CDI 3/8 Inch Drive Adjustable Click Torque Wrench, Range 5-75 Ft Lbs / 10.2-98.3 Nm (752MFRMH)

I've used it once since I received it. It seems like a good quality tool.

I own several CDI torque wrenches, this is why: First, they look good -- chrome plating with laser etched markings makes a tool that looks great and will be easy to clean. I know its just a tool, but having a tool that looks good in your hand is more fun to use. On this particular model, the main graduations are in 5 lb. increments with .5 graduations around the dial. So each full turn of the handle is a 5 lb increase/decrease. Simply pull back on the spring loaded sleeve and rotate the handle to make adjustments. Let go and it locks right in. Others I have used have a locking dial on the handle end which can become loose and you lose your setting. The ratcheting head on this particular model does not have a locking ball to hold the socket like the other CDI torque wrenches I own. It still has a spring loaded ball catch however it just doesn't have the locking button on top of the head. I haven't found this to be a nuisance; the socket stays on anyway. The ratcheting head has three positions forward, reverse, and locked in (or not ratcheting) with the middle setting. CDI has excellent customer support. I contacted them prior to ordering and a tech was easy to contact spent plenty of time explaining the specifics of their wrenches. I called the tech for an explanation on accuracy ratings. To summarize, this wrench is accurate within +/- 4% indicated reading from 20% to 100% of full scale -- my certificate of calibration states values much lower than this (from .5 - 2.5%). Accuracy from 20% to 100% is industry standard though some torque wrench's will be accurate to +/- 3%. In this case 20% of 75 ft/lb is 15 ft/lb. So this tool will be increasingly less accurate the farther below 15 ft/lb you go. This is due to lack of compression on the spring in the lowest 20%. Really this wrench should be labeled as a 15 - 75 ft/lb wrench, corresponding to the included certificate of calibration (meaning: my certificate of calibration labels this wrench as 15 - 75 ft/lb). Just know that with ANY spring type click wrench the low capability should be 20% of max even if dial will indicate a lower setting.

CDI (owned by Snap-On) makes this click type torque wrench and it is definitely solidly made and is professional quality. It comes with calibration paperwork in a good molded plastic case. I had a couple of lesser quality 1/2" drive foot-lb torque wrenches and I wanted to get a higher quality foot-lb torque wrench with a 3/8" drive for quite some time, so I decided to go top-drawer. I had a lot of major engine work to do on a swapped-in V8 engine in my Jeep earlier this year and this torque wrench definitely got a work out. It is easy to use and the settings are very readable. Highly recommended!

This wrench is excellent, happy to find a quality made in USA, (well sort of, it's assembled in the US with some Asian components), tool that's affordable. If I had the $$$ I would have gone with the true overpriced Snapon product for $350+ but this is fine. In comparison with my Snapon wrench it is a little lighter and appears to be less robust, if I used this tool every day I'd go with the Snapon, for the weekender I highly recommend CDI. The only grip I have is the little direction lever is too easy to change, it's very easy to put it in the wrong position, not a deal breaker just a pain. Love the button release that Sears used to have. Comes with plastic case as well.

cdi torque wrenches work great. only thing that gets me in trouble is the ease of flipping the directional lever...every now and again i inadvertently and unknowingly switch it from clockwise to center position, which removes the torque setting. I pay extra attention when using in soft metal or critical applications. I have a couple different cdi torque wrenches. they appear to be of much higher quality than the box store versions i had before. My wife uses the 1/2 cdi torque wrench to torque down the wheel lug nuts with no issue

Thanks great wrench

There are a handful of other 1 star reviews here and I will echo what those users have experienced. Found out the hard way that the “click” does not work! Snapped a head bolt off that was torque set to 12lbs. What was otherwise a smooth rebuild of an old Moped I’m restoring just turned into a pricey, time consuming situation. Will have to now purchase the correct bolt extractor kit and will likely spend more time than I would like to get back to where I was. I suspect I may also have trouble finding OEM head bolt as well, moped is from 81 and up until now I was doing a full OEM restoration. Will not be buying critical tools off amazon anymore, going to my local tool shops from now on. Lesson learned and buyer beware of the potential for this to go terribly wrong! Very unhappy with tool, seller and amazon!!

Everything about this torque wrench is as it should be, except the traditional “click” is nearly nonexistent. I often don’t even know I’ve reached my setting and beginning to believe it may be defective. (So after receiving a replacement, the second wrench worked as it should; even though it was shipped left on 25lbs, instead of wound fully out. BUT, after a bit of testing I would not recommend this to anyone working in the sub 30 ftlbs range. At 75 noticeable feedback is there but anything under, 55/50, it starts to diminish. In reality, this wrench is actually made for how it’s advertised, something to be used out in the field. I wouldn’t consider this a cheap alternative to a Snap-on, Mac, whatever. It’s more like a crude tool that lives its life in a back of a work truck and is tossed when it’s dead.) - adding an extra star because it does what it’s advertised, kinda.

I had a difficult time finding an affordable wrench in this torque range. This one fir the bill. Very happy with it.

High quality product with a most useful range if working on motorbikes. Great value for what you are getting, when compared to the competition.

Solid, accurate, and well-made torque wrench that covers a very useful range. The only thing I wish it had were markings that cover both ft-lbs and N-m. So if you have torque figures in N-m, you have to use a convertor to convert to ft-lbs in order to use this wrench.

Très bon produit!

quality seems top notch. don't use this as much as my 1/2 torque wrench of the same name/company. 2503mfrmh