Date:         Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:41:35 -0700
Reply-To:     Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Rob <becida@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Big tools for your big nuts; was RE: Why my rear axle nuts
              got loose
Comments: To: Thomas Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <17F7F4AB-AAA3-4F83-8A09-A0D97D6227FA@comcast.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed

Big sockets from Sears with the Craftsman guarantee
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00974503000P?keyword=46mm+socket&prdNo=7&blockNo=7&blockType=G7
46mm 1" drive $48
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00974467000P?keyword=46mm+socket&prdNo=8&blockNo=8&blockType=G8
46mm 3/5 drive $51

I buy tools from Harbor Freight (the store, not the catalog) and
usually find nothing wrong with them, my breaker bars for the lug
nuts are from HF and the sockets from Sears (a new Craftsman 19mm
socket was the same price as one from the local pawn shop), I was not
able to get the single correct socket (6pt) from HF.
  I generally buy the best tool I can afford when I need it & I don't
fear HF tools.

Rob
becida@comcast.net


At 6/12/2010 11:48 AM, Thomas Buese wrote:
>On Jun 12, 2010, at 12:30 PM, neil n wrote:
>
>>On Sat, Jun 12, 2010 at 8:52 AM, Robert Fisher <garciasghostvw@gmail.com
>> > wrote:
>>>--snip--
>>>This is one set of tools that I would NOT buy at Harbor Freight.
>>>--snip--
>>>
>>>That's probably exactly what I _would_ do, given the price, the
>>>lifetime
>>>warranty and the fact that I would rarely use these things. This
>>>Harbor
>>>Freight set
>>>
>>>http://www.harborfreight.com/hand-tools/sockets-accessories/21-piece-metric-
>>>3-4-quarter-inch-heavy-duty-socket-set-5494.html
>>>
>>>is $50. A 46mm socket alone from Snap On or Craftsman is $60. I'm
>>>not paying
>>>that kind of money for a single-application use-twice-in-lifetime
>>>tool.
>
>Really, I have a Crapsman, I mean Craftsman 46 mm & I don't remember
>paying anywhere near $60 for it?  I'll treat it w/ more respect now if
>I did!
>
>YMMV,