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Originally Posted by haasman
Yes, unwise. Especially when breaker bars are so inexpensive compared to a torque wrench.
BTW, generally speaking, the more you use them, the more rapidly they will need to be recalibrated (click types). Hard pulling, busting stubborn nuts, leveraging etc, all will shorten the life of it.
A torque wrench is for fine adjustments not for brute force applications.
Haasman
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Harbor Freight has them on sale occasionally. I bought two, and don't use one of them. I occasionally compare them at a few points. So far, so good. Important point; all click type torque wrenches would probably be better off if stored in a zero torque state, leaving the metal part inside untensioned.