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    Offline Topcat

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    useful torque wrench info.
    « on: December 16, 2008 - 01:00:35 PM »
    It's engine building season for alot of folks out there and some may be in the market for a good torque wrench.
    A good thing to ask Santa for Christmas. 

    I found an article with some useful info regarding torque wrenches.

    http://www.etorque.com/html/te5.htm
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    Re: useful torque wrench info.
    « Reply #1 on: December 16, 2008 - 01:06:46 PM »
    I love torque wrenches...

    I dunno why - I just love 'em.

    I have a 3/4 drive from Sears that's "digital."  There's really nothing digital about it, but I got a pretty good price on it.  Then the Snap-On guy decided he was quitting, so he showed up in a pick-up truck at the Goodyear shop with a bunch of "clearance" tools that he had received as trades.  He had a 1/2 drive Snap-on Torque wrench, practically brand new, still in the box, manual included, and even the little "fish net" plastic they put on the handles - got it for like, $50 bucks.

    And if it isn't engine-building season for you, torque wrenches make GREAT air guitars...     :lol2:
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    Re: useful torque wrench info.
    « Reply #2 on: December 16, 2008 - 03:10:53 PM »
    Quote from: ViperMan on December 16, 2008 - 01:06:46 PM
    Then the Snap-On guy decided he was quitting, so he showed up in a pick-up truck at the Goodyear shop with a bunch of "clearance" tools that he had received as trades.

    I think we have all seen the a guy that works for Mac tools or Snap on quitting at sears...  ...just like the guy that works at the local electronics store that is moving old stock with the white van that only accepts cash in the parking lot of the mall.
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    Re: useful torque wrench info.
    « Reply #3 on: December 16, 2008 - 03:14:27 PM »
    Quote from: Ross on December 16, 2008 - 03:10:53 PM
    I think we have all seen the a guy that works for Mac tools or Snap on quitting at sears...  ...just like the guy that works at the local electronics store that is moving old stock with the white van that only accepts cash in the parking lot of the mall.
     :stirpot:


    Send him  my way next time  :poopoke:
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    « Reply #4 on: December 16, 2008 - 03:17:38 PM »
    Lol - no this really was the Snap-On guy.  He had been visiting our shop (in the official Snap-On truck) for quite some time - even before I became the manager there.  I bought the other wrench at Sears a bunch of years ago when I was still a tech (and was poor - thus buying at Sears!)  The Snap-On wrench I got just a year or so ago.  I wasn't even wrenching anymore, but wanted it for myself.

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    Re: useful torque wrench info.
    « Reply #5 on: December 16, 2008 - 03:28:43 PM »
     Any idea where to get a torque wrench recalibated? Got a 25 year old Proto that seems suspect. :sly:
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    « Reply #6 on: December 16, 2008 - 04:40:58 PM »
    Do you have the manufacturer info?  I'd try contact them to see if they have any kind of lifetime warranty.

    Check yellow pages for "tool repair," perhaps...

    Or contact your local Goodyear/Jack William/[Insert General Repair Facility Here] and get a phone number for their local MAC or Snap-On representative.  Then contact that person and see if they can calibrate a torque wrench and what their cost would be.  They'll either come to your place if you're within their route (they'll probably figure you might buy something) or have you meet them at one of their stops.

    That's the route I'd start with, at least.

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    Re: useful torque wrench info.
    « Reply #7 on: December 16, 2008 - 04:57:14 PM »
    Quote from: LAA66 on December 16, 2008 - 03:28:43 PM
    Any idea where to get a torque wrench recalibated? Got a 25 year old Proto that seems suspect. :sly:
    I used a local instrumentation repair shop (Kingsway Instruments).  I don't know what their specialty is but they do wrenches.
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