Stripped bolt head at over pipe/front pipe connection, what now? :(

[BellaItalia]

Originally Posted by MJones_RB

I bought these from Amazon and they saved my butt a few times already.

THOSE LOOK COOL, i googled the patent number visable on the first socket, appears that Irwin had it first and AJTool/Craftsman copied it...bad doggie, bad doggie.

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by BellaItalia

THOSE LOOK COOL, i googled the patent number visable on the first socket, appears that Irwin had it first and AJTool/Craftsman copied it...bad doggie, bad doggie.

Sears has stolen tool designs and slapped the Craftsman brand on them several times. There's a company called Loggerhead that created a unique kind of universal wrench they branded as the Bionic Wrench. Sears signed them to an exclusive deal to distribute them only through Sears. Sears placed several orders, then suddenly stopped ordering and refused to respond whenever Loggerhead tried to find out why. With the contract in place, Loggerhead couldn't talk to other retailers like Lowes or Home Depot about distributing their tools without being in breach.

Then suddenly a Craftsman version of the Bionic Wrench showed up in Sears stores, and the Loggerhead guys understood what had happened. Sears had them sign the exclusive deal specifically so they could steal it while preventing Loggerhead from selling it anywhere else. Loggerhead is a small company, and suing Sears nearly put them out of business.

Eventually they won a $6 million judgment against Sears in a unanimous jury verdict. But Sears appealed and got a new trial, and the new judge set aside the jury verdict and declared Sears the winner anyway. Loggerhead got screwed all over again.

I had pretty much stopped buying any Craftsman tools after that bullshit and their huge drop in quality and gone over completely to Kobalt. It sickens me now to see Lowes giving Craftsman junk top billing in their stores. Every year at Black Friday and Christmas Lowes runs tool specials on Kobalt. This year all the specials were on Craftsman instead.

If there's an Irwin version of those sockets, buy that. They'll be much higher quality than the Craftsman garbage.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by extrashaky

Sears has stolen tool designs and slapped the Craftsman brand on them several times. There's a company called Loggerhead that created a unique kind of universal wrench they branded as the Bionic Wrench. Sears signed them to an exclusive deal to distribute them only through Sears. Sears placed several orders, then suddenly stopped ordering and refused to respond whenever Loggerhead tried to find out why. With the contract in place, Loggerhead couldn't talk to other retailers like Lowes or Home Depot about distributing their tools without being in breach.

Then suddenly a Craftsman version of the Bionic Wrench showed up in Sears stores, and the Loggerhead guys understood what had happened. Sears had them sign the exclusive deal specifically so they could steal it while preventing Loggerhead from selling it anywhere else. Loggerhead is a small company, and suing Sears nearly put them out of business.

Eventually they won a $6 million judgment against Sears in a unanimous jury verdict. But Sears appealed and got a new trial, and the new judge set aside the jury verdict and declared Sears the winner anyway. Loggerhead got screwed all over again.

I had pretty much stopped buying any Craftsman tools after that bullshit and their huge drop in quality and gone over completely to Kobalt. It sickens me now to see Lowes giving Craftsman junk top billing in their stores. Every year at Black Friday and Christmas Lowes runs tool specials on Kobalt. This year all the specials were on Craftsman instead.

If there's an Irwin version of those sockets, buy that. They'll be much higher quality than the Craftsman garbage.

Craftman was sold to Stanley-Black and Decker a year ago. That ended all hope of ever seeing decent quality tools from them ever again. They will just be a brand name on the usual imported junk.

[Impureclient]

I've been buying only Ridgid and Husky lately. Does anybody know anything dirty about those brands?

[Leonardo]

Originally Posted by Impureclient

I've been buying only Ridgid and Husky lately. Does anybody know anything dirty about those brands?

I love my 24" Husky TQ wrench. It's pretty dirty right now... I was using it when I smashed my finger hard enough to lose the nail.

[Rampage]

^^^^^OWWWWW!

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Leonardo

I love my 24" Husky TQ wrench. It's pretty dirty right now... I was using it when I smashed my finger hard enough to lose the nail.

What on earth were you wrenching on? -

humfrz

[extrashaky]

Originally Posted by Impureclient

I've been buying only Ridgid and Husky lately. Does anybody know anything dirty about those brands?

I don't buy Husky because the quality isn't that great. It all has a cheaper feel in the hand than Irwin and Kobalt even when new. I bought a Husky nut driver set and had the handle fall apart and the mechanism get kind of crunchy-feeling, and I bought a Husky tool bag that started coming apart at one of the seams. I haven't seen any point in wasting more money on Husky after that, when every Kobalt or Irwin tool I've purchased has been nearly flawless.

If I just need a cheap one-time tool or a tool for a high risk situation, Harbor Freight's tools are at least as good as Husky for considerably cheaper. I'm not really afraid of losing HF tools, so I take some of them with me on junk yard runs.

I don't know about Ridgid. I have a lot of Ryobi tools, but recently I've been buying all Milwaukee stuff and doubt I'll ever change back. The Milwaukee Fuel line is simply fantastic.

[Leonardo]

Originally Posted by humfrz

What on earth were you wrenching on? -

humfrz

Just a rusty nut on my front endlink... It was hard to turn, then was not. My hand was tightly holding the wrench. My finger got smashed on the edge of the rotor.


Still, I Love my Husky TQ wrench. I keep it in the car.

[Jordanwolf]

Originally Posted by Leonardo

Just a rusty nut on my front endlink... It was hard to turn, then was not. My hand was tightly holding the wrench. My finger got smashed on the edge of the rotor.


Still, I Love my Husky TQ wrench. I keep it in the car.

I just pictured an old man snuggling with a TQ wrench in bed. I am jealous of your intimate relationship.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by Leonardo

Just a rusty nut on my front endlink... It was hard to turn, then was not. My hand was tightly holding the wrench. My finger got smashed on the edge of the rotor.


Still, I Love my Husky TQ wrench. I keep it in the car.

I have probably left a pound or more of flesh behind doing just that over the years.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Leonardo

Just a rusty nut on my front endlink... It was hard to turn, then was not. My hand was tightly holding the wrench. My finger got smashed on the edge of the rotor.


Still, I Love my Husky TQ wrench. I keep it in the car.

Welp, iffen you had been born a few years sooner, you would have learned by starting cars. NEVER wrap your thumb around the crank handle. In your case it would be to NOT grip a large wrench such that if the nut/bolt gives way, your hand is not between the wrench handle and where the handle will stop.

….and thar ya have it ..


humfrz

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Jordanwolf

I just pictured an old man snuggling with a TQ wrench in bed. I am jealous of your intimate relationship.

You're a sick puppy, there Jordanwolf -


humfrz

[Jordanwolf]

Originally Posted by humfrz

You're a sick puppy, there Jordanwolf -


humfrz

You miss me? And what is more innocent than a man holding close to his heart what he truely loves. Nothing, not even kitty pictures.