[Shotimes] (OT) Got the Harbor Freight torque wrenches

[Carl Prochilo]

Thanks.  How are breaker bars supposed to fail?  Should the shaft bend
before the head breaks off?
-- 
Cheers,
Carl Prochilo
1992 Ultra Red Crimson

Christian Andretta said:
> Be careful, one of the GEN III guys sheared the 1/2 head right off of his
> yang fu breaker bar twice.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Carl Prochilo
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2003 3:24 PM
> To: Ron Porter
> Cc: Shotimes
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] (OT) Got the Harbor Freight torque wrenches
>
>
> Up until recently I hadn't heard of HF.  A friend of mine here grew up in
> central Michigan and learned that HF had just opened a new store in Lake
> Worth.  He was so excited because his father was a machinist and had
> always bought stuff from them, and now lo and behold there is an actual
> store nearby (30 minutes).  He insisted he take me there to get the
> experience.  As a store dedicated to just tools, it is quite impressive.
>
> PS.  The half inch breaker bar I got from HF came in handy to get the
> control arm bolts broken free I've been posting about recently.
> --
> Cheers,
> Carl Prochilo
> 1992 Ultra Red Crimson
>
> Ron Porter said:
>> Shipment finally showed up. Wrenches look/feel decent for $9.99, plus
>> have
>> a
>> nice plastic case. Time will tell, but for the primary purpose of
>> checking
>> lug nuts, hopefully they work fine. Also got the new impact wrench & a
>> bunch
>> of impact sockets, so it will all get a test when tires get rotated in
>> the
>> new few days.
>>
>> This was my first Harbor Freight order, so I'm always a bit skeptical
>> until
>> I see what I get.
>>
>> Ron Porter
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