Great guide man, and spot on.

Great vid man, only vid that explains everything. Thanks!

Thanks for the video. I was clueless on how to use my new wrench and your video showed me how. Thanks.

Great work!!!

thx for the video.I bought the same wrench and it didn't have any instructions.I had no clue how to use it.You made it easy.

Helpful explanation. Thank you.

This video should come with ALL Craftsman Torque Wrenches. Thanks man.

Really nice quick overview, straight to the point. Especially the 24 lbs example, I wondered how to set the exact setting as mine goes by 1 ft/lb increments but there are no "hash marks" like a ruler between the 10's or whatever. I have the 1/2" big guy, I know there is a scale as shown on yours, but mine has a 2nd scale on the underside. It's for Newton Meters. I doubt I'll be needing N/M anytime soon, but it'd be nice to know how just in case. The instructions are a mess!

Nice video. My Craftsman 1/2” drive torque wrench has 1/4” of “up down” play in the adjusting handle. So the question is, is the reading correct when the adjusting handle is pushed forward, or pulled back?

nice video, thanks. I have a craftsman model 9_31423 which is to measure from 25 to 250. now my question is , is this meaurement 25 inches or 25 ft. engraved over the numbers it say "inches-pounds" but I keep hearing about foot pounds. thanks , sincerely Dyslexic :-)

good video, what kind of torque wrenches are this?

i agree with your video but i have used beam style so many times and never had a problem with bolts coming off or the torque being off, so i disagree wit the amount of accuracy on beam style as they are pretty good althou8gh the clicker style ones are easier and faster to use

Thanks for the info! very informative! What in your opinion would be the best size torque wrench for a 1992 Mercury Sable? Or what size/s to own in general. Again, thank you :)

@frankw8876

9 жыл бұрын

Don't know about Mercury Sable. If you could just have one, get the 3/8" that covers most situations. You need 1/2" (up to 250 foot pounds) to cover the bigger stuff like crank pulleys and smaller 1/4" (inch - pounds) for small stuff like oil pan, water pump. Look at the Kobalt 3/8" and the monster 1/2" from Lowe's. I have both of those, pretty sweet and excellent quality.

I just got one today from Sears, the Craftsman micro-click 3/8" that reads inch pounds. Warranty is for one year, no guarantee for accuracy after 90 days (no recalibration or exchange after 90 days if reading is way off). In essence warranty is only 90 days! It looks like a nice one, we'll see after a few uses. Update: My inch pound torque wrench is the same size as the 1/2" one except its shorter. This is the biggest in lb wrench I have seen, will not get into some tight spaces like the others. Oh well Sears saving money by using interchangeable parts with the other two 1/2" and 3/8" wrenches. The other thing is the increment is in 15 in lbs rather than the conventional 10; need to get use to it.

@Lancermongoose55

9 жыл бұрын

Frank W I just got one of these, but for the life of me can't figure out how the reversing mechanism for the ratchet works. It came on "loosen" ratcheting in the CW direction. The manual just points to the knob at the back of the head. I turn it one way and it just ratchets, the other way and it doesn't budge. Any help?

@frankw8876

9 жыл бұрын

Arthur Orton Hey Arthur, you got it right - the black round knob back of the head, turn clockwise it ratchets one way and turn the knob counter-clockwise it ratchets the other way just like a socket wrench. Yours could be defective.

@Lancermongoose55

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the reply. Figured it out with the help of your comment and one other - you've got to make sure to hold the drive side while doing this.

@NJprepper321 Not much and that is sad.

and you should name all parts of the tools you are using

you are wrong you need to make it back to 0 when finished using or ells it would brake down

I do not know if you know this or not but at least 70 percent of all craftsman tools are made in china . I went to sears to replace some of my bad sockets and a broke torque wrench I had bought in the 90s I looked at them and they are all made in China . I was going to buy Ace hardware tools made in Ohio but now there made in China too . Maybe Snap on?

@da1cru1

6 жыл бұрын

Wow, I see your comment is from long ago... I was just told by someone that the local, (10 min drive), Sears was in fact still open. It's in the back of the "old" mall. There's only best buy, sears, and maybe one other still opened. Worried they might just bolt the doors anyway I grabbed some of my more useful/needed (but broken/rusted) hand tools, screwdrivers, sockets, wrenches, a 1/2" ratchet, and 1/2" torque wrench like in this vid, and headed in. I had to get to a manager for nearly everything but the 1/2" ratchet., (The employee said that while rusted, or part rusted, it's not "broken.) Now to the manager I said look, the rust shouldn't be on there. That, along with the absolute warranty MADE craftsman a Household name! The whole point of Every piece being chrome plated was to prevent rust, and to make them shine clean after a long hard work day. Not to mention that the rust does weaken the whole thing. Sarcastically I asked, what do I need to do, go home and grab the sledge so they are "broken"? Reluctantly the manager said ok fine, and sent the employee to get the replacement stuff except the 1/2" wrench and torque. He said they rebuild the wrenches now unless say the handle snapped in half... it kind-of irritated me that I now had to come back the next day for my same tool, now "refurbished", (and with less teeth btw)! I just said fine, grabbed my bag of half a dozen shiny new tools and walked out with a receipt and a smile. Until I got home and checked them out, All made in CHINA! It was then I was grateful I'd get my good old 1/2" ratchet back! The torque wrench model, like in the vid is what I have, he said it only has a 1 year with receipt. I argued with him that it's a craftsman "hand tool", period. Don't forget that when I bought it about 20+ years ago I paid the same price they charge now, $80 for that wrench! The best they had back then, but had I gone with a $25 "beam" torque it carry lifetime?!? Explain that one. After some back and forth, he said he would call craftsman himself and explain my side and see if he as a manager can do anything. I went in the next day to get my Still made in the USA, Rebuilt 1/2" and was hoping for the best on the torque. My wrench looked so nice, it's not Chinese. Well there was my old torque sitting there on the counter but there was also a brand new one in a big screwed together box. The manager was ther and said he got them to replace for a brand new one, give me a receipt, and I have no excuse but to follow the year warranty. It's prob also made in china, but my old one didn't work, so.. It's sad to know/see the craftsman quality gone, the warranty can be Very difficult to even have them follow, or I've heard some stores set limits on the # of replacements, I believe per day? What is the point? I've been in overdrive mode trying to fix my 2 air compressors, and a motor but even sears parts direct claims they don't make nor have any of nearly every part, not even gaskets! Most use the same design with different configurations to make hundreds of different compressors that all use the same part! So they say they don't carry it, (which I'm pretty sure is covered under warranty if I have proof of purchase), so I look on Ebay for parts, and I'm finding "some" of the exact parts. When I click on it to check it out, it's actually SearsPartsDirect is the seller! So they tell me the part is unavailable, and I should buy a new one, yet the same company is selling the parts I need on ebay!!! Do they just not want to warranty it, or what? Obviously they do actually have the parts I need, doesn't matter too much if it's covered or if I have to pay a Fair price for parts. Obviously they want you to buy new, but when you've had something for 20+ years, that was passed down by my grandfather, who bought it before the computer or even the fancy catalogs, this is stuff that was delivered in a crate that he had to put together part by part. You can't just toss something like that! (Although I did toss an OLD tablesaw because I couldn't find parts reasonably priced or at all to make it fully function/safe, and that was at least 60 years old!) These items are so old the company doesn't even have the manuals or orig purchase price, and they couldn't even tell me what the receipt would look like as it was before the printable calculator, and they were mostly written up on a sears header paper that was hand filled out! (with the proof of purchase all work/parts are free, except parts that do wear out normally. Belts, for ex. SAD...….

This kid has no clue