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Subject:Big tools for your big nuts; was RE: Why my rear axle nuts got loose
From:Robert Fisher
Date:Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:52:09 -0700

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This is one set of tools that I would NOT buy at Harbor Freight.
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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.

Maybe we could get together and pay the four figures for the Snap On set and
time share it. Or not. : /

FWIW I've never broken a hand tool from HF. I have broken a couple of
Craftsman wrenches.

Cya,
Robert