A friend of mine just came up on this antique tool, and I was wondering if anyone knew anything about the model, and what should be done with it. It seems in fairly good condition, but the setting dial has no resitstance, and I'm thinking it's just stuck because someone didn't know to dial it back to zero after using it, which is my practice. OTOH, I'm not even sure that applies to this model, as I've never seen such a thing.
I told my buddy that I knew a website that could identify this wrench.
So what do ya think?
That's not a clicker type, it's a dial, but the needle is broken.
There is nothing to set, you just dial the indicator to line its zero up to the needle and pull, the needle will move based on applied torque and display the torque value on the scale.
That type of torque wrench tends to hold calibration better than the clicker ones but not as well as a beam type. They do offer a lot better readibility and much finer scales than the beams though. They usually come in between clickers and beams on price as well.
That's about all the military uses for critical measurements, you can still buy them new.
Neat wrench. I've seen Snap-Ons like that but I'm not familiar with the Ammco brand. There are some serious vintage tool collectors over on the Garage Journal forum that could probably tell you more about it. http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/
Ammco is best known at the present for brake service equipment. I have never seen an Ammco torque wrench. I would bet that they might be interested in knowing it exists (they had a contest for Oldest Tire Machine a few years back).
Interestlingly enough the company was started by Fred Wacker who was instrumental in the early days of SCCA in the '40s.
That is some great feedback guys!
I knew I could count on y'all for info about any obscure automotive tool that came up; thanks again!
Ive got the Snap-On version of that and love it dearly.
So any chance it's a Snap-On rebranded for the brake shop franchise? That would make sense.
