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How to use a Wera Click-Torque wrench

Updated: October 2026

You already own one of these Wera Click-Torque wrenches, and the handle has two different clicks. One only tells you the scale has reached a mark. The other is where you stop pulling. How to use a Wera Click-Torque wrench, on the models in this set, is: set the value under the green line, lock the button, pull until the release click, and stop. Which model you should have bought is the [buying guide](/hub/hand-tools/wera-torque-wrench/sub/wera-torque-wrench-buying-guide). The steps follow Wera’s Click-Torque manual. The eleven wrenches are in the [Wera torque wrench comparison](/hub/hand-tools/wera-torque-wrench). There was no laboratory test. If you buy through our links, we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.

You already own one of these Wera Click-Torque wrenches, and the handle has two different clicks. One only tells you the scale has reached a mark. The other is where you stop pulling.

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On this page
  1. 1.Set the value, then lock it
  2. 2.Stop at the release click
  3. 3.Hand, tube and direction arrow
  4. 4.When to have it checked

Set the value, then lock it

Pull the button at the end of the handle to unlock the scale. Turn the handle until the torque you need sits under the green line in the fine-scale window, and until that adjustment itself clicks onto the mark. The fine scale is in newton-metres only. Pound-foot steps, where the main scale shows them, are not what you set in the fine window. Locking is a full push of the same button. Wera says the lock only works when the fine-scale value sits on the mark. If the button will not go fully in, the scale is between marks. Turn until the setting click lands, then push again. A half-seated button is how the number drifts before you reach the fastener. Do not start until the button is home. One UK mechanic said the Bicycle Set Torque 1 arrived preset at 12 Nm. Check the window before the first fastener.

Stop at the release click

The click you heard while turning the handle was the setting click. The click you want on the fastener is the release. Pull smoothly until you hear and feel the release once, then stop. A second click can sit well above the figure you set. Wheel figures are on the wheel-nut page. A UK owner of the C 3 says not to undo tight nuts with the torque wrench. Free a seized nut with a breaker bar or the wheel brace, then use the Click-Torque only for the final tightening. If the wrench does not click at all, stop. Do not invent a harder pull.
Wera Wera Click-Torque C 2 Push

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Wera Wera Click-Torque C 2 Push
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Hand, tube and direction arrow

Hold the middle of the grip. Wera’s manual tells you not to choke up by the head and not to hang off the end. The scale assumes your hand is where the grip is shaped. A cheater pipe or any tube on the handle is outside that assumption. The manual bans a tube, and it bans bathing the tool in solvent. Wipe it. Do not soak it. On this shelf the scale is built for right-hand, clockwise control, except on the C 2 Push. The Push reverses a captive square so the same 20–100 Nm window can be used clockwise or anti-clockwise. The ratchet switch on the other models lets you undo a fastener. It does not, on the listing text, measure torque the other way. Bicycle marks are on the bicycle page. If the specification includes an angle after the click, this wrench does not finish the job. That second stage is a garage job, as is any figure outside the printed window.

When to have it checked

Wera’s manual says to have the wrench checked after 5,000 load cycles or about one year from first use, whichever comes first, and then yearly. That interval is the maker’s instruction. The Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016 do not list this hand tool, so the yearly check is not a duty those regulations create. The declaration of conformance to ISO 6789-1 in the box is not a UKAS certificate to ISO 6789-2. Buy a Part 2 test when a workshop asks for it. Send the wrench sooner if the release click disappears, if the lock no longer seats, or if the adjuster seizes. Two UK reviews of the A 5 describe a snapped head, and one describes an adjuster that stuck when wound back. A UK C 4 owner who uses the lock daily says grease under it needs cleaning. If you are unsure about winding back after use, follow the manual in the case.

Common questions

How do I unlock, set and lock the handle?
Pull the button at the end of the handle outwards to unlock. Turn until the newton-metre value sits under the green line and the fine scale clicks onto the mark. Push the button fully in to lock. If it will not go in, you are between marks.
Which click means stop?
The click while you turn the handle is the setting click. The click while you pull on the fastener is the release, and that is where you stop. Wera treats them as different events.
Can I keep turning after the click to be sure?
No. Stop at the first release click. A further pull is extra torque. If you did not hear a click, stop and check the setting. Do not lean harder to manufacture one.
Why will the lock button not go in?
Because the fine-scale value is not sitting on a mark. Wera says the lock works only in that position. Turn the handle until the setting click lands under the green line, then push the button fully in. Forcing a button that is between marks will not hold the value you think you set.
May I put a tube on the handle?
No. Your hand sits in the middle of the grip. The manual forbids a tube, pipe or scaffold pole on the handle. Wipe the tool after use. Do not bath it in solvent.
When should the wrench be checked, and is that the law?
Wera asks for a check after 5,000 load cycles or about one year from first use, then yearly. That is the manufacturer’s interval. The Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016 do not list this tool. Check sooner if the click vanishes or the lock fails.

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Sources

Manufacturer pages, ISO 6789-1 and UK public sources listed below, plus the amazon.co.uk listings in this comparison. Page updated October 2026.

  1. Wera Click-Torque manual (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  2. Wera UK Click-Torque B 2 (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  3. Wera Click-Torque A 5 (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  4. ISO 6789-1:2017 (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  5. AWS Torque: how often to calibrate (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  6. Measuring Instruments Regulations 2016, regulation 3 (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  7. Consumer Rights Act 2015, section 9 (retrieved 16 October 2026)
  8. Condor Cycles: tightening bolts to torque settings (retrieved 16 October 2026)