Date:         Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:48:35 -0600
Reply-To:     Thomas Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
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From:         Thomas Buese <tombuese@COMCAST.NET>
Subject:      Re: Big tools for your big nuts; was RE: Why my rear axle nuts
              got loose
Comments: To: neil n <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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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,

Mr. BZ-never can have too many tools?
>>
>
>
> I see the logic behind that. However, if they had them, I'd suggest
> using 6 pt sockets. Especially for the axle nut job.
>
> Neil.
>
>
> --
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>
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