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They fall apart all the time and it is lifetime warranty so I ended up getting a 12mm replaced. What to do is get some duct tape and wrap it around the base where the spring is located like maybe 2-3 wraps and it should hold together in a ghetto way. The rod that holds the top and bottom together usually slips off its perch and then it starts to fall apart. I really wish it was what the picture showed on the site. its the same style as the snap-on if it were the picture. The snap on swivel cost a butt load of money.... so I would say 2 or 3 star out of 5. |
Re: The Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL Thread... I have a question the Hydraulic Wire Crimping Tool where in the store do they keep them at?
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Re: The Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL Thread... Our local store keeps them near the hydraulic jacks, on a shelf about waist level.
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Re: The Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL Thread... I havnt read every page on this thred so sorry if this was reviewed already, but i just bought the red 36 inch metal break from HF made by central machinery. Got it to the garage, set it up, says it will do a piece of 16gauge at 36 inchs. i put a piece of 18 gauge in it at 36 inchs and it flexed like crazy and couldnt bend it. i put a 17 inch piece of 18 gauge in it and it barley bent that. This thing is a def FAIL. dont even bother trying it out becuz it took me longer to put it back in the bullshit crate they box it in than it did for me to buy it set it up and relize it was a pile of junk. hope i can save someone on here some aggrivation.
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Re: The Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL Thread... yeah, I have the same brake. I got it free with a welding table I bought. Nope, it's not good enough for what the box says it should do. And with lighter gauge stuff, it's annoying to use. I also saw fail.
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Re: The Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL Thread... I figure I should add to this thread, as I've bought a lot of HF stuff lately.
Tubing notcher - FAIL. But PASS after a lot of work. I got it home and it wouldn't cut on center. Fortunately, I have a mill, and I milled down a surface and got it to cut on center. Also, the brass bushings have a very loose tolerance. I made a new bushing out of delrin, and it works fine now. 10" miter saw. FAIL - it' was 1.5 degrees off, and there's no way to adjust it. Returned it and bought another. Same thing. I had to elongate a few holes that mount the fence to get it cut nearly correct. I put a friction blade in it and use it to cut metal, so it works fine for what I need. But, don't buy it. 20 Ton press - FAIL. The anvil wasn't straight, had to pound it into shape. Everything moves around a lot, so it's hard to press anything straight. Torque wrenches - PASS - work great. I had to exchange both the 1/2 inch and the 1/4 inch due to defects, but the second ones work just fine. 12 point 3/8 sockets (the color coded ones) - FAIL - The tolerance is horrible, sometimes it can't catch a 6 point bolt. Although, it did work just fine on the 12 point bolts... so maybe that should be a pass...but no. Also, the anodization cracks off easily. Don't expect them to look pretty for very long. 6point sockets - PASS.. The color coded ones again - the color wears off, but the work just fine. free flash lights PASS - I now have a dozen of them or so. They work, they're free. They're not very powerful, but they are free. 1 ton engine hoist - PASS - works great. The $30 digital caliper FAIL. I got it for $10 with a coupon, and even then it's still a fail. I have a $20 caliper I got on amazon. It's smoother. Don't reset to 0 every time you turn it on, the jaws look better. I'd trust either one down to .01 maybe .005" but I don't expect much from $10 or $20 caliper. Hmm.. i though I'd post a lot more PASSes instead of FAILs, but the stuff that works doesn't come to mind, because they just work. As you can tell, I do put some work into some of the tools and get them to work just fine. That works for me, maybe not you. And in the end, it's way cheaper for me. |
Re: The Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL Thread... has anyone had any experience with this heavy duty hammer tacker?
it's made by fasten pro. it looks identical except for the color of the grip to the arrow ht50. it's about a third of the price. $11.99 on sale vs $31.48 i borrowed an arrow ht50 from a co-worker yesterday to install some ice and water shield to a new roof we were installing. i like it much better than the stanley sharp shooter. the stanley wouldn't drive staples worth a damn. it took much more force to get them flush. the arrow seemed a good bit heavier on the business end so it took less force to get the staples flush. anyway, while i was using the ht50 i couldn't find any country of origin, i figure it's made in china. probably in the same factory as the fasten pro from harbor freight? |
Re: The Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL Thread... I beleieve I have the same unit except mine is green. I bought it over a year ago and just got around to trying it last week. It leaked just like Scott's!! I messed with it for a short while (removed lubricator since I didn't need it,changed rubber gaskets around, changed bottoms,etc) and slowed the leak A LITTLE. I ended up using my other small compressor and it's factory regulator to paint the few small pieces I had since I was in a hurry. When I get a chance I'll try to get it to work. So this item is a big FAIL!!
Ironically...The spray gun I used was one of the HF's ones with the purple handle. I think I've had it for about a year too and it was my first time using it. I'm no expert but I would have to say it did very well. So it's a PASS!! |
Re: The Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL Thread... Item 96249, 6ft 300 amp inverter cables.
I used these puppies to attach an inverter under my seat to the battery in my truck on a 3,000 mile trip. They worked really well. Only thing is that lugs are larger (by alot) than the posts on the 750 watt inverter i used. Item 66817, 750 watt inverter from above. Used it on a 2 week 3,000 mile road trip to power a fridge for about 17hrs each day (while truck was running and while truck was off) Worked great, the fan would come on when the fridge compressor kicked on, but turned off within 30 seconds. Also charged phones/camera/stuff like that while running fridge. I bought both item on sale with 20% off coupons :) Also the black 4.5in drillmaster angle grinder. I bought this one to take to school so that my nice c-man one wouldn't get stolen/abused by someone. I have been running it for at least 1.5 yrs now. Its good to open the gear box up and spread the grease around, they do a horrible job of that in the factory. I have bought 2 more since then, as backups... but i haven't had to use them yet because the 1st one keeps on going! |
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Re: The Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL Thread... 5" high speed air sander. needed a cheap one, not a tool i use all that often. used it yesterday to grind down a bunch of welds. so far it's a PASS, works as it should.
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Re: The Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL Thread... Hope this isn't a repeat, but I would need a month to get through over 100 pages of this thread. I posted this on my motorcycle site:
Fail...but read on Bought this last week, Motorcycle Wheel Balancer. $49.99, on sale $39.99 + 20% off so $32. Motorcycle Wheel Balancing Stand Pittsburgh Motorcycle Item #: 98488 Only: $49.99 Sale: $39.99 http://www.harborfreight.com/media/c...mage_12894.jpg Put it together last night to start using is when I relace my wheels. The stand itself is nice, powder coated, the little bearings roll quite freely. For a China import, the base is of nice quality. But the 1/2 rod that you mount the wheel? Ugh...I couldn't believe how warped it is. So today, I ran to Sear's Hardware and picked up a length of 1/2 rod. It is a little warped, but I think when I cut it to size, it has a straight section long enough. For the price, it isn't worth bringing the stand back to HF, but wanted people to know what they might find. |
Re: The Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL Thread... I have a universal front bearing press that I used one time to change the bearings on my 03 Golf -- about $80 IIRC - PASS
It was a little quirky, but it saved me from having to pull the whole knuckle off, take it to a shop to press the bearings, and then have to get an alignment. Paid for itself with one use. Just bought a 3 way Framing Nailer. About $100, so far PASS I was a little nervous about this one, but at a third of the price of any other nailer I think it was worth it. Just built a wall of shelves with it in my garage, and no issues. Though my porter cable finish nailers do seem to be put together a little better, I really don't use them enough to justify the expense though. |
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Re: The Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL Thread... People have given the 23ga pin nailer both pass & fail so far. Here's what I have to say.
It puts pin nails into wood. PASS I don't care that it doesn't have a safety, I don't let people work in my garage unsupervised. It shoots the HF pins even, without issues. I tried the 1" pins. The nose has a little 'puddle' of oil in it that a whole sleeve of pins it didn't seem to get any smaller/dispersed. I'm going to give it a thorough cleaning and see if it's just normal for it to be real oily there, but it hasn't affected performance. There is one thing I don't like, which looks like most pin nailers have also. It doesn't have an opening/jam clearing bit on the top so when you get to the last 10 or so pins you will have to shoot them out. So if you care about the safety (or if you specifically failed it because of the safety) your may have different considerations than I do, but functionally, there is nothing wrong with it so it gets a PASS. |
Re: The Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL Thread... Pressure Washer 68333. Pass worked to clean one trash can. However I can't recommend it, very flimsy and there is no low pressure mode. The coupler system to connect the water inlet was a big warning as to the quality. Rather then put a female hose connector on the body you have to use a quick connect. The quick connector is one of those cheap very low quality ones. The end on the machine is male so if you want to directly connect a hose you can't.
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Re: The Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL Thread... haven't been there for a long time because i've realized i'd rather spend money on a quality part then spend half as much to buy four crappy parts that get the job done, but not without frustration, but stopped by friday to get another deadblow since i lost mine and i had a coupon for one of the free flashlights (which i do actually think are decent).
they didn't have any of the flashlights for the coupon, but did have some cheap ones so i grabbed a couple of those and figured i'd use the coupon for the "free" multi meter, which break easily enough that i needed another one. was going through checkout as they were closing, so didn't want to hold them up, watched her scan the coupon, went to my car and thought "that seemed kind of expensive" ... didn't get the mutli meter for free like the coupon said. got it at a discounted price...the same discounted price that was marked on the shelf:mad: was going to look for a used fluke so i don't have to deal with this b.s. anymore (besides, i had to borrow a fluke to fix one of the electrical issues because the hf one wouldn't read that low of an amperage draw), but one of the techs at work recommended a strap on one that's half the price of a fluke and he loves it. (i'm not by any means promoting snap on, they are way overpriced on a lot of their stuff , but i've yet to be completely frustrated by one of their tools) |
Re: The Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL Thread... I am looking for feedback on the framing nailers?
http://www.harborfreight.com/10-gaug...ler-98751.html http://www.harborfreight.com/21-angl...ler-68028.html http://www.harborfreight.com/28-angl...ler-68068.html I have been pretty happy with all the other nail guns I have purchased from them and hoping these work as well. Any reason to go with one angle over the other? Any coupons other than the 20% that expires Friday? |
Re: The Harbor Freight PASS/FAIL Thread... I have the 3-in-1, built a few things with it. Biggest was a shed.
It worked fine the whole time, just a little touchy at times when you're almost out of nails. Once I figured out how to keep it loaded and the like it was mostly perfect. |
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