Tool discussion

>>16158630
Get Snap On.

Pittsburgh

>>16158634
>using a 300 dollar wrench set to do basic maintenance on my shitbox

no thank you

>>16158638
pittsburgh is admittedly a good value for some tools, but I'm not gonna make my whole tool set cheap chinese crap

>>16158630
For a weekend warrior the Horrible Fright shit is more than good enough. Or hit up estate and garage sales.

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I really like my craftsman stuff, it's great for everything I use around the truck.

the game changer was getting a makita 20v electric impact driver and a set of milwaukee bits and adapters to use sockets on. that thing is so light and awesome.

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>>16159007
Craftsman is made in china now sadly, btw using harden steel chrome sockets on an impact can wear out your impacts anvil and the socket could crack/shatter.

I use mostly Snap-On, but also many brands as a Tech.

Just use anything with a lifetime no hassle warranty. Aka Kobalt aka Pittsburgh aka Craftsman.

Anything that doesn't have such warranty is worth spending a little more money on.

Snapped the socket part of a Kobalt ratchet while I had a pipe on the end of it, went to the store and walked out with a new one in under 10 minutes.

>>16158630
Sonic tools are really nice for the price, but honestly if you're a weekend warrior Harbor Freight / Canadian Tire tools should be perfectly fine

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>>16159050
Muh dick.

And yeah I know I bought a really shitty mini to box in 3/8 and I'm using those sockets until they're no longer square

Here's what my old boss managed to do at work once

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>>16160429
shit socket or grade 1.1 bolt? either way, that looks neat as fuck lol.

I've got snappy tools out the ass, but I'm no longer work professionally, so a lot of it feels like a waste. My body couldn't (or perhaps didn't want to) handle full time mechanic work.

Wrenching on the weekends is much more fun and fulfilling when I didn't have to do manufacturer recommended services all week.

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>>16160456
Metric bolt with an sae socket. Bad combo.

>>16159050
>Craftsman is made in china now
I think Pittsburgh wrenches are better now too.

>>16160469
oh man, you ever put a 21mm socket onto a 19mm nut? THE FUCKIN RACKET THAT SHIT WILL MAKE!

I never had good extensions, never had one fail and I'm a "hack mechanic" according to a lot of /o/. I didn't torque a lot of things and I liked using air tools. I bought HF extensions when I was stateside (Canada-fag) and they never broke. It would've been an IR impact gun and a snappy socket, so the HF extension would definitely be the weak link in that chain.

Had a torque stick for wheels, but a lot of suspension components were torqued to 2 brapps and stuff like that. Ditto for axle nuts, I've only torqued like a handful of them, usually BRAPPPPPP until it lines up with the removal marks.

Brakes and most other work were done by hand. ANYTHING internal was torqued to spec though.

>>16160497
I'm pretty much the same.

Fuck those people that say you need to tighten lugs to a certain speed, tighten them until they're good and on there