Customer Reviews

Park Tool TW-1 Torque Wrench (1/4- Inch Drive, 0-60 inch Lbs)

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I thought about the click torque wrenches but worried about the calibration, etc. This is a plain beam wrench so all you have to do is look at the pointer to make sure it is zeroed before you use it. Granted you have to be looking at the scale to use it which can sometimes be difficult. I like to be able to watch the torque value increase so I can increase it gradually.

My 150 ft lb wrench is not practical for my motorcycle which often requires inch pounds. I am so impressed I am going to order the 600 inch pound version. Sometimes low tech is the better way to go.

This torque wrench works OK but it has a major limitation: it doesn't measure Newton-Meters. Yet most small bike parts seem to be specified by manufacturers in terms of Newton-Meters. Instead this wrench has inch-pounds and centimeter-kilograms. Maybe I'm buying the wrong bike parts (I buy Ritchey, Shimano, Campagnolo, SRAM, etc.) but I've never seen torque requirements of centimeter-kilograms for any commercial bike part. It looks like this tool design is old and Park hasn't updated it, though an update has been overdue for at least five years now. Your only recourse with this tool is to mark up the tool face with NM or keep a calculator around when using it.

If you're looking to torque smaller bolts you need a torque wrench that can measure in in-lbs and in newton-meters. This tool is sensitive and accurate. Not to mention you won't find a less expensive tool that can do this job.

If you wish to be careful about the torque settings when you adjust various fasteners on your bicycle this is the right tool for you. I have been riding for 60+ years without one, but the recent addition of carbon fiber parts to my bike made me consider the importance just right bolt tightening. (Steel and aluminum are more forgiving over tightening.) This inexpensive tool will make you safer, if you confirm the correct tension has been applied to each fastener.

This Park Tool torque wrench is simply the best torque wrench. I have both TW-1 and TW-2 and they are hold very accurate torque specs.

The small little ball handle feels a little weird holding with your hand but I guess they designed it that way on purpose.

This tool does just what it's advertised to do: accurately torque small bolts on sensitive bike parts. The torque beam design allows the user to see the torque increase - the "click" style torque wrenches hit without warning. Also, the accuracy of a 1/4" torque wrench can wander and the cost of recalibration can exceed the value of the wrench. The 0-60 inch/pound range perfectly fits the bolts on most stems, seat posts and derailleurs. I'm not certain, but I expect that this wrench is made in the USA by Danaher, which also builds for Matco, K-D, Kobalt and Craftsman. Only downside I can see, you have to take the seat post off the bike and turn it upside down to read the scale while torquing - about the only task where a "click" style wrench would be preferred.

I purchased the TW-1 to work on my carbon fiber bicycle, and also to check if my clicker torque wrench is accurate. This product is priced right, simple, and never needs calibration. The scale has torque readings in both in-lbs and Nm. However, a beam type torque wrench is not as easy to use as a clicker torque wrench, because it does not have racheting action. The indicator did not point exactly at zero when I received this tool; the enclosed manual has the instruction on how to bend the pointer until it sets to zero. I have both beam and clicker torque wrenches. If you need to choose one, I think it is best to have the beam-type wrench because you will never have to worry about calibration.

The Park torque wrench, like all of their tools, appears solid and well made. It will a useful addition to my bicycle tools and help to correctly tighten bicycle parts; neither too loose to be dangerous or too tight as to damage them.

I use this torque wrench more often as a repeatable torquing device then a calibrated torquing tool and it seems to be doing fine for my rifles as well as my motorcycle. I just make sure it reads 0 before I use it each time and if it doesn't a little bending sets it back to 0 just fine.

I bought this for occasional use for my bike. I chose this beam-type unit since I've heard that the click-type wrenches (especially the cheap ones) can lose their calibration over time. I didn't want to invest in a quality click-type wrench since I use it so rarely, so this seemed like a good alternative.

So far I have no complaints.