RedneckWelder
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I don't get why everyone recommends Cr-Mo....
Because some of us have seen the cheaper **** come apart. Cr-Mo sockets from quality makers like GP and Sunex are plenty cheap.
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Impact socket sets/brands
- Thread starter akrisher13
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Because some of us have seen the cheaper **** come apart. Cr-Mo sockets from quality makers like GP and Sunex are plenty cheap.
sberry
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20 yrs ago there were a couple losers in the market. Not so today. As for ujpint, I use them carefully as problem solvers. I am a master at socket/extension length and can fit a 1/2 impact in most suspension work with a single socket with a little imagination.
You got to beat snot out of one to break, my auto parts still warranties the house brand they had 20 yrs ago I paid 3$ for a single. They got even better but the price went up a little. You pay a little juice for some semi brand like ATD or even some generic NAPA but the guy deliver a broken one in an hour from now if I needed it under warranty and when I have needed something lost have been snagging Lowes, you pay a couple dollars juice but you get it good and now.
You can buy some of it even cheaper on occasion from HF or flea.
You got to beat snot out of one to break, my auto parts still warranties the house brand they had 20 yrs ago I paid 3$ for a single. They got even better but the price went up a little. You pay a little juice for some semi brand like ATD or even some generic NAPA but the guy deliver a broken one in an hour from now if I needed it under warranty and when I have needed something lost have been snagging Lowes, you pay a couple dollars juice but you get it good and now.
You can buy some of it even cheaper on occasion from HF or flea.
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sberry
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These are some pieces a busy guy could need to eventually replace especially in 3/4 or 19 mm for wheels. He should duplicate those soon anyway for convenience. Most of the set could see a decade of general service and could serve well for good long time but starting out in a career get more and cheaper to get going.
Break and loss at this cost is irrelevant, pulling together 100$ to get your feet under you is way less painfull than 5 and will do the same thing for good long time and if the anvil is worn out its time to toss it and the gun for some new which then last a guy the rest of a career and then some. Take some savings and score a HF breaker bar and a couple impact extensions and to tell the truth the adapters are really good all pulling my but out of a hole for a few $ when I needed it.
Break and loss at this cost is irrelevant, pulling together 100$ to get your feet under you is way less painfull than 5 and will do the same thing for good long time and if the anvil is worn out its time to toss it and the gun for some new which then last a guy the rest of a career and then some. Take some savings and score a HF breaker bar and a couple impact extensions and to tell the truth the adapters are really good all pulling my but out of a hole for a few $ when I needed it.
Sal Bandini
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The Central Machinery/Pittsburgh/Pittsburgh Pro stuff is labeled CrV.
My HF Pittsburgh Pro that I bought last year are Cr-Mo.
All of the Pittsburgh Pro I saw there were Cr-Mo but I have heard on this forum that some ws some not.
OP just check them if you get the HF.
kythri
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Oh, and my Stanley stuff, the 1/2" deeps that I bought at Walmart a decade ago? Those are CrV, too.
Good stuff, all of it.
If the stuff was CrMo, that'd be great, but, again, ZERO issue with the CrV stuff. It's hefty impact stuff, I've done a fair amount of work with them, and they haven't failed me yet.
Good stuff, all of it.
If the stuff was CrMo, that'd be great, but, again, ZERO issue with the CrV stuff. It's hefty impact stuff, I've done a fair amount of work with them, and they haven't failed me yet.
sberry
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Yes, I believe the Stanley is real good. I wonder how much of the worlds impact socket production goes down the one line? I bet that is sold under every conceivable label,, (or about 1/2 of them) all the way from generic white box to HF, Walmart to Napa to several other brands.
My HF Pittsburgh Pro that I bought last year are Cr-Mo.
All of the Pittsburgh Pro I saw there were Cr-Mo but I have heard on this forum that some ws some not.
OP just check them if you get the HF.
the pittsburgh pro in the sets are cr-mo the pittsburgh pro individual impact sockets are cr-v
that said i've used my cr-v pittsburgh pro 19mm quite a bit without a failure... not to say it won't fail next time but it hasn't failed yet
I have Sunex, Gearwrench, and Kobalt, and like all of them. I plan to get some GW and/or Craftsman pinless universals, a set of the Sunex super-ultra deep 1/2", and fill out the rest of the fixed ones I might need with Wright.
With all due respect to everyone here, steel alloys and heat treating are too complicated to simplify into a sound bite here. You can make excellent sockets out of a wide range of steel alloys. The processing is almost more important.
Manufacturers' marketing claims about their materials should be generally ignored. If a socket is made poorly, owners will complain. I wouldn't recommend making a purchase decision based on alloy.
Manufacturers' marketing claims about their materials should be generally ignored. If a socket is made poorly, owners will complain. I wouldn't recommend making a purchase decision based on alloy.