do you zero your torque wrenches?

[jsmith]

my old torque wrenches had warnings to keep it stored at the lowest possible setting to preserve accuracy. my newest Sears craftman special says nothing about it. i still keep it at the lowest setting just to be safe. what's the common wisdom on this nowadays?

[leathermang]

You must have those new fancy click torque wrenches... mine have a pointer.. and if I look at it and it does not say " 0" I hit it with a hammer..

I think you are doing correctly... most things like this are calibrated springs... and like bows and cameras should not be store in the potential kinetic energy position....

[CJ]

Torque wrenches MUST be set at 0 and if you drop them or man handle them you MUST have them calibrated, aside from the normal yearly calibration for normal use.