[Shotimes] (OT) Got the Harbor Freight torque wrenches

[Ron Porter]

The warranty is 90 days:

http://www.sears.com/sr/javasr/product.do?BV_UseBVCookie=Yes&vertical=TOOL&p
id=00944597000&tab=specs#tablink

As I mentioned in a post a week or so ago, back when the warranty was one
year, the cost of checking and recalibrating the wrench was almost the cost
of a new wrench, so the Sears guy told the buyer that it would be replaced
under warranty if the buyer said it was "out of spec". Kinda hard to pull
off with a 90-day warranty, though!!

Ron Porter 

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Carl Prochilo
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 10:59 AM
To: Kevin & Cheryl Airth
Cc: Carl Prochilo; Shotimes
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] (OT) Got the Harbor Freight torque wrenches


Of course.  Anything can be overstressed.  Christian was implying a bad
thing, when my assumption was that a tool should be designed to fail
safely when overstressed.

Does anyone know if a Craftsman torque wrench carries a lifetime warranty?
 My guess is no, but just wanted to check first.
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
1992 Ultra Red Crimson

Kevin & Cheryl Airth said:
> Carl:
>  I break them right where the square drive meets the head. Craftsman,
> Snap-On and SK have all broken in the same manner.
> Yes it was tool abuse. I used a cheater pipe and broke all 3 on the same
> bolt!! Never did get it unscrewed! Destroyed the bolt and used a Heli-Coil
> to repair the threads.
> .
> .
> .
>> Thanks.  How are breaker bars supposed to fail?  Should the shaft bend
>> before the head breaks off?
>> --
>> Cheers,
>> Carl Prochilo
>> 1992 Ultra Red Crimson
>>
>> Christian Andretta said:
>> > Be careful, one of the GEN III guys sheared the 1/2 head right off of
> his
>> > yang fu breaker bar twice.
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