Was this a good deal?
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porschedude996TT
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I would say it is a good deal. I''m in the market for one. Did you purchase?
charlie_nj
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$80 for a brand new torque wrench that sells for $265 on Snap On's site?
It's gotta be a little warm, no?
It's gotta be a little warm, no?
krusty the clown
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for life? or for a period of time?
Wha? They will calibrate it for you?? For free?
Mickey O
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I'm sure their calibration is as good as their tools, good luck with that.
Art From De Leon
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You said it better than I could.
mkdive
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interesting
Mickey O
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Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Maybe I'm wrong, I'm pretty sure NASA is using HF torque wrenches on the Space Shuttle.
dirtball
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Seems like a good deal to me. If I needed one I would drive over and take a look.
Cheap watches often tell time quite accurately. What makes a watch expensive isn't related to accuracy as much as it is time between windings and effort required to wind.
With a torque wrench if you focus on durable, but not extremely accurate, holding mediocre but within tolerance accuracy may not be a hard thing to do.
With a torque wrench if you focus on durable, but not extremely accurate, holding mediocre but within tolerance accuracy may not be a hard thing to do.
I should have posted sooner so as not to waste anybodys time. Yep, I was able to snag it for $80. The seller was local and drove it over to me a few hours after I called. It is brand new, the knurled handle is pristine, usually the first part to catch some grime. It was manufactured and tested in Jan 07 so hopefully nothing has changed from just sitting. I am not sure whether to keep it or not, but I know I'm not likely to find another new one for less and local too. I already have a decent mid-range SK torque wrench, but this SO ....is just nicer!
Funny that I was getting ready to post a whining thread about never getting any deals on ebay or CL because of all the competition here!
Funny that I was getting ready to post a whining thread about never getting any deals on ebay or CL because of all the competition here!
Cobra4B
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FWIW they just tested various torque wrenches in last month's Grassroots Motorsports and found the high-end truck brand one to be the most inaccurate and it had supposedly been just calibrated. The el cheapo special and $100ish C-man unit did the best.
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Is that available online, or print only? Sounds like it would be an interesting read.
Scooterfish
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Cobra4B
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Can't find it online on their website, guess the article is print only.
Cobra4B
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Haha... haven't seen one of those in a LONG time. GRM is a great magazing... subscribe!Time to heat up your scanner.
arkangel06
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yeah thats a good deal!
econoaddict
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When I worked at a tire chain store they had a guy come around once a month to check torque wrenchs to make sure they were calibrated.
The shop had a dozen or so truck brand units and the techs had many different brands of their own. The cheapies seemed to always be much closer to spec than the truck brand stuff.
The techs used their stuff just as much as the "shops" heck most of the time you couldn't find a shop tool
