Ever have trouble with Craftsman tools?

[laser3kw]

Ever have trouble with Craftsman tools...
going through the side wall of your tire?
Going to work thus morning, in town, 35mph.
BANG,bang,bang, bang...
pull over and this is what I found.
Craftsman 9mm combo wrench stuck round end first right where you see it.
Nice two year old Michelin tire - life cut short.

 

[rockwithjason]

oh that *****!

 

[Lx460]

Found a worn in half 10mm in the tread of a dump truck tire once. Traded it in on a new one...lol.

 

[Xauterus]

9mm is one of the most useless sizes ever. I feel for your loss.

 

[stikman56]

That'll most likely be your most expensive wrench right there.

 

[justsam]

9mm is one of the most useless sizes ever. I feel for your loss.

Couldn't agree more! Not only do you suffer the tire damage, but you get a virtually worthless wrench to boot! Could of at least been a 10mm!

 

[ken w.]

I feel for ya. I had a pair of needle nose go thru a tire once.

 

[rcktpwrd]

WOW!

thats a pretty wild way to pick up a wrench.

 

[Red Line]

Found a 7/8 Craftsman socket inside the pump of a fire truck after it failed the pump test once, had come thru the water system and blew thru the intake screen. gave the socket to the chief and told him he could get a new one from Sears to help offset the 10K repair bill for the pump

 

[Anarius]

Found a 7/8 Craftsman socket inside the pump of a fire truck after it failed the pump test once, had come thru the water system and blew thru the intake screen. gave the socket to the chief and told him he could get a new one from Sears to help offset the 10K repair bill for the pump

Ouch! I always wanted to work on Fire Trucks...I was at my local FD a couple months ago doing paper work and they had a brake failure on one engine as it tried to leave on a call. They all just walked quite calmly to the next engine and got in it and left.

 

[Daedalus]

Couldn't agree more! Not only do you suffer the tire damage, but you get a virtually worthless wrench to boot! Could of at least been a 10mm!

+2. I was going to post that someone finally found a use for a 9mm wrench. Close, but won't even work on a 3/8 head either.

 

[southalabama]

Wow

Never seen a wrench thru the side of a tire.

Thought this was gonna be a craftsman bashing thread. Shocked at the pic.

***** it was new tire

 

[G McKay]

Just goes to show ya how well those Craftsman tools stand up under stress. Right?

 

[jim1987]

Take the whole wheel and tire to Sears. Tell them you want a warranty. Since the wrench and tire are now one. Downside, you'll probably get a Firestone for warranty...

 

[Ronniexj]

Take the whole wheel and tire to Sears. Tell them you want a warranty. Since the wrench and tire are now one. Downside, you'll probably get a Firestone for warranty...

On a sidenote I've had two sets of Firestone Destination A/ts and love them.

 

[jmarkwolf]

Ever have trouble with Craftsman tools...
going through the side wall of your tire?
Going to work thus morning, in town, 35mph.
BANG,bang,bang, bang...
pull over and this is what I found.
Craftsman 9mm combo wrench stuck round end first right where you see it.
Nice two year old Michelin tire - life cut short.

Well, it's clear to me you have to start collecting the rest of the set now!

 

[lilcraigford]

That is not what I was expecting when I opened the thread! I think the REAL question is... whether or not that is a USA or China wrench??

By the way, what kind of Saturn do you drive?

 

[thebeekeeper1]

I'm guessing they have become self-aware after all the negative CM threads here--and are starting to fight back.

 

[fanatic]

I'm guessing they have become self-aware after all the negative CM threads here--and are starting to fight back.

"Attack of the Killer Wrenches!"

 

[PelicanPines]

I'm guessing they have become self-aware after all the negative CM threads here--and are starting to fight back.

Spit up a girl scout cookie laughing at this reply...

 

[jim1987]

I'm guessing they have become self-aware after all the negative CM threads here--and are starting to fight back.

you realize that is a USA wrench right?

 

[quattroJoe]

Someone got tired of that useless 9mm taking up space in their box.

 

[thebeekeeper1]

you realize that is a USA wrench right?

Even worse--Civil War II. HEAD FOR THE HILLS!!!

 

[92GreenYJ]

How in the name of hell did that even happen?? Seriously. I can not fathom how a wrench with a rounded edge could possibly have punctured and stuck in the sidewall of a tire like that?

And as for the tire, patch and or plug that sucker up and run it as long as it holds air. I've plugged bigger sidewall holes than that and had them hold for years.

 

[nicksnothereman]

Ever have trouble with Craftsman tools...
going through the side wall of your tire?
Going to work thus morning, in town, 35mph.
BANG,bang,bang, bang...
pull over and this is what I found.
Craftsman 9mm combo wrench stuck round end first right where you see it.
Nice two year old Michelin tire - life cut short.

I'd have to look up what you've said about craftsman in the past in order to gauge whether or not this was revenge.

 

[rednotch]

having worked in a sears auto over a decade ago, its not the first one I have seen stuck in a tire.

just be glad it wasn't a rail road spike, I've seen those take out the tire and rim.

not my pics

 

[tdkkart]

Feckin' Chinese **** tools anyway, no reason for 'em except to screw up your day
.......

 

[laser3kw]

By the way, what kind of Saturn do you drive?

Ahh! you picked up on that
2000 SC1 - upgraded to alloy wheels.
40mpg summer - 32 mpg winter - good commuter car.
I can't figure it out, whether the wrench was stuck in a small hole or kicked up by another wheel and cart wheeled down the road or what. It hit the edge of the rim and turned inward. Nicked up the rim just a bit.
Scared the **** out of me - almost put my coffee down.
Called the wife and made her day. She came got me. Went home got the floor jack, tire, tools and changed the tire in a hospital parking lot.

 

[garthg]

I've got a couple of 9's in my box. Never used them.

 

[rancherbill]

That is a road hazard. You should be able to get a pro-rated warranty.

 

[fourtythree]

Free wrench....woohoo!

 

[whitetrash1]

I've found screwdrivers and action figures in tires before but never a wrench

 

[Zrexxer]

I had a stick... not a stake, or a piece of lumber, or anything like that, a STICK, like fell off a tree limb, end up getting stuck through the sidewall of a brand new Pirelli once. I have no idea how it punctured the tire to begin with, let alone ended up in the sidewall. Happened while I was driving, too, so I know it wasn't vandalism.

Nowadays I buy my tires from Discount Tire, and I go ahead and pony up for the Road Hazard Warranty. It's come in handy twice, they just put a brand new tire on, no questions asked.

 

[lilcraigford]

Ahh! you picked up on that
2000 SC1 - upgraded to alloy wheels.
40mpg summer - 32 mpg winter - good commuter car.

I have three first generation cars myself, and have had several others come and go. I'm a bit of a, er... Saturn enthusiast (if you can believe there is such a thing ). At some point I might make a dedicated thread - for two of them anyway (the third is my winter beater).

What a freak accident. Glad to hear it was only a scare and didn't result in anything worse.