blown 87

If you buy it from a dealer, not on the industrial deal, you will have no problems with Snap-On warranties.
I have no idea about buying stuff second hand off of fleaby but I doubt it would be any different.
There is no warranty on tools bought on the industrial plan is what I have been told.

danglerb

Which might explain a lot of stuff on ebay. Industrial origin so the big company that originally buys them can't get warranty service from Snapon, but if the tools don't have any special marking then they could be dumped on ebay and left to the buyer to work out warranty issues, which could be no problem when that individual only has a few items they want to warranty. Military stuff typically has no warranty, but also typically has a stamp of some kind.

BTW the "no problems" varies a LOT depending on the dealer you have. Some dealers are a real pain on warranty items. Snapon directly usually is much more flexible, but you pay to ship the item back to Snapon.

Ducman82

every tool we used in the USAF was a truck tool. snap on mostly. and NO WARRANTY! the part numbers had a G on them for Government... so dumb

blown 87

The deal is that the industrial tools are sold at a lower price because they have no warranty.
The other part is that each dealer usually ends up eating any warranty work, Snap-On (Corp, not the dealers) turns down a lot of warranty claims.
I have personally never had any issue with any Snap-On dealer, once they know I am a pro wrench, but I suspect that knowledge that I spend a ton of money with them is a pretty big carrot for them to not **** me off.

Couple of other points on Torque wrenches, so many people do not have a clue as to how to use one properly, just your grip and the attitude of the TW can and does have a effect on the actual torque put on the fastener.

Some one brought up the calibration issue, the non y type, spring type, are the worst ones for coming out of calibration. ( I almost never use that type any more after some of the issues I have had with them)

The beam and direct read dial types are the most reliable as far as calibration issues go.
The next on the list is the Y type, then the spring type.

I have no idea where the digital types fit into that, other than to say I am going to have a full range of the TechAngle type soon, the only ones I like are the smaller 1/4 ones, I have the 3/4, 1/2 3/8 and one of the 1/4.

A very expensive thing to do to try and have a full range of most types of Snap-On torque wrenches.

I will have to say that the last one I bought, the 3/4 was to replace a 3/4 "Y" type is just a work of art for the machine work that was done to house the digital stuff, heck even the cap for the batteries is a huge hunk of machined metal.

SeanR

I'm about to make a few of ya envious.

One of my customers works for the company that makes the torque wrenches for Snap-on. I can't tell ya how much of a blessing that is for me.

blown 87

Which one does CDI make for them?
They sell so friggen many types, styles, sizes, etc I bet there is over a thousand of them.
But that is cool that you have a insider link to them.
Serious cool.
Bet you have some nice torque wrenches.

SeanR

Looks like damn near all of them, according to my customer, most of them go through them for final calibration.

I've really only have 3 good ones, small, med, large Keep thinking about buying others but find something else to spend the munee on. When I need another for a spec job, I just call him and ask him to bring me one.

I will say that I've grown up with the click style and can't bring myself to buy a nice dial wrench. Don't know why, it's one of those things that really makes no sense.

blown 87

Say no more, I understand.
Give the TechAngle wrench a try, it gives consistent readings no matter the attitude of the wrench, and for noting more that is worth it for me.

Ra928

I have not seen the Snap On version but Eastwood sells one identical to a Gearwrench model just in blue instead of red for about $200

aaddpp

I saw the Gearwrench models on Amazon the other day. Unfortunately there were only two reviews, one singing their praises, the other not so good. Wish there were more feedback on these since they are about half the cost of SO.

Thanks, figured with SO pricing, they wouldn't make too much fuss about repairs. I might give SO a buzz just to see what they have to say about the second hand market...could change the economics of ownership in a 2nd hand transaction.

aaddpp

FYI, Called Snap-on, and was told the following on the Techangles warranty / calibration.

Warranty: 1 Year from date of purchase. I read somewhere, that it was lifetime...clearly not the case. CSR told me that most power tools, which the techangle is categorized under, carry one year. Its the hand tools that can carry lifetime warranties.

Calibration: Again, I was misguided here, sorry. It runs $41 for calibration. Seems there may be a higher level of calibration (which I didn't bother to ask the price of), which certifies the tool. I guess you get this if you are working on jet engines, or nuclear propulsion systems, or something where it would help to have proof of calibration from SO. Overkill for my uses.

Haven't thought about how the above would influence what I'd pay used, but figured I'd toss it out there in case anyone still working on their Christmas list.