Re: Torque Wrench Recalibrate

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When I went frontline at the dealerships in 86 I went out and bought $3,000 worth of tools to start off and one of the things I bought was a Craftsman Torque wrench. It was junk then! Plastic grip, plastic lock ring, both broke several times in the year it was under warranty. That's why I bought the Snap on wrenches I have now. But IIRC they where over $400 for the pair then! I went to Snap ons site to see if I could find the manual on them to see what they actually recomend for storage and it would cost $550+ to replace the two I have now! Ouch!
  I had no success in finding storage tips for my Snap on wrenches. Anyone actually have any books on the Snap on Wrenches to see what they really recomend for storage settings?
I think I'll try and e-mail Angle and see if they know what is recomended.
Mark Price


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From: "Armand Eshleman" <aje1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: mail-From-mprice-westco.net@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:  Fri, 11 Feb 2005 22:43:45 -0600

>Yeah I knew if I posted to the list about my torque wrench that some one
>would come back with a place to send it to get fixed. For some reason I just
>don't trust the Sears Stores around here because they all seem to be run by
>a bunch of snot nosed kids who read numbers off monitors, or sell appliances
>and electronics.  And yes I actually still have the instructions that came
>with it and thanks Randy Guynn for backing me up on the Sears torque
>wrenches not being lifetime warranty. From what I see at the local Sears
>Stores,  Bob Villa better get his ass in gear and tell them to stop with the
>cheap Chinese crap they've been selling lately and get back to the good
>American made stuff. You know they don't carry any good quality micrometers
>any more either, any way not around here.  I think I'm going to ask the Mac
>or snap on guy for help and if they can't I'm sending it to Angle Repair.
>Any one actually ever deal with Angle Repair?
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>Thanks all,
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>Armand
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