[TR] Craftsman torque wrench

[Sujit Roy]

Couldn't sleep last night. Went on YouTube  and found a fix for the head.
It kept spinning.  Spring bent. Seems to ratchet now. Simple fix. The
locking mechanism does not lock. Any one taken a handle off a craftsman
torque wrench

On Fri, Aug 17, 2018, 15:13 John Innis <jdinnis at gmail.com> wrote:

> The DigiTork wrench works the same as the clickers, it just have a nicer
> readout.  Here is a parts diagram
> https://www.ereplacementparts.com/craftsman-44597-torque-wrench-parts-c-158286_159642_159644_162990.html
> I have never worked on one of these, but it LOOKS LIKE you would adjust by
> tightening or loosening the pre-load nut (#26) on the diagram.  I think you
> would need to remove the drum to adjust these nuts, so it might be possible
> (easier) to reposition the drum (where the torque readout is) to match
> whatever value it is actually clicking at.
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 11:36 AM, Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I've had a Craftsman DigiTork torque wrench for over thirty five years,
>> and still use it.  It's stored with the spring completely relaxed, but
>> after that long on a relatively inexpensive tool at the time, relying on
>> its accuracy is really more a matter of trust than validation.  That said,
>> tests others have done on a number of torque wrenches, even (gasp) Harbor
>> Freight, have shown them all to be generally OK.  And a TR is pretty
>> forgiving.
>>
>> The procedure for *checking* calibration is pretty simple -- there's some
>> very sophisticated lab equipment that uses the same
>> mass-on-the-end-of-an-arm-approach.  But let's say one wants to CHANGE
>> something in the calibration.  Has anyone ever done that on a DigiTork?
>> There must be thousands and thousands of these still in use, yet I've never
>> found any instructions or guidance for calibrating one.
>>
>> (I have noticed that as the wrench has aged, the little torque values
>> printed inside the window seem to have gotten smaller...)
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 16, 2018 at 11:49 PM, <glemon at neb.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>> That is a great tutorial on how to calibrate a torque wrench,I have to
>>> confess that I have two or three and I have never bothered in many, many
>>> years of ownership.  For those that have done it or had it done how far off
>>> are they usually?
>>>
>>> Greg Lemon
>>> TR250
>>>
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