That cheap digital torque wrench set me back $400 on a turbine job

Picked up a Harbor Freight digital torque wrench for like $80 thinking it was a steal. Used it on a PT6 turbine reassembly and it wasn't even close to calibrated - snapped a bolt on the diffuser case. Had to pull the whole thing apart and order a replacement from Pratt, cost me $400 in parts and a full Saturday. Anyone else get burned by cheap torque tools before?

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bettyk531mo ago

Damn, that is a brutally expensive Saturday.

ryan7191mo ago

I don't know, I read somewhere that those costs just keep going up every year. Makes you wonder what a normal Saturday even costs anymore.