I was brought up to understand you get what you pay for! I have always bought quality tools over the years and my tools are some of my favorite possessions and have saved me more money over the years than I have invested in them! My father owned and operated this service station back in the day and also did mechanic work he had a outdoor lift to the right of the station not seen in the photograph. back in the early 80's he gave me his tools witch are mostly vintage snap on and are among some of my most cherished possessions I use them often and remind me of my father, I would give you my blood before I would loan out any of these tools!!
I was an aircraft mechanic in a previous life, FAA A&P certificated. I was a believer in Snap-On Tools. If for nothing else a prospective customer was evaluating shops and he or she saw one shop with roll cabs loaded with Snap-On and another shop with Craftsman, Proto or whatever, chances are they'd go with the Snap-On shop. Pic shows what happens with cheap ch!t. The other end is in the screw that attaches the front brake line clamp under the triple trees. This with a tiny a$$ 1/4" ratchet, not like I was using a breaker bar or anything. Needless to say I said screw it and took the rest of the day off before something else went south on me. Not enough of the bit in the head of the fastener to grip with pliers. I need a beer.
Man...we understand that **** ...
what we do ...is ...anywhere we can ... we replace the bolt with a standard hex head bolt and washer ...of the same grade ....
try tweaking the broken piece back the opposite way just a little , should fall out if upside down ...if flat ...wear safety glasses and use compressed air to help blow it out ...
then...if everyone would do this ...
TAKE THAT **** BACK ...TELL THEM YOU WANT YOUR HARD EARN $$$$ BACK ....
good luck ..!!!
Have a set of torx I picked up years ago from JC Whitney. Everone does that. Like they are case hardened mild steel. They seem to be too hard but no tensional strength.
I have another set I got from Walmart. A set from Stanley. I have used them with my small impact on both Harley's and Jeep's fasteners that have loctite on them. Have yet to brake one.
Last edited by Jackie Paper; 01-12-2019 at 04:46 PM.
Some of you are not going to like this but far as star & allen bits go the cheap *** harbour freights I bought for an outside job I expected to one use once or get stolen have held up better then my Snap-on's have. I've yet to twist, break or round off the ends which I can not say about my snappy's and this includes impact use on the larger sizes. Go figure...
I replace torx bolts whenever I get the chance on my bikes unless they are the larger sizes, just too many problems with rounding out or broken bits over the years to trust them.
That plus I tore open my left middle finger and was bleeding all over the towel covering the front fender. I threw in the towel for the day, no pun intended.
Torx screws and bolts is as good an idea as flat head screws were. Snap on, Mac and Matco stuff is the way to go, they fit a lot tighter. Believe it or not I've had some Craftsman stuff for 25+ years and even though they're getting to be worn out by now they've done very well over the years
01-12-2019, 03:06 PM
yea ...that's sum B/S ...
That plus I tore open my left middle finger and was bleeding all over the towel covering the front fender. I threw in the towel for the day, no pun intended.