05-21-2020, 08:46 AM | #11 |
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Holy worn tooling, Batman!!!!
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05-21-2020, 09:15 AM | #12 |
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Holy crap!!!!
Really hard to tell, but those almost look like they were redesigned to be manufactured with a different process. The cradle looks different. Regardless, that just shows the company has no QC whatsoever even on components people trust their lives to. Last edited by FC; 05-21-2020 at 10:13 AM. Reason: typo, as usual |
05-21-2020, 10:03 AM | #13 |
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I mean, I've always hated that kind of jack stand, but that is INSANE.
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I get that this is HF, and they won't control their products like high-end engineering/manufacturing companies might. But you have to at east check critical safety components. What faith can one have that their sockets or impact tools have the right hardness and won't splinter upon impact and take an eye out? Whatever little faith I had in HF is totally gone now. |
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Just a possibility. |
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It reminds me a lot more of counterfeit Chinese sports jersey where none of the colors, shapes, fonts, sizes, or placements are quite right. If someone's wearing one on the street among people wearing other types of clothing, the average Joe may not notice anything amiss. But, if someone is wearing that knock off at a game where most people are wearing the correct versions, even someone that doesn't have clue notices something is different about that one.
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I must have not been clear. In short, we are in agreement. I'm not implying they stopped machining it. I'm saying they moved to new, crappy tooling so as to avoid machining altogether. Hence my pointing out that the font is different, pointing to a different tool.
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Other than rags, sanding disc's, cheap batteries. Friend don't let their friend buy from Harbor Freight.
https://www.autoblog.com/2020/06/14/...stand-failure/ I'm sure there other things I didn't list that are fine from Harbor Freight, but if its failure can hurt you, don't try to save a few bucks on it at HF
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One thing that I have generally observed is that it seems that anything cast at HF seems to be a lot more likely to fail.
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I thought this was funny. Hopefully it doesn't offend anyone.
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