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Wasabi the J posted:Discount Tire really impressed me when they torqued my wheels to spec. Ditto this, I've had nothing but good experiences with them. When I was getting my tires done, I tossed in an "Oh, by he way, what did it tell you the torque spec was for that model? I forget what the manual said." and they had the correct answer front and center in the work order (which was properly followed) Side note for the new page, Harbor Freight has a 25% off one item coupon and the 5-drawer 30" tool cart on sale in a few days for $168.84 (can't be stacked) - I wish I wasn't in the middle of a move, though I don't have quite enough tools to justify it yet anyway http://images.harborfreight.com/hftweb/home-page2015/images040315/easter2015-coupons1.jpg Sentient Data fucked around with this message at 15:51 on Mar 29, 2015 |
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Sentient Data posted:Side note for the new page, Harbor Freight has a 25% off one item coupon and the 5-drawer 30" tool cart on sale in a few days for $168.84 (can't be stacked) - I wish I wasn't in the middle of a move, though I don't have quite enough tools to justify it yet anyway X% off coupons don't apply to tool carts. YMMV.
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Mar 29, 2015 16:37
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Get the cart and open the box but don't remove anything. Reseal it with a bunch of shipping tape and write "Garage - Fragile" on the top and sides in Sharpie, and slide it in with the rest of your packed boxes. 
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Mar 29, 2015 16:42
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Wasabi the J posted:Discount Tire really impressed me when they torqued my wheels to spec. This local place (Peoria Plaza Tire) used a torque wrench the first time I went there and have kept going back despite the long waits and no appointments. Last time they cranked my wheels on so hard I had to pay some guy $10 to break them loose for me. So, I'll probably never go back there again. I'm fickle like that.
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Mar 29, 2015 18:27
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That's actually the opposite of fickle. I just have a friend mount tires now because the last time I went to a tire place they realigned my car despite me telling them not to, which made the car drive way wrong until I fixed it.
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Mar 29, 2015 18:38
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I stopped taking my car to tire places. I take the wheels off, put em in the other car, drop em off at the tire shop, pick em back up an hour later. Tire shop can't gently caress up the alignment or torque specs if they don't have the car to work on.
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Mar 29, 2015 19:21
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Brigdh posted:I stopped taking my car to tire places. I take the wheels off, put em in the other car, drop em off at the tire shop, pick em back up an hour later. Tire shop can't gently caress up the alignment or torque specs if they don't have the car to work on. "Yeah, well I just order loaded steelies from Tire Rack and toss the old ones. I mean, ugh, used rims.  "
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Mar 29, 2015 22:15
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Brigdh posted:I stopped taking my car to tire places. I take the wheels off, put em in the other car, drop em off at the tire shop, pick em back up an hour later. Tire shop can't gently caress up the alignment or torque specs if they don't have the car to work on.
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Splizwarf posted:No, the point of having an impact is getting bolts and nuts in and out in 1/30th of the time it takes by hand. Time is money, even in the driveway. Breaking bolts free is a nice perk when available, not the raison d'être. You're thinking of an air ratchet
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I have a firey hatred for air ratchets. If it's tethered to something, I've learned to just avoid it whenever possible. This is why I have a big nasty 1/2" impact that only comes out for ridiculous bullshit anymore. The rest of the time it's this little family of Milwaukee that does all the work. That fuel 3/8 impact will happily pull off lug nuts and anything else of a reasonable size, the 3/8 ratchet takes off anything that a regular ratchet will (because it's still a ratchet), I just don't have to crank it the rest of the way out by hand. It's the greatest tool combination ever. I used to drag my air ratchet and 3/8-1/2 impacts out for everything because it's faster than a wrench or ratchet, but gently caress AIR LINES.
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Mar 30, 2015 23:27
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Raluek posted:You're thinking of an air ratchet I used one for hundreds of daily 10mm bolts for about a year. Then I got an M12 impact driver. Going back to a bullshit awkward-angle shrieking air ratchet near my head makes me angry just thinking about it. I dunno if it's PTSD or whatever but I got the M12 right-angle drill at the same time and have never once used it. The normal M12 drill sees a lot of use, though. v  v
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I guess I object a bit less if you're talking about using an electric impact. I was imagining someone taking a 500+ ft-lb air impact and bashing every fastener on some poor guy's car into place. I'm just fundamentally opposed to using an impact to put things on, the same way you never use a torque wrench to loosen something. They're opposites.
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Mar 31, 2015 08:00
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Guess I must be weird. I love the feel of some rubber hose on my naked body while removing an axle nut. Unnfff!
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Mar 31, 2015 08:25
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I use my impact driver a lot. It has something like 10 lb/ft of torque so I can just hammer bolts in with reckless abandon and then torque them properly. Saves a lot of time. I basically use it as a slightly beefier electric screwdriver.
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Mar 31, 2015 13:20
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revmoo posted:I basically use it as a slightly beefier electric screwdriver. Same, I have an old 12v nicad dewalt impact gun and it's probably my most valued power tool. It's especially quick for tearing down anything that comes in a flat pack like desks, beds, garden sheds. Also putting it back together assuming you have one with a variable trigger so you can be gentle.
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Mar 31, 2015 13:46
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Barely related to the thread, but has anyone seen these Yeti coolers? Is it a joke? Who pays $350-$750 for a cooler? What does it do that makes worth as much as 10 igloos?
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Apr 1, 2015 01:25
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No, Upper middle class suburbanites, nothing.
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Apr 1, 2015 02:14
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I have read in this thread that cheap grease guns are garbage. Any recommendations for a, er, not super expensive but not lovely grease gun? I am doing some tie inners and outers pretty soon and need one to shoot some grease into the outers. And I assume its a good thing to have around for other suspension work that will soon be on my plate.
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Mercury Ballistic posted:Barely related to the thread, but has anyone seen these Yeti coolers? When you need to keep something cold in very hot temperatures, the cost is worth it. We used them in the Middle East. Commercial fishermen use them to keep their catch cold on long trips, they transport organs in them.
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Apr 1, 2015 03:16
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Mercury Ballistic posted:Barely related to the thread, but has anyone seen these Yeti coolers? I wish they made something smaller and I'd use it for work. There's a few guys that use them and they keep poo poo seriously cold.
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Apr 1, 2015 03:30
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It seems like temperature over time charts with a consistent outer temperature would be a really easy way to objectively compare coolers, but Google tries to be too smart with synonyms and only brings up climate change stuff. I really miss when quotes actually meant something to their engine
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Apr 1, 2015 03:36
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I bought this light the other day and it has held a charge all day and is cordless. Bright as poo poo also which is a good quality in all lights.
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Apr 1, 2015 04:02
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http://gearjunkie.com/camping-coolers-kelty-yeti-igloo High End Cooler Test by SportsmanGuys.com™ -: https://youtu.be/6-TE4RnqT0U
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Apr 1, 2015 04:13
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InitialDave posted:Even a 300-odd lb.ft impact gun isn't even close to what I can manage with a breaker bar, or what I've found myself needing on Landie parts. 300 ft lb is pretty low end for impacts. The good ones are 600-700 ft lb or more.
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HotCanadianChick posted:300 ft lb is pretty low end for impacts. The good ones are 600-700 ft lb or more. Wait, are we talking about air or cordless at this point? My 1/2" drive Nitrocat was ~$175 and rated for 1,200 ft lbs anticlockwise, and it's not even one of the good ones.
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Splizwarf posted:Wait, are we talking about air or cordless at this point? When someone says "impact" and doesn't include "cordless" or "electric" is means a real impact, i.e. air. That's what anyone who's owned tools for more than 10 years would understand it to be, because all of the electric ones are pretty much poo poo at this point. poo poo that you might want based on your not having a compressor/doing remote service/etc, so totally useful in the right situation. But the benchmark is still a properly supplied air tool.
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Apr 1, 2015 04:33
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SouthsideSaint posted:I bought this light the other day and it has held a charge all day and is cordless. Bright as poo poo also which is a good quality in all lights. That's good to know for when my trunk light shits the bed. I like having a car adapter and not relying on the batteries holding a charge while I keep it in the car for months at a time (I should probably top up the charge, now that I think about it).
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PaintVagrant posted:I have read in this thread that cheap grease guns are garbage. Any recommendations for a, er, not super expensive but not lovely grease gun? I am doing some tie inners and outers pretty soon and need one to shoot some grease into the outers. And I assume its a good thing to have around for other suspension work that will soon be on my plate. I bought the cheapo grease gun at AutoZone and it was completely useless. When I went a step up to the next one (which was not that much more expensive), it actually worked. Nothing fancy. Both were pump action guns, but the next step up (which was like $5 more IIRC) made a vast difference. Sorry I can't offer more details.
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So I thought you guys might like some tool-porn... this is what ~$23k looks like in a Snapon SAE toolbox (pardon the potato quality): http://imgur.com/a/BAfjm
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Sentient Data posted:It seems like temperature over time charts with a consistent outer temperature would be a really easy way to objectively compare coolers, but Google tries to be too smart with synonyms and only brings up climate change stuff. I really miss when quotes actually meant something to their engine "Search tools" -> "All Results" -> "Verbatim".
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Motronic posted:When someone says "impact" and doesn't include "cordless" or "electric" is means a real impact, i.e. air. Yup. If I want to pop bolts free with a breaker bar and spin 'em the rest of the way off quickly with an electric tool, I can do that by tossing a 3/8" or 1/2" adaptor and the correct size socket in the end of my power drill.
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HotCanadianChick posted:300 ft lb is pretty low end for impacts. The good ones are 600-700 ft lb or more. Though a large man on a 40" breaker bar can deal with most things, I don't disagree that a good, powerful impact gun makes life much easier. However, I just use a cheapo Aldi one in the same way others have mentioned, as a fast way to zip stuff out (or in, on a low setting), doing the initial loosening and final tightening manually. I'll probably grab a "good" impact at some point. I do have an air ratchet, but find them annoying to be honest.
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Motronic posted:When someone says "impact" and doesn't include "cordless" or "electric" is means a real impact, i.e. air. I'm not sure I'd agree. Electric is coming and coming fast. Most industrial users are getting away from expensive, leaky, inefficient air and moving to electric these days. The only down side right now is weight and initial investment.
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Motronic posted:When someone says "impact" and doesn't include "cordless" or "electric" is means a real impact, i.e. air.  You've got me there, Grandpa, it's only been 7 years. Since everyone had both, in my last shop we used "air gun" and "battery gun" for clarity.I was asking because we'd been discussing both and I couldn't figure out which one InitialDave meant; on the other hand I just looked at the M18 1/2" gun and it turns out that's rated at 700ftlbs clockwise and 1,100ftlbs anticlockwise, so I guess he's wrong either way. Sorry, InitialDave. v  v
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bolind posted:I had myself a little think: Well, I went with my original plan, which seems like it's worked alright. Will do the job anyway. 
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Cool! So the middle box could technically slide on the bottom box, but won't in practice?
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bolind posted:Cool! So the middle box could technically slide on the bottom box, but won't in practice? Yeah it kind of sits on the raised edge of the one underneath, and I had a feeling that as soon as it had some weight on it, it would slip and not sit straight. Sticking the layer of wood in-between just gives it a slightly more level surface to sit on.
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VolumeOverTalent posted:Yeah it kind of sits on the raised edge of the one underneath, and I had a feeling that as soon as it had some weight on it, it would slip and not sit straight. Sticking the layer of wood in-between just gives it a slightly more level surface to sit on. Can you get a ratchet strap around the handles to pull the two boxes together? It would make them less likely to slip, but I'd be worried about handles being deformed. Though theoretically they should support the weight of the full box, so should be okay.
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My dad gave me a bunch of his air tools as a move in gift, partially because he never used them:  My tool box is getting crowded. 
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