Re: sudden car death (Husky tools)

[Brian McGarvey <brianm@zbt62.eastnet.gatech.edu>]

On Wed, 9 May 2001, geordy wrote:

> I thought craftsman had dropped the warranty.
This would be new to me. Cuase I never have heard of them dropping their
warranty. But be ware their uncnditional warranty only applies to the
non-electric tols dont know about thier air tools.


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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