Pittsburgh 1/2 in Drive Click Type Torque Wrench - Accuracy Test and 2 Year Review (Harbor Freight) 

Thanks for watching.

Yep. There is a ring around the nurling on the handle that you're supposed to pull it from. I recognized the same thing when I watched the video. Didn't notice it when making the video.

Also your bench is moving in a non-linear way. This will also cause an inconsistent reading.

Thank you! I didn’t know lug nuts not torqued property would result in brake rotors!? Learn something new every day.

I use 76 foot-pounds for all lug nuts. For some reason, I just like the number. You have a point. If you have enough torque, more is not better.

Brake rotors cannot warp however you will notice inconsistent and possible wobble since they are not identical torque. I just blew up my Pittsburg after doing struts/brakes on the wifes rig. The head plate and internals blew off while torquing the wheels. I justified it as I grew up with the old Wobble style and built a few engines, it seemed to work alright so a bit of a variance was ok in my mind. It's to note my craftsman I replaced with this had simply quit working. Thankfully still drivable, however this is my third one, the 1/4 inch never worked, 3/8ths lost a screw and this one of course blew up. Garbage. Thank you to the OP for giving this a go, I wish I had thought of looking at these type of video's before I wasted my money and did a few minor jobs with this wrench.

Ya, I have no incentive to try and convince you otherwise haha. Whatever works for you and make sense is a good choice.

Probably a really good quality product from that era.

Thank you! Cheers!

It's the drive size. It's the thickness of the cubed steel that your sockets attach to.

They did last I checked and they are typically fairly accurate, despite what a lot of guys say about them.

A lot of my inaccurate tests had more to do with me than the wrench too. I plan to update this video. Thanks for watching!

@The BootyBandit I know how it's supposed to be done, but my grandpa's custom shop and now my van building shop, neither ever used torque settings on spark plugs. You get a feel for it if you do it enough.

Nice! So this is even a testament to how well this thing works even on critical parts. 200,000 more is hard to argue with!

@@DereksWorkshopAndProjects what finally killed it was my water pump belt slipped and overheated the engine and warped the head. It still ran, but not well, Bar's leak seemed to fix it, but by then the body/frame was starting to rust out and I knew the engine and head would need to be decked to make it reliable, so I ended up selling it. Apparently it ran like that for a long time after I sold it.

Thanks for watching. I set it at 0. Lock it. And put it away.

@@DereksWorkshopAndProjects 🤣

So like, set it to 5 or 10 ft/lbs before putting it away?

Yup, it just works, and I can't believe that they can make it for $10.

Digital torque meter?

Correction - Digital Torque Adapter

Probably doesn't help. I fully admit that the higher in torque it goes the more I am affecting it and making it inaccurate. It's an accurate torque wrench. I think it was my fault mostly.

Awesome! I have been thinking of getting a better quality wrench for more critical parts. Definitely worth $10!

It’s fairly accurate, you can test it on my digital torque meter if you want.

With all the vibration of an engine, I'd be leery of doing it by feel.

I ended up getting the 3/8” and the 1/4” after making this video. I tested them and they are fairly close too. For what they are, I like them.

@@DereksWorkshopAndProjects What are differences b/w 3/8" and 1/2" and 1/4”, what the best for car's tire lug nuts

Those are the different size drives. 1/2” is best for lug nuts.

Well I was able to get coupons for it at $10. I think regular price was similar.

Ya, all that is good reason to just do your own work!

I've suffered all the same problems: 1) Once my car drove like a jumping bean with the new tires - the rears were inflated to 45 psi (should be 30) 2) Tire shop "mislaid' my center trim caps on my truck then claimed they were never on the truck when it came in. I suspect they get sold on eBay. That's where I went to buy replacements. 3) Once I went to change a flat tire and couldn't get the lug nuts to budge. I wound up shearing off one lug bolt. Just torqued way too much. Had to get towed to a shop to get it fixed. So yeah - tire shops 🤔

The inaccuracy was more of a testing error... The work bench moved to much.

Yeah. It’s close enough for most jobs.

Agree to disagree!

It's due to the internal design, inherently accurate...its measuring the distance between 2 sensors being pulled away from each other, there's not alot of variables or dependence on multiple mechanisms all working correctly Client Graphics took his Quinn digital to an actual certification place and it was dead on accurate. Assuming they test each one at the factory, when it passes that, it's design doesn't have anything that will drift out of spec.

I realized that was what I was doing when I watched the video myself. Didn’t realize it in the moment.

Correct!!

Can you explain why? Torque is torque.

@@HondaFamily88 a torque wrench measures the force applied at the handle end of a torque wrench place a hand at the socket end to steady it you are creating a folcrum . increasing the torque applied and decreasing the force needed at the handle . you can see this effect by using a beam scale torque wrench as you apply torque to a bolt grab the socket end and watch the torque beam drop.

No problem 👍

Just got all 3 of their pro model for 5 each coupon applued for 5 dollar tool for each...still long term is to get the gearwrench electronic 3/8 driver torque

@@NobodyUR Sweeet!

@@TheChaz81 of course back ordered...lol but eventually I'll get them 🤷🏼‍♂️

What did you end up getting?

EPAuto 1/2" drive.

Looks like a little nicer looking wrench than this one. I see it’s $25, not a bad deal I don’t think.

I would say so. The really off measurements were user error me and many others have decided.

Awesome man! Thank you!

Lol, its like if the torque specs are supposed to be 120 ft lbs, its probably not going to be the end of the world if they only torque to 110 ft lbs or 130 ft lbs. Thanks for watching.

I've never in my life torqued lug nuts lol I always just use a lug wrench and have never in 25 years of driving had a issue...I might start now though lol

Yup and honestly where it's off is probably my fault.

Lifetime warranty, just return it for a new one.

I’ve seen it recently go on sell for $10. Still worth it at $20.

I just got it for $13

Ya I agree. Especially the 100ft lb test.