Originally posted by Grand Forks:

If this is a multi player game it may be from a totem in place when active from another player you are unable to repair there items and visa versa. This is only when it is active. If its a single player game then I would assume the dev's would need to know if you write up a bug report.

Nah not a ward or anything, guess I'm SOL for now. Thanks all for you input though!