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Old Nov 24th, 2021, 23:09   #6
stephend
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Most of my sockets are Halfords Advanced, and I've always found them fine (the oldest set is about 30 years old). The only caveat is that the wrenches have quite a coarse ratchet, which is frustrating sometimes.

I've got a new set of Halfords axle stands, the 3 tonne per pair orange ones, and they've been holding up my 740 a treat.

I bought a Clarke torque wrench recently, and was very disappointed. All of the scales are in really obscure units, the conversion chart is in different units again (!), the scale's too small to read, and the tool is too short to apply the torque values it's rated to (ok, maybe I should get down the gym more!).
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