Torque wrenches on sale at Sears

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Oct 16, 2012 | 06:51 PM

Jinx1C4

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Torque wrenches on sale at Sears

If there are any Craftsman fans out there. Picked up the micro-clicker 3/8" drive in-lbs and 1/2" inch drive ft-lbs torque wrenches for 39.99 each today. I know they're not the top of the line, but they're not bad torque wrenches for the price. Maybe someday Santa will bring me a nice Snap-On digital......

Oct 16, 2012 | 06:55 PM

milesvdustin

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Now Chinese made!!! I'm glad I got my craftsman tq wrenches before they made the switch. I'll buy a cdi if they ever break.

Oct 16, 2012 | 07:29 PM

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Don't worry, I'm only going to use it on the Chinese made parts of my bike.

Seriously, you're right. It sucks that even Craftsman has outsourced.

Oct 16, 2012 | 08:21 PM

mike5380

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I bought the Craftsman 3/8 drive (I think was 10-100 ftlbs), but it would not click on anything less than 40 ft lbs. I took it back and exchanged it for another, but same thing. So, I ponied up and bought the digital 3/8 drive and very happy with this one.

Mike

Oct 16, 2012 | 08:27 PM

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Save your receipt. My 3/8 locked up, too. I stumbled onto my receipt with about 3 weeks left on a year warrenty and got it replaced. If I have more problems I'll pony up on a better one too.

Oct 17, 2012 | 12:05 AM

wb0zrd

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Made in china, shouldn't surprise you in this day and age. Craftsman isn't what it use to be.

Oct 17, 2012 | 12:57 AM

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I'll keep a close eye on these. I checked them today against a friend's wrench and they were right on. Of course it's day 1, so we'll see. Thanks for the heads up.