Left my Torque Wrench Set...
 

I know, I know... I should have released it before storing. The damn thing went all Winter set for 76ft/lbs (for my wife's Yaris). I know this will throw off alignment or calibration or whatever, but my question is... will it be significant? Like the only thing I use the tool for is wheels (swapping Winters in and out and break jobs mostly). So that being said... if it's likely only thrown off by a could ft/lbs, it seems kinda negligible for my purposes since I don't need it to be accurate to a tenth or hundredth.

Any thoughts? Am I ok as is or should I pick up a new one? Wish I knew someone with another one so that I could compare.

If it is a Snap-on torque wrench your dealer to recalibrate it for no charge.

why woul it be ruined if you l;eft it at76 lbs? do u have to set it at zero when ev er your done with it?

It could lose tension if not set to the lowest setting. If you get it calibrated, I bet it would be slightly less accurate. Also if it is dropped, it could fail all together. I am a tool account manager for the Air Force and we have some strict rules. Just sayin

Thanks guys, didn't think this would be something covered by warranty. This is the one I've got: http://www.canadiantire.ca/AST/brows....jsp?locale=en

Says there's a lifetime warranty so I'll look into that. In the meantime I'm thinking it's close enough to accurate for the purposes of putting my Summer tires back on safely until I can re-check with a more trusted tool?

Edit: Shit, calibration warranty is only 90 days... :(

I'd torque them an extra 5 lbs/ft just to be safe.

Good call, and pretty much what I did. At first I did 140ft/lb but ran into:
http://camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=216186 (post number 15)

Then tried it at 143 in case it had any bearing on the issue...

All torque wrenches should ALWAYS be set to zero after each use...