Thanks!
I agree I do need a real breaker bar or a larger ratchet. The torque wrench I used was a cheapo $20 HF special I had to buy a few years ago for a single job, so no big loss if anything happened to it.
I have to ask though, if the wrench was being used within it's designed parameters, in this case set at 60 out of 80lb/ft, and it wasn't clicking to indicate it had reached the set torque amount, how could this be bad for the tool? Wouldn't it be just as if I was torqueing something down but stopped before reaching the set torque?
If it had "clicked" to indicate the torque value was reached and I kept on forcing it, I could see how that could cause stress/damage, but don't really see how that could happen if not exceeding the tools specs.
Should I assume it is no longer accurate (or as accurate as it could have been for the price/quality level) and just use it as my breaker bar going forward?