My 3/8 just died a violent death. Removing the very last lug nut on an F350 rotation job it...well, it exploded. It must have been old and fatigued because I wasnt even leaning on it like I have before. Oh well. At least theyre cheap.
I've had a lot of difficulty with mine. The reversing mechanism seems to easily jam up and reverse itself. I have yet to break one. But I don't go too hard with them
Replying to my own message, I actually just walk out of harbor freight I was about to buy a new one, She reminded me that there is a lifetime warranty on it. So I didn't purchase the new one I just have to bring back the old One and replace
These would be good for lug nuts, as the distance of the head along with a socket would give you the length you need to clear the rim and no extension is needed
Yes these work out okay the ratchet mechanism isn't the strongest and I've run into some of the issues other people commented on with it not wanting to cooperate but generally it's okay
Picked up both of these with the 25% off coupon during the July 4th weekend - for the price I couldn't pass them up - throwing the 3/8" one in my car and the 1/2" in my truck with a socket to fit their lug nuts. These will beat the heck out of the standard lug wrench if I'm ever stuck changing a flat on the side of the road!
Oh I’ve broken a 1/2” drive one on lugbolts torqued to 100ft lbs. 🙃 when it broke I saw the metal of the anvil/gear, and the pawls that are supposed to hold the leverage. I’ve since realized that I basically bought myself 2 decent handles. Maybe I’ll put together a ratchet on them. If I don’t do that, hopefully I can just swap them out for some regular breaker bars someday. It’s easy enough to break them again if I needed to.
I use mine at work every day. The metal in good but the failure point in the ratchet head. The gears tend to break on them. But it does have Lifetime warranty so I'm not complaining for the price. I work mines pretty hard too.
Must have gotten a crap unit. I have been using both my 3/8 & 1/2 breakee loose stuck & rusty bolts / nuts. Not one them has failed. They have never failed to get them loose. Nice part is the life time warranty? Yeah making the trip takes up some time? Sucks but it's better then having to ship them off for warranty
Mines a little different, I bought it at O'Reilly's and it's held up fine but I'm sure I could break it if I really, really tried hard. Some people could F up a locomotive with a rubber hammer.
