Snap on Dead blow!!! Is dead!!

[tweedlestan]

Uses wrong tool, something goes wrong, blames tool

I can tell you've never owned an orange Snap on deadblow. They self destruct sitting in a toolbox.

 

[Cope]

In the 1980s-1990s most Snap-on compothene hammers were branded Blue Point and carried a 90 day warranty. I was still able to get these warrantied years later. Whoever made them for Snap-on made them for Matco too. I got a Blue Point in my tool order. Rather than send it back and have Matco deny shipping it, I kept it.

 

[nes999]

I've read about SO dead blows falling apart so instead of buying them I went with trusty Cook.

if only trusty cook made brass deadblows.

 

[hammersmadeinusa]

Who were those hammers made by, anyone know? Trusty Cook did make Snap On hammers at one point, is that one of them?

This hammer was manufactured by Snap-on (injection molded) and is about 20 years old. Trusty-Cook once manufactured orange sledge hammers for Snap-on, and now Trusty-Cook manufactures the Blue-Point sledge hammers for Snap-on.

 

[3 Gun Shooter]

My 120lbs wife was pounding 2 steel pegs in soft grass and the hammer blew apart.

My dealer said they wont warranty it?
The pegs were 3/4" round flat top. If the dead blows cant hold up to her using it i don't want another one anyway i guess.
But I was kinda surprised with my dealers response.

**** your dealer, I've had 3 dead blow hammers fall apart, called Snap On they sent me a new one with a call tag for the old one. One got in 2 days the other 2 in 3 days. That is a lot better than the idiot dealer I had, he would have taken 2 months.

 

[ratrod22]

I would be calling snap on and talking with them. I ending the relationship with that dealer. I had the same problem that a tool broke and the dealer refused to warranty it so I ended the relationship with him and currently starting to sell my snap-on stuff and going with MAC. At first I didn't like my Mac dealer but he started respecting me and have me some really good deals and everything has taken off from there. I give my MAC tool dealer a 100 bill every week because I buy a lot from him and we have built a great relationship with him. But give snap-on a call:
USA: 800-225-5786
Canada: 800-225-5786

 

[overkill19]

Thx guys ill give SO a call

 

[aczr2k]

Just had that exact hammer warrantied less than a month ago, no questions asked, all I heard was "oh yeah those just degrade and fall apart over time".

 

[overkill19]

I would be calling snap on and talking with them. I ending the relationship with that dealer. I had the same problem that a tool broke and the dealer refused to warranty it so I ended the relationship with him and currently starting to sell my snap-on stuff and going with MAC. At first I didn't like my Mac dealer but he started respecting me and have me some really good deals and everything has taken off from there. I give my MAC tool dealer a 100 bill every week because I buy a lot from him and we have built a great relationship with him. But give snap-on a call:

USA: 800-225-5786

Canada: 800-225-5786

I actually like a lot of my Mac stuff better, I have the Mac flex head ratchets, my 1/2" has seen all of my love bouncing on it and it still going strong

 

[tjpavlov]

So did you ever call?

 

[4xdog]

Urethane degrades over time it's simply the nature of the chemistry. This isn't uncommon. It happened when Stanley owned Com-po-cast and it's going to happen to Trusty-Cook's, Snap-On's, Harbor Freight's and anybody else's urethane hammers in due time. The condition this occurs most frequently on is called white death. When the hammer starts to turn white this indicates that the hammer will soon fade.

In the 1980s-1990s most Snap-on compothene hammers were branded Blue Point and carried a 90 day warranty. I was still able to get these warrantied years later. Whoever made them for Snap-on made them for Matco too. I got a Blue Point in my tool order. Rather than send it back and have Matco deny shipping it, I kept it.

I had one of those old Blue Point dead blow ball peen hammers -- found it on the highway in the late 1980s. I loved it and it was my go-to for years.

It got the white death described by dnschmidt. It wasn't warrantied, to no surprise. I have the Snap-on equivalent 16 oz hammer now in its place, but it's not quite as comfortable as that old one. If that Blue Point were available new I'd get one today.

 

[leg17]

It was probably going to fall apart anyway, but using a soft face dead blow to pound in a steel stake just sped up the process. Soft face dead blows prefer to be impacted with large flat surfaces.

^^^^^^^

I know EVERY tool is a hammer eventually, but there are hammers, and then there are hammers.

 

[LB-1911]

Thx guys ill give SO a call

So did you ever call?

^ Painless, no drama, new hammer in 10 days?

 

[SnapOnAddiction]

Damon it exploded call it in and report your driver as well, I buy trusty cook theirs are what everyone else's matco,cornwell,Napa etc are and are great but the new snap ons are better the old ones ****.

I have black hard handle screwdrivers that got the white death and are started to crack like 80s car paint on gms well like my 87 Monte Carlo ss did.

Would like to replace the screwdrivers but can't they were my dad's and sentimental, might get new handles and use the shanks idk yet good luck.