Have an old Matco ETWB100A torque wrench. Probably a decade+ old, but it's been a good unit and up until a few weeks ago had never let me down. I keep batteries out of it, the other day when I went to use it I put batteries in, powered it up and instead of reading 0 ft/lbs like it normally would, it's reading a negative torque value. If I set a torque value and turn it clockwise it will go from negative to zero into positive reading before it actually hits the threshold and beeps, but I know full well that the calibration is off, both because its not zeroing out and because measured against another torque wrench its taking the spread between the negative and positive to reach the threshold, thereby reading 5-15 ft/lbs above the set threshold before it beeps
Talked to local Matco rep who called the calibration shop he uses for theirs and they said they can't get "head kits" for them (guessing a strain gauge/sensor) and therefore can't fix or calibrate them, and suggested I upgrade to a newer $650 3/8" torque+angle wrench they sell. Haven't really gone much further than that and not exactly keen on buying another expensive Matco wrench that will not be supported in who knows how long from now.
Just curious if there's any non-Matco affiliated shops anyone here can suggest that repair these (not really) antiques
Talked to local Matco rep who called the calibration shop he uses for theirs and they said they can't get "head kits" for them (guessing a strain gauge/sensor) and therefore can't fix or calibrate them, and suggested I upgrade to a newer $650 3/8" torque+angle wrench they sell. Haven't really gone much further than that and not exactly keen on buying another expensive Matco wrench that will not be supported in who knows how long from now.
Just curious if there's any non-Matco affiliated shops anyone here can suggest that repair these (not really) antiques
