PSA[1]: 50% off Halford Pro Tool sets

Jesus, does anyone on earth not already have that set?

 

Which is just as well or they'd go broke refunding/replacing the tools.

They're "Ok", but they're not great tools.

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zymurgy wrote:

Sorry? 'Unnecesary' tools? Are you *mad*?


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Excuse me? TIGHTENING the bolt with the breaker bar?

You require a fucking torque wrench. Heathen.

 

Or retirement. There are enough tools in there to see me out.
Until I buy a bike or car with yet another variation on the latest
impossible fastener.
<cue rant about 5 sided torx>

 

Right on every count.

 

Did you ever find a driver for those?

I ended up making my own tool

 

This is the one:

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001
_catalogId_10151_productId_216036_langId_-1_categoryId_165572

You flash baarstard.

 

The bit that annoys me is that people keep giving me additional
redundant shitty socket sets for Christmas rather than individual decent
tools that wouldn't break as soon as I look at them strangely.

 

I've got three of the metric ratchet ones ones and they are good.

The thing that annoys me is Halfords charging twice as much for the AF
set as they do the metric one. Cheeky buggers!

 

Nobody sane needs non metric tools
HTH

 

FX tightens strait jacket.

 

That would be an old jacket, with non-metric fasteners?

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The solution is to explicitly ask not to be bought such items, getting
the correct ones yourself and being reimbursed - I've pretty much
bought all my own presents this Xmas.

 

Err, have you seen the torque needed on a Landrover crankshaft bolt
[1] It's either 3 seconds on a rattle gun or standing on a breaker bar
for 10 seconds.

It's a matter of feel, innit. Never had a crankshaft pulley fall off
on me yet ...

Paul.

[1] Hint, it's over 150lb/ft

 

I have some that just clutter up the toolbox (like a set of deep,
imperial impact sockets and a lot of 3/4 drive 'big stuff', in case I
ever need to go out working on JCB's or tractors ...

Paul.

 

It will happen precisely 3 weeks after you pass them on as 'you really
don't need them'

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Oh hell aye, it's incredible. There is a trick mind....

 

You may have a point...

Which just goes to show that Halfords is a greedy corporation that
takes advantage of the mentally disturbed.

Something Must Be done

 

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