Where do I get a good Torque Wrench?
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Where do I get a good Torque Wrench? Didn't know where else to post this so figured here
Where can I get a good multipurpose torque wrench? One that I can use on all bolts and maybe even wheel lugs. Everything i've done up to now i've just been guessing but I don't know how tight I am doing stuff, in fact the other day I broke a wheel stud because of this. I tried to buy a torque wrench from o'riley one time but I couldn't even figure it out. Where can I get a torque wrench and how do you get it to fit different bolts? In essence, how do you get it to work. Thanks guys.
Jason
Where can I get a good multipurpose torque wrench? One that I can use on all bolts and maybe even wheel lugs. Everything i've done up to now i've just been guessing but I don't know how tight I am doing stuff, in fact the other day I broke a wheel stud because of this. I tried to buy a torque wrench from o'riley one time but I couldn't even figure it out. Where can I get a torque wrench and how do you get it to fit different bolts? In essence, how do you get it to work. Thanks guys.
Jason
All my tools I've bought in the past 5 years have been SK. The quality it top or the line, life time warrenty, there torque wrench has been great too.
http://www.skhandtool.com/
http://www.skhandtool.com/
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From: Corpus Christi/College Station, TX
Originally Posted by EugThinks
As far as I know they come in various sizes, just like regular socket wrenches. If all else fails you can just get size adapters... you shouldn't have any problems.
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They are just like a regular ratchet except you can apply a specific torque value. The only size difference is the drive size as in 1/4" drive, 3/8" drive and 1/2" drive. Just like a regular ratchet.
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Buy a Craftsman one from Sears and you get the Lifetime Warranty.
Home depot sells a nice Husky torque wrench (actually two, 3/8 and 1/2) that is covered by a Lifetime Warranty. The 1/2 is a $100 and the 3/8 is $70. The 1/2 is HUGE though. If I had the extra 70 laying around, I'd probably buy the 3/8.
Originally Posted by chae
Buy a Craftsman one from Sears and you get the Lifetime Warranty.
Git-R-Done
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Git-R-Done
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.....Craftsman sucks big fat donkey ***** (the quality just isn't there anymore) but the Lifetime warranty on handtools is hard to pass up........... 
Staging Lane
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Originally Posted by 2001CamaroGuy
.....Craftsman sucks big fat donkey ***** (the quality just isn't there anymore) but the Lifetime warranty on handtools is hard to pass up...........
Originally Posted by hangslo
For the most part they honor this, but I have been denied several times within the last year and one of the times was on my torque wrench that I bought 10 years ago when there was no limit on the warranty. Needless to say, it is now only 90 days from date of purchase ... this was what I was told when I told them that I would go elsewhere and buy a REAL torque wrench from a REAL tool manufacturer.
wow....that really does suck......
Lifetime waranty applies to wrenches, ratchets, and sockets. I have never been under the assumption that a torque wrench was covered under the lifetime waranty...come on guys, how would they make money if everything in the store had the lifetime waranty, such as an impact wrench...its a tool...i use my hand...its a hand tool .... 
Teching In
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I've used snapon, craftsman, and chinese wrenches.
The cheapo chinese wrenches are great when you don't give a damn about your tools, you can drop them an not give a ****.
The craftsmans only redeeming value is that you can replace it on a sunday afternoon.
The snapon I have is god. Of course, it was $250, but I have total confidence in it, it never shifts its setting, and is built like a tank.
I will never again build an engine with a cheap torque wrench.
The cheapo chinese wrenches are great when you don't give a damn about your tools, you can drop them an not give a ****.
The craftsmans only redeeming value is that you can replace it on a sunday afternoon.
The snapon I have is god. Of course, it was $250, but I have total confidence in it, it never shifts its setting, and is built like a tank.
I will never again build an engine with a cheap torque wrench.
Teching In
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From: Stockton, CA
Go to your local Sears or OSH (Orchard Supply Hardware), and pick up a Craftsman.
As mentioned above, it comes with a lifetime warranty. Oh, and don't forget to join the Craftman Club! (Discounts and such).
As mentioned above, it comes with a lifetime warranty. Oh, and don't forget to join the Craftman Club! (Discounts and such).