Yes, you have to be careful buying tools there. BUT they have some pretty
good stuff too, you just have to know. Example: I bought an expensive
suction cup for auto glass at a body shop supply once upon a time. Soon
afterwards I got the bright idea to use the cup to pull out a dent. Turned
out I needed two cups for the job, so I  bought a second at Horrible Fright
just to get by. Ten years later I am replacing my rear window rubber and
need two cups. The expensive one pops off after five minutes on the job,
the other, the HF, is holding three days later.

On the other side of the coin: The other day I was replacing a front wheel
on my westy using a 1/2 inch Craftsman 19mm socket. It broke in two places
on one of the bolts, nicking my recently refinished and and painted alloy.
Not that old, maybe five years. Went to Sears for my replacement--they were
out.

Jim

On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 9:56 AM, Tom Buese <tantonbz@gmail.com> wrote:

> LOL!  I have to say that I have several HF tools that have not broken in
> half after several uses, so YMMV!
>
> Mr. BZ-own 46, 40, & 36 mm sockets & a BFP (Puller) for those old brake
> drums
>
>
> On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Good find. But that Harbor Freight Breaker Bar is probably more aptly
>> named
>> than you realize.
>>
>> : )
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 6:01 AM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>> > I'm not looking forward to ever needing the 46mm socket for the big rear
>> > axle nut, but have always kept that measurement (and its standard 1
>> 13/16"
>> > equivalent) in mind in case I trip over one, which I recently did.  Of
>> > course, after buying I find that NAPA stocks the non-metric one for $25
>> (on
>> > sale this week for $16!) but that Ohio antique mall was fairly boring
>> until
>> > I hit a huge booth full of tools and the $5 find that is now living
>> under
>> > the back seat of the '87 Westy with its new Harbor Freight 3/4" drive
>> > breaker bar.
>> >
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Tom Buese
>