Summit Racing Vs made in USA

[TC]

so what is ya sayin Groucho ya can understand what people is sayin unless da sentence starts wit a capital letter and ends in a period - aww yea foo

Or would 'tis speak be better, ye be knowin' a sentence that starts wit' a Capital 'n ends wit' a period. I mean ye do understand what a scurvy pirate's got to shout don't ye...

[CDMBill]

Where Craftsman tools are actually made now? I don't know. I pulled two "identical", same size, Gates Green Stripe belts off my car last weekend, the older one says made in USA, the newer doesn't. The newer one is thinner by about .020, does anybody know about this running change? I bought the presumably offshore belt at O'Rielly's near Heartland Park Topeka after the other belt self immolated during Drag Week day one.

As a nation we have appearantly voted for cheap over quality and the presumption that USA made equals same. The Wal-Martization of American consumer retail.

I am glad I have an American made crank (Bryant) and rods (Oliver) in the motor again, cost was approximatly 3x vs. the Scat pieces.

[groucho]

so what is ya sayin Groucho ya can understand what people is sayin unless da sentence starts wit a capital letter and ends in a period - aww yea foo

Or would 'tis speak be better, ye be knowin' a sentence that starts wit' a Capital 'n ends wit' a period. I mean ye do understand what a scurvy pirate's got to shout don't ye...

Hey man, I never claim to be a genius. My grades in school sucked. But, I sometimes have to take a freakin nap after reading some of the shit on here. It's like trying to break some kind of God damn code

[Mater]

We flat out took a torch to a craftsman wrench and bent it at a 45 degree angle to do a job and after we were done my friend took it Sears and they warranted it for him..........

it;s amazing what they will take back.

[Beagle]

did not know that about the ratchets. only have had the sockets break and wrenches bend

The new ratchets have a very high infant mortality rate. I've had about 33 percent that are crap right out of the box. Quality control is an absolute joke. I've had an extremely bad run with the 1/4" ratchets, like 2/3 fail. The 1/2 are a little better. I don't use the newer 3/8 ones, as I prefer my old crap so I can't really speak to them.

This is their "big box" line though, the 8,000,001 piece kit ratchets, and it's hit and miss. Some of them are great, some are crap. When you get the off the shelf replacement for the coarse tooth ratchets, the ratio gets worse (to me anyway). The replacement is worse than the original. Some of the off the rack fine tooth ratchets are still magical.

The sockets I've broken over the years all have some evidence of having been on an impact. Sears will still replace a chrome socket that's been on an impact wrench. The Snap-On guy would hand it back to you and go "Bummer"... the Mac guy would give us dirty looks and then replace it. He also brought us ice cold beer on Fridays. Guess where I spent more money.

(Sears... cheaper to buy my own beer.)

(The last paragraph's completing sentence did not end as an interoggative for a reason.)

[SuperBuickGuy]

(The last paragraph's completing sentence did not end as an interoggative for a reason.)

only one "g" in interrogative (but two "r"s)...

groucho is having a bad day, had to give him drugs






To be clear - Groucho the dog, not Groucho, the spellchecking, grammer police, angry Californian.

[Beagle]

It fiigures that I would misspeel it. Karma is a bitch.

Oh - just spotted it. If it helps any, that would be grammar with two A's, and no E.

Grin.

[groucho]

The really good part is, I get to catch up on missed sleep due to insomnia. After decoding some of this shit, I'm tired as hell.
I feel I need one of those boxes the Nazis had in WWII

[SuperBuickGuy]

It fiigures that I would misspeel it. Karma is a bitch.

Oh - just spotted it. If it helps any, that would be grammar with two A's, and no E.

Grin.

it 'twas on purpose

[Mater]

The new ratchets have a very high infant mortality rate. I've had about 33 percent that are crap right out of the box. Quality control is an absolute joke. I've had an extremely bad run with the 1/4" ratchets, like 2/3 fail. The 1/2 are a little better. I don't use the newer 3/8 ones, as I prefer my old crap so I can't really speak to them.

This is their "big box" line though, the 8,000,001 piece kit ratchets, and it's hit and miss. Some of them are great, some are crap. When you get the off the shelf replacement for the coarse tooth ratchets, the ratio gets worse (to me anyway). The replacement is worse than the original. Some of the off the rack fine tooth ratchets are still magical.

The sockets I've broken over the years all have some evidence of having been on an impact. Sears will still replace a chrome socket that's been on an impact wrench. The Snap-On guy would hand it back to you and go "Bummer"... the Mac guy would give us dirty looks and then replace it. He also brought us ice cold beer on Fridays. Guess where I spent more money.

(Sears... cheaper to buy my own beer.)

(The last paragraph's completing sentence did not end as an interoggative for a reason.)

huh my sears does nto care about the impact thing lol

i am still using craftmen ratches from the 70's grandpa gave them to me

[milner351]

So - I suppose after 10 pages, the moral of the story is - if you want good tools for not a lot of money - buy used!

other lessons learned:

-don't use bad grammar or speeling - it pisses off Groucho and a bunch of other guys, but it helps Groucho sleep - so maybe it's not a totally bad thing?

Groucho - we ALL need a decoder box to figure out what Mr Subaru from Maine types!

[SuperBuickGuy]

maibe baud spelurs hav crapy teuls?

I still say buy tools that have a lifetime warranty and are easily replaced.... if you aren't breaking tools (no matter the brand) you're obviously not working hard enough

[SpeedJunkee]

Stop by your local Speed Shop, that way if he has a wall of china made crap you can yell and cuss at him in person!

[SuperBuickGuy]

Stop by your local Speed Shop, that way if he has a wall of china made crap you can yell and cuss at him in person!

no such thing in my neck of the woods (okay, I exaggerate - there is one within 50 miles of my house).

[Beagle]

huh my sears does nto care about the impact thing lol

i am still using craftmen ratches from the 70's grandpa gave them to me

there are damn few people left at Sears who know what impact damage looks like when they see it. Ya gave me a retirement idea though. I wonder what Sears' benefits are like?

SJ! Is that you? where ya been?

I saw a bumper sticker that needed a decoder - grate rider, bad spalr

I offer Barry conversion for a small fee. I don't need the decoder...

This thread is now appealing to my a.d.d. , I feel like a pinball.