I know you're looking for something other than Craftsman, but their tools
are guaranteed for life. Or at least the ones I bought back in the 60's
were.
A few years back I broke a Sears socket while torquing down some 6-point
ARP head bolts. The socket in question was a 12-point, which was all
I had at the time. The only comment the sales clerk at Sears made when
I asked for a new one was, "Wow, that's a really old one!" He replaced
it,
no questions asked.
You may not like Craftsman, but if Sears will replace your old rachet at
no
charge, what have you got to lose?
As for the torque wrench, I bought a beam-type from Sears with a range of
0-600 inch-pounds. That's only a max of 50 ft-pounds, but I've found it
to
be adequate for all my low torquing needs. I don't recall what I paid
for it ,other than feeling that the price was quite reasonable. I know
it
was way cheaper than the higher torque click-type wrench I have.
Roland
On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 07:48:47 -0700 "Galt, Stuart A"
<stuart.a.galt@boeing.com> writes:
>
> Hello,
>
> Question 1:
> I am looking for a "good" brand of ratchet handles? I found that
> my
> toolbox is oriented toward smaller cars (and I have a F350 now...)
> and
> broke two 3/8 ratchets (one craftsman and one no-name). I don't
> want to
> start a brand war... I have a few snapon ratchets, and am looking
> for
> suggestions for good high torque 3/8 and 1/2 ratchets (and source
> of
> sockets). I like my snap-on stuff, but it is really spendy, and
> since
> I am not a "shop" I need to track down a snap-on man and he acts
> like
> he is doing me a favor selling something to me... (Extra credit: I
> am also looking for a low range torque wrench (5-60 ft/lbs?)
>
> Stuart.
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