I feel your pain on this. In a former life, I loaned out tools. On 2 occasions my torque wrench came back broken. The 2nd time, I got in a hurry & promptly broke 2 rocker studs while getting a friend's truck tuned. Having to scramble for a permanent fix pronto that day broke me of tool loaning. Now: You can borrow any tool I have BUT I'm operating it!