So I was in the local HF looking for a socket set that I could carry in the car and not worry about it getting lost or stolen and found this:
http://www.harborfreight.com/21-piece-3-8-eighth-inch-drive-sae-socket-set-41723.html
Made in Taiwan, looked pretty good, and with a 20% coupon was only $16. I didn't want the ratchet but the sockets fit the bill.
Because I didn't want or need another ratchet, just for S&Gs I decided to test it out to see what it could endure. I neither want nor need another 3/8"-drive ratchet so if (when) it broke, I would have lost nothing. I certainly would not try to warranty it.
The first thing I noticed was that it didn't look quite like the one in the picture -- no soft grip. They had two sets on the shelf and both contained the same hard-handle ratchet. When I got it home, I opened it up to have a look. Other than being bone dry, it looked fairly decent. 40 teeth, round head, no quick-release, acceptable action. I put a little RLL in and put it back together.
Then I clamped it in the vise and did a mrholeshot test on it. I started at about 50 lb-ft and worked my way up to the top of the range of my 1/2"-drive torque wrench. At 150 lb-ft (as high as I could go)..... nothing happened. The ratchet just shrugged it off. So kind of a boring test. But, it still fared better than mrholeshot's new CM rp. Sad -- even a "free" ratchet fared better than modern CM....
(And the chrome on the sockets is better than current CM sockets as well....)
http://www.harborfreight.com/21-piece-3-8-eighth-inch-drive-sae-socket-set-41723.html
Made in Taiwan, looked pretty good, and with a 20% coupon was only $16. I didn't want the ratchet but the sockets fit the bill.
Because I didn't want or need another ratchet, just for S&Gs I decided to test it out to see what it could endure. I neither want nor need another 3/8"-drive ratchet so if (when) it broke, I would have lost nothing. I certainly would not try to warranty it.
The first thing I noticed was that it didn't look quite like the one in the picture -- no soft grip. They had two sets on the shelf and both contained the same hard-handle ratchet. When I got it home, I opened it up to have a look. Other than being bone dry, it looked fairly decent. 40 teeth, round head, no quick-release, acceptable action. I put a little RLL in and put it back together.
Then I clamped it in the vise and did a mrholeshot test on it. I started at about 50 lb-ft and worked my way up to the top of the range of my 1/2"-drive torque wrench. At 150 lb-ft (as high as I could go)..... nothing happened. The ratchet just shrugged it off. So kind of a boring test. But, it still fared better than mrholeshot's new CM rp. Sad -- even a "free" ratchet fared better than modern CM....
(And the chrome on the sockets is better than current CM sockets as well....)
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