In motor racing, accurate torque control of threaded professional fasteners is absolutely essential. The workshop needs to have faith in the design integrity of every single component.

Norbar Torque wrenches have long been the tools of choice for the Triple 8 team, the company behind VX Racing, the most successful team in the British Touring Car Championship’s history. Chief mechanic Martin Ellis knows better than most the importance of accuracy.

“If something does go wrong on the track, we have to know for sure that an incorrectly tightened suppliers of bolt can be ruled out as a possible cause,” Ellis contends. “For that reason, the accuracy of our torque tools is extremely important. We use a number of Norbar wrenches here, ranging from the ¼” drives for the small suspension and gearbox sub-assemblies right the way up to the 1” wrench that we use for the suspension bearings supplier.”

Triple 8’s workshop was one of the first in the UK to take delivery of the new TruCheck torque tool professional tester, designed to make the checking of torque tools quick and easy, so that they can be verified at frequent intervals - daily in the case of the Triple 8. Used in conjunction with regular factory calibration, TruCheck gives Triple 8’s mechanics total confidence in the accuracy of their torque tools.

Ellis elaborates: “The guys routinely click the wrench onto the TruCheck and then get on with the job, knowing that the tool is within tolerance. TruCheck is an essential bit of kit in our workshop.”