Torque Wrench

[BuudWeizErr]

I need a torque wrench

I can't afford Snap-On. Would a Craftsman wrench do the trick and not be a crappy tool? My dad has a lot of Craftsman parts and they all seem to hold up pretty well.

Anyway, it's a 20-150 ft-lb wrench for $59.99 from Sears.

Good deal, or should I be looking elsewhere?

Discuss.

[Former_240_s14]

I think its a good deal, I like Craftsman's tools also, not snap on but I think they are good for their price...........

I say go with it

[SmithSR]

I've got a craftsman, I think it cost me a lil more. This was a few years ago though. A solid piece if I may say so, and very necessary for any serious DIYer.

[Mayhem_J30]

i've got a craftsman tq wrench. no problems yet. there's better ones out there, but price owns me and the lifetime warranty of craftsman products won me over. i just take it in once a year for calibration.

[BuudWeizErr]

i've got a craftsman tq wrench. no problems yet. there's better ones out there, but price owns me and the lifetime warranty of craftsman products won me over. i just take it in once a year for calibration.

Where do you go to have that done?

[Tino]

I get a 50% discount on all snap on tools...

[Anand]

how much can you get the torque wrench for?

[Tino]

Not sure yet, they sponsor my tech school and I won't be starting til early september or so.

[Anand]

so you can't get anything 50% off as of yet then....

[Meantime]

I have 2 Craftsman torque wrenches, one is dial-up, the other is flex-bow. Both have worked just fine. I completely rebuilt my MG's engine with the dial-up and everything worked perfectly.

[Anand]

Ryan... is the torque wrench on sale or something? if It is.. I might go pick up one... it was a great help when we installed the VLSD and I know it will come in handy a lot

[DAEDALUS]

Craftman also makes a 5-80ft-lb wrench. Something to consider, since there aren't too many nuts/bolts between 80-150 ft-lbs, but there are quite a few between 5-20. I have that one, and then a cheap $60 one from Home Depot that goes to 250ft-lbs for when I need to go higher than 80.

[Tino]

so you can't get anything 50% off as of yet then....

I'll call because I've already went there for some time in, but I doubt they'll let me till im fully enrolled.

[Anand]

cool..imma go pick up the crafts man... 5-80 one

[Queamore]

I got mine from pep boys for 30 bucks. I havn't done anything heavy duty with it though for it to mess up but It works fine.

[BadMojo]

I've never used Snap-On stuff, but IMO Craftsman rocks. My grandfather worked at Sears had a ton of Craftsman stuff. He had the same tools for as long as I can remember (I'm almost 29 years old). He died a few years back, and my father and I still use the tools.

[Onizuka]

I have a K-mart toolset. I break ratchets and socket extenders all the time Cheap tools rool!

[Mayhem_J30]

Where do you go to have that done?

I just drop it off at Sears to have it done. I got the 5-80 ft/lbs wrench. LIke said earlier, there's very few things that exceed it's limits. Lug nuts being the highest setting I've used.

Just as a side precaution, always make sure when reading torque specs to see if it's measured in Inch-pounds or foot-pounds. I've seen head bolts sheered in half in a ford probe motor because of this mistake. It was an ugly mess to fix. The difference between 33 ft/lbs and 33 in/lbs is 1200%

[WDRacing]

I've broken more snapon tools then any other tool made...of course, speedhandles don't make vary good pry bars.

WD