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Eldrick:
 I want to do more work on my 400f myself and I think I want a torque wrench and a carb synchronizing kit.
 
 I keep looking online and get overwhelmed with choice. The other issue is I don't really know which is best overall for this specific bike rather than ‘the best make’. No good having a best make torque if I can't perform most/all jobs on my bike and end up buying another one.
I also thought I wanted a single gauge, four into one, sync kit, I could be fooling myself though. I liked the idea that all four carbs were being tested on one gauge.

 So, if you can recommend a good torque wrench and carb synchronizing kit I can get started on being a shed mechanic and maybe even get a second (His and Hers) 400f.
 

Bryanj:
Decent name 3/8 drive torque wrench and sealey 4 gauge set which costs about £120 on ebay, single gauge sets will drive you crazy

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
My trusty Britool 1/2" wrench was too big so I bought a 3/8" Draper. Good tool but the Imperial & Metric Scales are in Inch-Lbs or Newton Metres range is 10-80Nm. I had to do a conversion for all the settings in my manuals.

Eldrick:

--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on May 14, 2022, 06:07:58 PM ---My trusty Britool 1/2" wrench was too big so I bought a 3/8" Draper. Good tool but the Imperial & Metric Scales are in Inch-Lbs or Newton Metres range is 10-80Nm. I had to do a conversion for all the settings in my manuals.

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Ha, see, I didn't even think about all that maths! Glad I asked before buying.

Nurse Julie:
Get a Britool 3/8 torque wrench if you can. That will cover 99.9% of the torques on your bike. Don't worry too much about vac sync gauges, you can set the slides very, very, very close by manual bench sync.

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