1/2" drive torque wrench $9.99 at HF today

[Jimmy9190]

Harbor Freight is having a "Parking Lot Sale", they have their 1/2" drive Pittsburgh torque wrench on sale for $9.99. Regular price is $34.99. The sale ends today, though.

http://www.harborfreight.com/1-2-half-inch-drive-click-stop-torque-wrench-239.html

I don't know how well it works or if it will last a long time but I bought one for myself yesterday. They have a lot of other good deals through today too. I spent $45.00 at HF yesterday on the torque wrench, an 8" gear puller and some other odds and ends I needed.

 

[The_Jeff]

I have that and am pretty sure I saw the same wrench, differently labelled in a walmart. $35 is a ripoff. I remember HFs regular price being $20 not too long back.

On mine the screws that hold the ratchet mechanism in vibrated loose and got completely lost. I got replacements at Lowes that work great. One might want to stick some loctite in there or something.

Getting myself one of those 2 stroke generators from this same sale.

 

[tig1]

My HF torque wrench works very well.

 

[Sayjac]

That's what I paid with coopins for the 3/8" and 1/2" HF torque wrenches.( Does anyone ever pay full price at HF?) Made the trip over to HF yesterday to check out the sale. Just ended up getting this. for ~$3.90 including tax with 20% coopin. Handy little tool, I could have used last week while installing some splash guards on my new ride.

Very tempted to get the Pro 4 Speed Rotary tool kit. It's ~$20 this month, a coopin ~$16 plus cash.

This last comment is for poster JCWit. Some time back he posted that the tools with the limited lifetime warranty was a "no questions asked" warranty. To which I responded posting the link here highlighting some of the seeming restrictions/exclusions. Basically saying, that unlike Sears it hardly seemed no questions asked. jcwit responded saying he stood corrected.

So, while checking out I asked the cashier what was the real scoop on the warranty. He said, 'just bring the broken hand tool back, as long as we can tell it's an HF tool, you can pick out a new one, no receipt needed'. Now, I don't know if I'd be as confident buying online (no receipt), and I've never had to try to replace an LLW hand tool, but it does seem, similar to Sears, to be 'no questions asked'. So, based on the cashier, to jcwit I stand corrected.

 

[UncleS2]

I went to the parking lot sale yesterday. Of my whole list, the only things they had were the 4-pc, 15 foot ratcheting tie-downs for $8, & the little yellow 12V tire inflator for $5. No 25" breaker bar, or several other things I forget now.
HF is bad about that.

Now to find some small yellow tires to inflate.

 

[Jimmy9190]

They were out of some sale items at my HF store too. I asked the manager if they had more in their stock room, he checked the inventory computer at the register and sent a guy in the back room to get what I needed and re-stock the shelf.

 

[demarpaint]

The HF store they recently opened near me looked like it was picked clean yesterday. Friday I did manage to grab the last of the 25" 1/2" drive breaker bars. That store is a gold mine. I picked up the 1/2" drive torque wrench for $9.99 I figure it will save wear and tear on my good torque wrench when it comes time for tire rotations.

 

[Vikas]

Originally Posted By: demarpaint
I picked up the 1/2" drive torque wrench for $9.99 I figure it will save wear and tear on my good torque wrench when it comes time for tire rotations.


That is very funny. Ten year down the road you will be saying "HF torque wrench was garbage but my "good" torque wrench is still pristine".

People abuse HF tools but treat their Snap-On gingerly and then moan when HF tools break.

- Vikas

 

[demarpaint]

I didn't think of that way. I just felt I didn't need a high precision tool to torque lug nuts. LOL Good point though!

 

[Vikas]

Why don't you try to compare the two wrenches?

Say set one wrench for 75 ft-lb and tighten a bolt

Set the other for 80 ft-lb and verify that the bolt moves just barely before clicking.

Then increase the first one to 85 ft-lb and verify that bolt budges slightly before clicking using that wrench.

That will prove that both the wrenches are within 5 ft-lb of each other. That is good enough for all the automotive needs in that torque range. Anybody who tells you otherwise would not be telling the truth.

- Vikas

 

[demarpaint]

Good idea. I could do it with a lug nuts, and see.