08-20 and http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004VYUQI2/?tag=atomicindus08-20 In addition, I got : http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00943SONE/?tag=atomicindus08-20...

What would happen if i used a 3/8 adapter to the 1/2 breaker bar to loosen the drain plugs?

One other question I have is, I want to buy a breaker bar to loosen lug nuts (for future) as well as oil drain plugs since I know better than using a torque wrench to do this:) That being said, I don't know whether or not I should go with a very long one or a medium size one. I understand that...

Is it a bad idea to use a beam torque wrench for drain plugs?

I have a 2011 E90 M3. I'm going to be extremely careful not to over tighten the plugs, all these horror stories are scaring me.

Thanks, I have read a lot of forum threads about my particular car and a lot of people use these torque values with no issues. The spec says 18NM, one person who tightened by hand found out he actually tightened it to 35NM after checking with the torque wrench and even then he didn't stripped...

Thank you for your post, its very informative. One last question I had was, does it matter if the extension is in the size of the TW or the adapter? Sensible thing to do is to buy it in the wrench's size and add the adapter on top of the extension, but I still wanted to check.

I don't see many options in 3/8 unfortunately. The one tekton has in 3/8 got a lot of bad reviews. Is there another brand you guys recommend? I don't need one for ft/lbs, I need one in in/lb. I need this torque wrench for 10, 18, and 28NM. That's not a lot of torque.

Hi again, Thanks a lot for very helpful responses. I had no idea about not using a torque wrench to loosening lug nuts. I did this several times I guess I may have thrown the calibration off. How can I check to see if the calibration is not off? I am going to get a Tekton inch/lb torque wrench...

Got it, thank you. Since I'm a newbie, how much does hand tightening something correspond to in terms of lb/ft? Also, what is a "decent" torque wrench that I can use for something as little as 10-15 lb/ft or as much as 90 lb/ft?

Thanks for the responses. I'm not sure I understand what you are saying though in terms of loosening them. How does it matter whether I use a torque wrench or a ratchet to loosen the plugs? I was actually more worried about tightening them. The car in question is a BMW M3 otherwise I wouldn't...

Hello, I have a torque wrench which I bought from tire rack initially to change my tires (http://www.tirerack.com/accessories/detail.jsp?make=Tire+Rack&partnum=TW605&ID=75). It works perfectly fine as is, however, now I need to change my oil and I want to use this wrench to loosen the drain...