John Lupien writes>
> I agree that if you use "normal tools" (like a 10' cheater pipe on a breaker
> bar) and break a craftsman socket (or more likely, the pin on the hinge of
> the breaker bar)
No. I have broken more sockets than I care to think of with my Craftsman
18" breaker bar in the 24 years or so since I have had it. Sometimes by
kicking it and sometimes with a cheater pipe. The most strain I ever put
on it was probably the time I was removing a stubborn trailer-hitch ball.
I had the breaker bar with a 4' cheater. And a come-along hooked between
the end of the cheater and the end of the truck bumper.
I think the secret is that the pin does not fit tight in the driver. The
driver is free to rotate until it wedges in the fork. This also allows
the handle to "rattle" a few degrees in use. This is useful for putting
some manual impact on job. Wheel nuts that have been put on by
air-wrench-wielding morons usually yield to pedal impact.
> they are really good about replacing the part - however,
> I have had problems about them having it in stock...
I have had good luck with Sears replacing Craftsman sockets. I have also
had good luck with Wards replacing PwrCraft sockets. Even though they no
longer sell them. They pay me to buy a Craftsman from Sears!
Phil Ethier, THE RIGHT LINE, 672 Orleans St, Saint Paul, MN 55107-2676 USA
h (612) 224-3105 w (612) 266-6244 phile@stpaul.gov
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