Mac RBRT Torx set - $135.99

[drtyler]

The Mac Tools monthly flyer that came out Monday has the 13 piece RBRT torx set for $40 off at $135.99. Set item number is ST13RBRT. Online price is still regular, but you can phone them for the discounted price.

 

[B_Bimmer]

Are those US made? They are so vague about that anymore it really turns me off.

 

[drtyler]

The RBRT sockets that I have seen, whether Mac or Proto, are made in Taiwan.

 

[Buckgnarly]

The Mac Tools monthly flyer that came out Monday has the 13 piece RBRT torx set for $40 off at $135.99. Set item number is ST13RBRT. Online price is still regular, but you can phone them for the discounted price.

Sat on the phone for 25 min waiting to spend my 135 today before I had to hang up....man, I wish Proto had the Torx RBRT set available, or even better, someone other than MAC had the patent. Freaking love the hex versions, got them from Zoro under the Proto label.
MAC just ***** availability, almost as bad as Cornwell!

 

[BolognaBlake]

Sat on the phone for 25 min waiting to spend my 135 today before I had to hang up....man, I wish Proto had the Torx RBRT set available, or even better, someone other than MAC had the patent. Freaking love the hex versions, got them from Zoro under the Proto label.
MAC just ***** availability, almost as bad as Cornwell!

Similar experience here. Trying to by a non-sale hex RBRT set I needed and the website was freaking out. Tried the phone but gave up after 10-15 minutes.

 

[Buckgnarly]

Similar experience here. Trying to by a non-sale hex RBRT set I needed and the website was freaking out. Tried the phone but gave up after 10-15 minutes.

Don't bother. I have wasted about 2 hours of my life so far on hold with MAC, a min of 30 min per call. My order has been flagged as "fraudlent" twice now, even AFTER I talked to them today.
I work at a tech school and apparently their system freaks out because I am trying to send it to my house...or something, not even their CS humans can do anything. Funny thing is I had no idea they even had me in their system....a student has been battling them for a year to get in the student discount program, I guess that's how they got me in it.
The company is AWFUL....can't wait until VIM or whoever makes their RBRT stuff starts selling it themselves.

 

[BolognaBlake]

Don't bother. I have wasted about 2 hours of my life so far on hold with MAC, a min of 30 min per call. My order has been flagged as "fraudlent" twice now, even AFTER I talked to them today.
I work at a tech school and apparently their system freaks out because I am trying to send it to my house...or something, not even their CS humans can do anything. Funny thing is I had no idea they even had me in their system....a student has been battling them for a year to get in the student discount program, I guess that's how they got me in it.
The company is AWFUL....can't wait until VIM or whoever makes their RBRT stuff starts selling it themselves.

They have the RBRT hex available as Proto advance hex, but they are hard to find.

 

[Skin]

5 minute phone call with a very friendly CSR and I have a set on the way. No drama. Thanks OP.

 

[Buckgnarly]

They have the RBRT hex available as Proto advance hex, but they are hard to find.

Zoro and a 20% coupon, easy peasy unlike MAC. I have the hex in the Proto form, work AMAZING on some sway bar end links, hence the want for the Torx.
I looked up the part numbers on Proto's website then put it into Zoro.

Can anyone say if the Torx work as well as the hex?

 

[drtyler]

5 minute phone call with a very friendly CSR and I have a set on the way. No drama. Thanks OP.

This was my experience as well. The set was delayed a few days because the promo t-shirt was out of stock, but all arrived yesterday.

I asked if they could just keep the t-shirt but was told the shirt was part of the deal.

 

[ihateminimumwage]

Can anyone say if the Torx work as well as the hex?

Our MAC dealer had a promo on the impact RBRT hex set a while ago and one of his selling points was that they work on Torx as well.

I recently bought the same Proto sets and they also fit torx screws perfectly, at least the ones I've run into so far (way less use in equipment than automotive).

 

[The Critic]

Our MAC dealer had a promo on the impact RBRT hex set a while ago and one of his selling points was that they work on Torx as well.

I recently bought the same Proto sets and they also fit torx screws perfectly, at least the ones I've run into so far (way less use in equipment than automotive).

What is the part# for the Proto RBRT torx sets?

 

[ihateminimumwage]

What is the part# for the Proto RBRT torx sets?

Bought from ZORO. Listed as hex bit, but work on Torx as well.
J4990R7SAE
J4990R7MM

 

[Buckgnarly]

Our MAC dealer had a promo on the impact RBRT hex set a while ago and one of his selling points was that they work on Torx as well.

I recently bought the same Proto sets and they also fit torx screws perfectly, at least the ones I've run into so far (way less use in equipment than automotive).

I remember seeing that when they first came out, that they work on torx also. I have not used the hex for torx yet, but they do seem to fit some I've tried awful nice.

 

[DantheRBRTguy]

Here are some answers to some questions I see here.

RBRT Hex is not designed to work on Torx fasteners, you might get luck some times, but they can chew out the center of a Torx fastener out. The RBRT Torx design is awesome, and all RBRT tools are designed to be used first to prevent damaging the fastener, but the design will remove damaged fasteners too.
Proto only carries the RBRT design in 3 Hex sets. 1/4, 3/8, 1/2 sets.
RBRT was launched into Proto to service the massive industrial Hex market.
No RBRT Torx is available thru Proto.
Thanks,
Dan.

 

[wkndwarrior29]

I saw this bumped and got all excited only to realize it was an old thread.

I did recently purchase a metric 3/8 proto hex set from zoro and I am happy with the quality. Not 100% sure if I will buy the rest of the line-up yet, I'm just a weekend warrior anyway.

Based on the number of torx fasteners on my vehicles, I had considered buying the RBRT torx set - but in all my years of wrenching have only ever stripped one torx fastener and it was my own fault. Curious if the pro's have seen a real benefit in torx or triple square RBRT?

Also - RBRT Guy, for bumping the hot deals thread, is there a garagejournal discount code in the works?

 

[Buckgnarly]

I should update also....after giving up on MAC, I finally got a random email from some lady on the education side who wanted to make me right...I've been forwarding orders directly to her, and she magically makes them happen. I still feel for people who don't have a Mac truck and rely on the phone CS.
I have since gotten a bunch of Torx, ZXN, and hex, and the screw removers from Mac, most of them in impact to kill 2 birds with one socket. All of them work well, I have not had a go with really screwed up torx or ZXN yet, but the hex continue to be amazing and I will continue to go with RBRT stuff.
The bolt extractors are WICKED expensive though, and the 3/8 does not include 19mm, so I have not tried them yet......

 

[KnurledNut]

Here are some answers to some questions I see here.

RBRT Hex is not designed to work on Torx fasteners, you might get luck some times, but they can chew out the center of a Torx fastener out. The RBRT Torx design is awesome, and all RBRT tools are designed to be used first to prevent damaging the fastener, but the design will remove damaged fasteners too.
Proto only carries the RBRT design in 3 Hex sets. 1/4, 3/8, 1/2 sets.
RBRT was launched into Proto to service the massive industrial Hex market.
No RBRT Torx is available thru Proto.
Thanks,
Dan.

Dan,
Just a suggestion, on your promotional ford bed bolt YouTube video, it would have been much more realistic if the test was done "removing" the fastener, since that is the whole point of this tool. I really didnt see the point of tightening it.

 

[DantheRBRTguy]

I appreciate your input. However, with Torx Plus, the way that profile fits and engages, right or left(tight or loose) works the same. They are not directional. In the demo, it is a lot easier to pull on the torque wrench than to push it. The end result would be the same either direction. I hope that explained my thoughts process on it, sometimes it’s a jumbled mess in there! Lol!

 

[Buckgnarly]

Dan,
Just a suggestion, on your promotional ford bed bolt YouTube video, it would have been much more realistic if the test was done "removing" the fastener, since that is the whole point of this tool. I really didnt see the point of tightening it.

I like the fact that they work in both directions. There are times when reusing the original bolt is the only option to get something back on the road...rare, but it happens. Best practice to get a replacement, but......

 

[KnurledNut]

I appreciate your input. However, with Torx Plus, the way that profile fits and engages, right or left(tight or loose) works the same. They are not directional. In the demo, it is a lot easier to pull on the torque wrench than to push it. The end result would be the same either direction. I hope that explained my thoughts process on it, sometimes it’s a jumbled mess in there! Lol!

I understand how it works.
And I certainly wasnt saying that gave an advantage.
The tools are literally called Rounded Bolt Removal Technology (R.B.R.T.™)
Emphasis on Removal.
Demoing how well it does installing them just makes me...