Got caliper mounts and tie rods off!! (Prev:I haaaate tie rod ends. Help meee!!)

[genEus]

Oh give me a break. Of course if you're a professional mechanic, you won't go to harbor freight because you will need to beat on your tools day in and day out. But I've used their sockets, wrenches, ratchets, and many many other tools to fix my cars, including the tie rod fork this time, and to date have only chipped the stupid mirror on an extension handle because they use some cheap reflective plastic. Yeah, that really was a piece of crap. However, considering how much Craftsman costs, you could go through three sets of HF tools before it made sense to buy one Craftsman...

 

Isn't that the point? Why would I want to waste time buying the same tool set 3 times rather than buying the tool set once and not have it break on me in the middle of a job? broken creepers, hole saw sets that are trash halfway through the first use.. and I was being gentle with them. I beat the shit out of my Craftsman tools and the most I've ever done was break two 15 mm sockets, a 1/2"-3/8" socket adapter and I twisted a couple of 1/4"-3/8" socket adapters for my electric impact gun, plus I got to bring them back for free replacements.

 

OK, the point is, HF tools occupy a niche of their own. For lots of people, they are all anyone will ever need. There are things you should definitely stay away from but consider even a tool such as a torque wrench. The same parameters torque wrench as costs $18 at HF costs over $70 for Craftsman! Don't quote me on the numbers but it's something like that. That is ridiculous savings and a buddy of mine tested his Craftsman and mine from HF on the same bolt and they worked identically...

[BXX]

HF tools work for someone who will use them only a couple times, but they are still garbage... For people who work on cars for a living AND a hobby, you need better..

 

For me, Snap-On for life!!