I have inch lb and ft lb torque wrenches and was wondering where they can be sent when they are due for calibration and service. Can't find any info on instructions or owner's manuals for any of them. One is a "Chicago Tools" and the other was purchased at Tractor Supply Company-the brand is "MasterHand". Can anyone steer me in the right direction? Thanks!!!

 

look in the yellow pages under "aircraft maintenence" or something close. what you wanna find is a smallish shop doing any aviation work. call em up and ask them who does their torque wrench calibrating. at my old shop we had a tester and did it all in-house, but i know there are a ton of outfits that have to have them checked annually or even monthly that send them out. hope this helps.
just had a thought, set them to the same setting (divide in/lbs by 12 to get ft/lbs), torque a nut and check it with the other wrench. if they click within 2-5 ft/lbs of each other, yer prolly good to go.

 

Thanks. Sounds like a great idea. There's a General Aviation airport a few miles from my house!

 

A lot of the tool trucks that stop at the local garages either can check out or know who does check out torque wrenches. We have ours checked out regularly.

 

you can try a local tire shop too I manage a tire retail location in NH and we check our torque wrenchs twice a day for accuracy we do any calibration needed in house.

 

here's one of many i found via google: http://www.wecalibrate.com/calibrati...FSRPagod01f72w

here's a listing by state: http://www.thomasnet.com/products/to...5944849-1.html

been thinking about doing this myself but would prefer a local shop also