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I picked up one from Aldi a few months ago, think it was about $70 or something. Hasn't missed a beat after doing all suspension bolts front and rear a few times now. Haven't check its calibration officially, but compared it (as well as you can) against a mates workshop one and it was as close as I could care.

Its never been dropped and hopefully never will be, and lives inside its plastic bag inside its plastic box with the handle screwed back out to lowest reading (not 0) as per the instructions when not in use.

The only drawback is the readings are in metric / European, so have to convert foot lbs to NM all the time! - to make my life easy though I noted down all the common Jeep settings and their conversion and leave that note in the box
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Again, thanks... just the info i was after. Turns out just about no-one north had any 1/2 drives in stock. ended up with a King Tool version from Auto Pro for $80. Practical identical to the King Chrome piece. Will do the job i'm sure.
Tension backed off & ready for the weekend.
Mine come with a conversion chart so BONUS. but the wrench has lb & kg's on it anyway. Thanks guys...
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dont cheap out on a tourqe wrench, bad calibration can be disasterous.
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Got $20 off, more expensive than the king chrome. The $50 jobbie would have been cheaping out!
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