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

[Ron Porter]

I wouldn't claim that a lot of the Harbor Freight stuff is the highest
quality (except they do also sell name-brand tools along with the imports),
but they do have a basic Lifetime Warranty for their stuff.

Ron Porter 

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Christian Andretta
Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 11:21 AM
To: Carl Prochilo; Kevin & Cheryl Airth
Cc: Shotimes
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] (OT) Got the Harbor Freight torque wrenches


The breaker bar wasn't being overstressed to my knowledge.  It was being
used to tighten lug nuts before torqueing to spec.  Just passing on second
hand info as told to me by the person who had them break.

-----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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