Had the torque wrench for about a year. This is what happened:

 

you know....thats really funny that i made this thread the other day.....

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread/1922277

 

Hopefully Sears honors their return policy on craftsman products. Regardless, I suppose I should invest in a snap-on or similar quality.

 

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Take that bitch to Sears and get a new one, free, no questions asked.

 

craftsman sucks. That's why I use Snapon and Matco. They don't break.

 

I believe there is only a one year warranty period for torque wrenches.

 

ouch

 

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Are you f*ing serious? That blows

 

Im not too sure on that, ended up breaking one in my friends shop and they replaced it without even asking my name, dono if that was due to holiday shoping tho....

anywho good luck either way

 

i work in the sears auto center and all tools are replaceable no matter what don't need no recite

 

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I just double checked the manual. It states;

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I guess you can try and see what they say. Good luck

 

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guess you don't use tools that often. dad is a airplane mechanic and has a series of craftsman/snapon/mac/etc...

everything breaks overtime, its just its nicer to have a truck come by and replace that tool rather than driving to it. but then you have to make sure the truck comes by when you need it because those guys work on commission. they can't replace tools on warrenty when it doesn't earn them a buck

 

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hmmm...why only tq. wrenches? I had a 1/2 inch drive ratchet, broke the end off of it by standing on it trying to break loose my axle nut, it got left out in the rain, was all rusted. Sears gave me a new one no questions asked. Oh, and i had had it for 4 years or so.

 

Heh, that looks like a nice clean cut..
Can you do that for me also hu?

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GREAT info you got 98vtec! Some good/detailed opinions..

For asking questions I know a lot of people probably have!

 

I own three craftsman torque wrenches that ive used over the last 4 or so years and ive had no problems.

 

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hmmm...why only tq. wrenches? I had a 1/2 inch drive ratchet, broke the end off of it by standing on it trying to break loose my axle nut, it got left out in the rain, was all rusted. Sears gave me a new one no questions asked. Oh, and i had had it for 4 years or so.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Because torque wrenches need more attentions than a forged open end wrench or a screwdriver. I bet 99% of the people that break a torque wrench have it happen because they fail to reset the dial to 0 when they're done using it. The whole disengagement mechanism in ALL torque wrenches can/will fail when a person doesnt relieve the tension when they're done using this tool whereas a box wrench you can just wipe down and throw back in the drawer and it should work the same next time. But then again, sometimes things just break?!