Sears sells quality shit that has lifetime warranty, and it has to be the same name and brand tool.
Lug nut broke off the hub!!!
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Yup, Sears will not sell you an $80 Craftsman wrench for the same price because some place sells a no-name wrench for 10$ bucks.
They will pricematch tires though, and if you know someone who works sales in the auto dept. you can get some ridiculous deals.
They will pricematch tires though, and if you know someone who works sales in the auto dept. you can get some ridiculous deals.
I have 2 craftsman torque wrenches...
hell, WAL-MART of all places sells a torque wrench for your wheels now...
hell, WAL-MART of all places sells a torque wrench for your wheels now...
van1684 said:
No. Only harbor freight retail store will honor their net price. Sear isnt' going to give you their quality 80 bucks tool for that price.
harbor freight stuff is cheap but at least better than just a nut wrench.
There's no excuse to not have a torque wrench for tightening wheel nuts. You can get one for less than 10 bucks that will put you in the ballpark of 70-80ft/lbs. I wouldn't recommend using a $10 wrench for any precision jobs, but it works perfectly well for wheels, and is a far cry better than nothing... hell, might even save your life one day.
It's easily 10 bucks well spent imo, just to do your wheels. Not often do you need a torque wrench anywhere else on the car, and do you really need a fancy pants high quality wrench with a lifetime warranty if you're only tightening 20 bolts every few months? It's only 10 bucks, so if it lasts two years and saves you one wheel stud breaking it's paid for itself a few times over.
Get the 10 dollar wrench if all you need it for is wheel nuts. It's all you need... getting an expensive wrench just for lugs is like buying a $5000 mountain bike to ride two blocks to work everyday, it's simply overkill. Yes, the 10 dollar torque wrench is the most inaccurate thing on earth, but it's a hell ofalot better than going by "feel". I've taught many people the importance of a torque wrench on the wheels with my 10 dollar wrench... hell, I've had to teach most of my friends how to use it... And even after I get my $300 wrench for the engine, I'll still use the cheap-o on the wheels.
I don't let anyone near my lugs with an air gun to put them on. You can use it to take them off, but don't even think about putting them on with it.
It's easily 10 bucks well spent imo, just to do your wheels. Not often do you need a torque wrench anywhere else on the car, and do you really need a fancy pants high quality wrench with a lifetime warranty if you're only tightening 20 bolts every few months? It's only 10 bucks, so if it lasts two years and saves you one wheel stud breaking it's paid for itself a few times over.
Get the 10 dollar wrench if all you need it for is wheel nuts. It's all you need... getting an expensive wrench just for lugs is like buying a $5000 mountain bike to ride two blocks to work everyday, it's simply overkill. Yes, the 10 dollar torque wrench is the most inaccurate thing on earth, but it's a hell ofalot better than going by "feel". I've taught many people the importance of a torque wrench on the wheels with my 10 dollar wrench... hell, I've had to teach most of my friends how to use it... And even after I get my $300 wrench for the engine, I'll still use the cheap-o on the wheels.
I don't let anyone near my lugs with an air gun to put them on. You can use it to take them off, but don't even think about putting them on with it.
I have a $25 torque wrench from Autozone that I used to torque my ARP head studs with...haven't had a BHG yet...lol.
And I also hate it when shops use air guns on lugs...I took my supra to a tire shop to have one of the rear tires checked for leaks, and the guy started putting the lugs on with an air gun, WITHOUT spinning them on by hand first! I stopped him, and said please don't use that to tighten the lugs...he paused for a second, sighed, got a really shitty look on his face, and went to get the torque wrench...
And I also hate it when shops use air guns on lugs...I took my supra to a tire shop to have one of the rear tires checked for leaks, and the guy started putting the lugs on with an air gun, WITHOUT spinning them on by hand first! I stopped him, and said please don't use that to tighten the lugs...he paused for a second, sighed, got a really shitty look on his face, and went to get the torque wrench...
MKIII N00b said:
I dont think craftsman has a lifetime warranty on torque wrenchs. Its a limited 1 year or something.
johnathan1 said:
they always give me that response. I pay you to install my tires, at least do what i ask without acting like a bitch and silently complaining.
iwannadie said:
Yeah I think it's 2 years.
I put almost every lug on with my gun:icon_bigg
My setting 1 brings it to about 50 ft. pounds with me letting off at the first impact. I then go back and get another turn or so to 75ft lbs. with the tq wrench.
most torque wrenches aren't lifetime warrantied, and if they are, they're rediculously expensive...
use it, put it back to the lowest setting and store it, if in doubt, have it calibrated...
use it, put it back to the lowest setting and store it, if in doubt, have it calibrated...
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speed dodici said:
yea for real, id really like to have my 10 minutes of my life back
and really, the descriptions here! thingy here, thingy there.. geesh.
you need 1 lug nut, 1 wheel stud, and iirc it has to be pressed in. and a good quality set of tools is a must
/rant
speed dodici said:
Ha...I wonder the same about many threads.
I always use a gun to put wheels on but I have a full set of torque sticks. Never had a problem because the stick I use for whatever car I'm working on has been previously checked against my calibrated wrench. Makes the job go a lot faster. Otherwise I agree a wrench should be used.