1/2 Inch Drive Bi-Directional Torque Wrench

The Teng Tools 1292UAG-ER is a bi-directional 1/2 inch square drive wrench with an adjustable torque range from 10 to 150 ft-lb. It is designed to measure torque in both clockwise and counter-clockwise directions, so right hand and left hand threads can each be tightened to a specified value with the same wrench.

That bi-directional mechanism is the defining feature of this model. Where a job includes a left hand thread, it is set to its figure in the same controlled way as every right hand thread around it, rather than finished by feel.

The range of 10 to 150 ft-lb is stated in foot pounds. Take the value from the specification, set it on the wrench and tighten. Set it once and every fastener in a pattern is taken to the same number; change the setting only when the specification changes.

The 1/2 inch square drive takes standard 1/2 inch drive sockets, so the sockets already in your drawer fit without adapters. That makes it a straightforward addition to a 1/2 inch drive kit in a home garage, a service bay, a fleet workshop or a machine shop.

What you get: the 1292UAG-ER bi-directional wrench, 1/2 inch square drive, 10 to 150 ft-lb. Sockets are not included.

• The 1292UAG-ER measures torque in both directions, clockwise and counter-clockwise. A left hand thread is tightened to its specified value in the same controlled way as a right hand thread, with the same wrench and the same setting, instead of being finished off by feel.
• The torque setting adjusts from 10 to 150 ft-lb, a span that runs from light fastening work up to the values a 1/2 inch drive is normally reached for. Take the figure from the specification in foot pounds, set it, and tighten to that number in either direction.
• The 1/2 inch square drive takes standard 1/2 inch drive sockets, so the sockets already in your toolbox drawer in that drive size fit straight on. Sockets are sold separately, which keeps this a single purchase that works with the sizes you already own.
• Working to a set value rather than by hand helps stop a nut or bolt being left loose or pulled past its specification. Set the figure once, work around a bolt pattern at that setting, and change it only when the specification changes, so every fastener in the job gets the same number.
• Because it reads counter-clockwise as well as clockwise, one wrench covers the occasional reverse thread in a job instead of a second tool or a guess. It suits a home garage, a service bay, a fleet workshop or a machine shop, wherever a fastener comes with a torque figure in ft lbs.

Part number: 1292UAG-ER