Lisle Tools = CRAP!

[dswalterwi at gmail.com (Don Walter)]

Did all that meticulously. And as I stated before you could clearly see that 
it was the tool that was failing not the bolt. Many others have stated in 
the past that Lisle is inferior, except one *John S. Lagnese 
jlagnese@massed.net *who happened to have good luck with them but I they 
were older, 6 years. I had already purchased mine before I read that and 
thought I would give it a chance as I have used the good stuff without any 
problem in the past. If you do a search of the list you will find many that 
do not agree, sorry.

On 9/19/05, Jeff Toomasson <area53@validpath.com> wrote: 
> 
> I've never had a problem w/ the Lisle set in the 4 years I've had them. 
> (knock
> on wood as I'm about to use mine this week!) 
> 
> But it's easy to ignore cleaning the bolts when loose and leave them in 
> the CV
> while you do whatever is you're doing. I recommend cleaning them each time
> they're loose as well as tapping the tri-square bit snug before wrenching. 
> 
> Doesn't matter what brand of bit you use - if it's not snug, the 
> likelihood of
> ruining the bolts goes up considerably.
> 
> HTH, JT
> 
> > Do you have a part number or something for sears? I checked with them 
> and 
> > their help is terrible and could care less.
> >
> > On 9/19/05, Patrick Bureau <patrick.bureau@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I agree, I use Mastercraft (sears) 12 points without a single problem 
> with 
> >> edge shearing ever, had them for 5 years now without a issue.
> >>
> >> Cheers
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: scirocco-l-bounces+patrick.bureau= gmail.com@scirocco.org
> >> [mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+patrick.bureau=gmail.com@scirocco.org ] On
> >> Behalf
> >> Of John Gates
> >> Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 12:30 PM
> >> To: dswalterwi@gmail.com; scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> >> Subject: Re: Lisle Tools = CRAP!
> >>
> >> As stated many times before, the Snap-On or Mac are the only way to go
> >> (not even sure about the Mac currently, but I have used an old Mac tool 
> 
> >> WITH AN IMPACT WRENCH and it worked fine). The Lisle and/or K-D are 
> easily
> >> available and much cheaper but are a complete waste of money and time.
> >>
> >> This is a good reminder... 
> >>
> >> John Gates
> >> --
> >> '97 Jetta GLX
> >> '85 Scirocco
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Don Walter < dswalterwi@gmail.com>
> >> To: Scirocco List <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> >> Sent: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 12:16:35 -0500
> >> Subject: Lisle Tools = CRAP! 
> >>
> >> I had a brand new set of Lisle 12 point, Triple Square tools for 
> removing
> >> the CV bolts. Well I got them all out and almost all of them back in
> >> before
> >> the tool failed taking with it the bolts. The sereated edges just 
> started 
> >> shearing off. What a piece of crap and it is sad to say made in the 
> USA. I
> >> am picking up a Snap On one this afternoon although MATCO makes a nice 
> one
> >> (borrowed from a friend) but I can't find anyone it get it from. I'm on 
> 
> >> the
> >> look out for a MATCO truck.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
> >> 1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
> >> http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
> >> 1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
> >> 1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
> >> 1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago) 
> >> 1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
> >> 1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
> >> 1969 Beetle (sold)
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> > --
> > Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
> > 1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at
> > http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939) 
> > 1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
> > 1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
> > 1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
> > 1971 Karman Ghia (sold)
> > 1969 Karman Ghia (sold) 
> > 1969 Beetle (sold)
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-- 
Don Walter - Waukesha, WI
1986 2.0L 16V TEC 2 Black Scirocco (see progress at 
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/708939)
1986 2L 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (under repair)
1988 1.8 16V Toronado Red Scirocco (sold on 3/29/04)
1984 1.8 8V Pewter Scirocco (sold years ago)
1971 Karman Ghia (sold) 
1969 Karman Ghia (sold)
1969 Beetle (sold)