Re: sudden car death (Husky tools)

[geordy <grostad@thresholdnetworks.com>]

I thought craftsman had dropped the warranty.  Husky does have a lifetime
warranty.  I think home depot will be around for quite a while...

Cheapass Ron wrote:

> Hmmm...does Home Depot warrant their tools forever,
> like Sears, and have the same no-questions-asked
> return policy?  That's the key for me.  Craftsman are
> not the best, but they are damned good overall, and
> the warranty is the big selling point for me.  
> 
> Problem with Home Depot is that I feel it may be like
> Central Hardware, or Mr. How, or any of those other
> now-departed places...what does one do for the
> warranty when they go under?  At least Sears will be
> around in twenty years, not to mention five...or
> two...
> 
> Ron
> --- geordy <grostad@thresholdnetworks.com> wrote:
> 
>> Aaron Ness wrote:
>> 
>>> But be sure that you get a good quality set of hex
>> 
>> keys.  Craftsman hex keys
>> 
>>> will strip.  I have a set of Blackhawk hex keys,
>> 
>> which I believe is the
>> 
>>> Stanley professional grade, and that's what we use
>> 
>> on the machines at work
>> 
>>> also.  They cost me about $35, but they won't
>> 
>> strip like the Craftsman hex
>> 
>>> keys.  We've stripped quite a few Craftsman hex
>> 
>> keys at work, and I have
>> 
>>> stripped them on VW WP pulleys as well.
>> 
>> No crapsman for me.  I got the husky kit from home
>> depot, I've always 
>> had great
>> luck with the husky stuff...
>> 
>>> Aaron
>>> '87 528e
>>> '82 Scirocco
>>> '70 Beetle
>>> '87 Jeep Cherokee 4.0
>>> 
>>>> The next thing
>>>> to do is to soak the pulley bolts in liquid
>>> 
>> wrench. Then go
>> 
>>>> to the hardware
>>>> store and buy a 6mm allen socket for 3/8" drive
>>> 
>> ratchet.
>> 
>>>> These seat so much
>>>> better than the L-shaped key, and I havn't
>>> 
>> stripped a bolt
>> 
>>>> with them yet. By
>>>> the time you get back the liquid wrench should
>>> 
>> have done it's job.
>> 
>> 
>> 
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