Was tightening lug nuts on my truck last Saturday and the socket just slipped right off the wrench when I pulled back. My buddy Dave looked over and goes "you know you're supposed to push the collar forward to lock the socket on, right?" I had no idea that thing even had a locking feature, it's just been loosely sitting on there this whole time. Anyone else find out they were missing a basic feature on a tool they used forever?
I was changing my lower control arm bushings in the driveway, 105 degrees out. Set the wrench to 90 ft-lbs like the manual said, and the bolt head twisted clean off. Took the wrench back to Home Depot and the guy at the returns counter said 'you probably overtightened it' before even looking at it. I asked if their return policy covers snap-on failures and he just shrugged. Ended up buying a used Snap-on from a pawn shop for $80 that's never let me down. Anyone else notice store brand torque tools are basically toys?