Author Topic: PERF-A-TORQ TORQUE LIMITER  (Read 3180 times)

Offline ken w.

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PERF-A-TORQ TORQUE LIMITER
« on: June 19, 2019, 06:56:39 PM »
I picked this up at the weekly fleabag. It's a pef-a-torq torque limiter model 38 A  3/8 drive. It's $ 87.00 on Zoro.  I've never seen one of these before. Any opinion's ?

Offline ken w.

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Re: PERF-A-TORQ TORQUE LIMITER
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2019, 06:58:18 PM »
More pics.

Offline DeadNutz

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Re: PERF-A-TORQ TORQUE LIMITER
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2019, 07:17:12 PM »
That's interesting and I've never seen one before.

Offline muddy

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Re: PERF-A-TORQ TORQUE LIMITER
« Reply #3 on: June 19, 2019, 08:46:16 PM »
Cool find, never seen one

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Offline slip knot

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Re: PERF-A-TORQ TORQUE LIMITER
« Reply #4 on: June 19, 2019, 10:37:54 PM »
That's a new one on me too. I wonder the application? be a pain to keep adjusting the torque value on it, to say torque a set of heads.

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Re: PERF-A-TORQ TORQUE LIMITER
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2019, 07:14:52 AM »
You still need a torque wrench to set this socket.  I don't see the advantage of this yet.

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Re: PERF-A-TORQ TORQUE LIMITER
« Reply #6 on: June 20, 2019, 08:26:54 AM »
It says to use a torque indicator not a torque wrench to set it. I wonder if this can replace a torque wrench for use in a factory assembly scenario?