Harbor Freight Tools that don't suck

[Imold]

Some swear by Slime

Some swear at it.

If they leak down I will just use some bead sealer on the rims but for 3.99 each what the heck.

 

[5030]

Fully disagree.

I can't think of much that mankind has made that hasn't been misused at some point. Can't let the folk that do bad take away from those that do not. It is a slippery slope when you start blaming "things" for the actions of "people". Hold folk accountable, don't try to shift blame to "things".

You are always entitled to your opinion as I am entitled to mine. cupcake.

Additionally...

Slime sucks as well in my opinion. Might be fine for little tires but don't use that crap in a larger tire and expect a tire shop to repair that tire, they usually won't.

 

[stuckmotor]

If they leak down I will just use some bead sealer on the rims but for 3.99 each what the heck.

Imold,
Have you dismounted any of those tires? If they're tube tires with two piece rims that bolt together as they appear to be in the ad photo I don't think bead sealer will help. If on the other hand, you've found a way to make bead sealer solve the leak problem, please give a full description. I own and abuse five HF hand trucks.

 

[Imold]

Imold,
Have you dismounted any of those tires? If they're tube tires with two piece rims that bolt together as they appear to be in the ad photo I don't think bead sealer will help. If on the other hand, you've found a way to make bead sealer solve the leak problem, please give a full description. I own and abuse five HF hand trucks.

Ya it looks like they are bolt together rims and I did not think about that but I will see what happens, I have a couple thoughts on it besides tube’s, my harbor freight 2 wheel dolly leaks down about twice a year but those are one piece rims, when I get these and if I have issues I will post my fix that hopefully works. Either way I will not complain about 3.99 tires and rims.


On a different note. There was a tire flat fix that came with warning stickers that you were supposed to put on the rim if you used it for a flat tire so the tire repair person knew it was in the tire, that was in the late 80’s into the 90’s not sure if it was slime or what but there were a few reports of tires blowing in repair shops.
I use plugs at home if I have to and other then that I let the tire shop patch them the right way if they hold air long enough to drive to the shop, have not had a plug fail yet, just had a rear tire patched Tuesday at the shop and it was 18.00.

 

[4570Man]

What does HF have against 18 millimeter tools?

 

[Imold]

What does HF have against 18 millimeter tools?

As in what? Not stocking that size wrench or socket?

I use Craftsman wrenches and sockets, Mac and Blue Point air tools.

 

[4570Man]

As in what? Not stocking that size wrench or socket?

I use Craftsman wrenches and sockets, Mac and Blue Point air tools.

I’ve got a harbor freight wrench set which I don’t like, 2 sets of deep sockets and a set of shallow sockets and the shallow is the only one that has an 18 mm.

 

[Diggin It]

I've noticed a couple of other sizes that are usually missing out of socket sets too, but I can't recall what they are right now. And they stopped selling individual sockets so you can't replace a lost one.

 

[aczlan]

I’ve got a harbor freight wrench set which I don’t like, 2 sets of deep sockets and a set of shallow sockets and the shallow is the only one that has an 18 mm.

I have a SAE deep impact set from HF that is decent, need to find a Metric deep set that has 14mm, 15mm, 16mm, 17 and 18mm sockets. Most seem to miss at least 2 sockets from that list.

Aaron Z

 

[hunt4570]

What does HF have against 18 millimeter tools?

Or 16mm wrenches, all the sets, HF, Lowes, Home depot, ALL skip the 16mm combo wrench!!