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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 03:50 PM
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Does anyone have suggestions on a good one? Really don't want to have to rob a bank to pay for it.
 
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 03:51 PM
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Craftsman, lifetime guarantee..... Break it just go back to sears and pick up an new one no ?'s asked.
 
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Agreed. I have the ft/lb and the in/lb. No more than I use them they are fine.
 
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Old Jan 21, 2013 | 04:29 PM
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Craftsman has a sale this week. It's useful to have one in inch-pounds and one in foot-pounds, both 3/8" drive. Later I found I also needed a 1/2" drive foot-pounds wrench for doing axles.
 
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Check Sears,Last I knew their torque wrenches were not covered with lifetime warranty.Might be different today.
 
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I have 3 1 from Advance auto and 2 from Harbor freight... Checked them against my Son in law snap on and they were almost right on..
I have a In/lbs, a Ft/lbs and a 1/2: ft/lbs.
 
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I went cheep and bought the harbor frieght ones and haven't had any issues with them at all. I make sure and put it back in the case when I'm done so I don't throw off the calibration by dropping it. They gaurantee it will be in specs within a few #'s....
 
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Originally Posted by 01fxdxt
Check Sears,Last I knew their torque wrenches were not covered with lifetime warranty.Might be different today.
True statement...ask me how I know.

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I went cheep and bought the harbor frieght ones and haven't had any issues with them at all. I make sure and put it back in the case when I'm done so I don't throw off the calibration by dropping it. They gaurantee it will be in specs within a few #'s....
This is what I ended up doing. Got the 1/4, 1/2 and 3/8 drives for less then I paid for the POS from Sears and haven't had any issues with them.
 
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I wouldn't hesitate to buy a torque wrench from Harbor Freight. Get both a 3/8 and 1/4". As with any torque wrench take care of it. Use it only for torquing, and always run it back to "0" when you're finished using it.
 
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Originally Posted by 01fxdxt
Check Sears,Last I knew their torque wrenches were not covered with lifetime warranty.Might be different today.
Lifetime guarantee doesn't apply to Craftsman tools that are calibrated, or that may need to be calibrated, or something to that effect.......

Regardless, Craftsman makes a good tool, and it doesnt cost that much, I think you would be happy with it.
 
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