Important

[SAMSET]

Sick babies suck.

it sucks even more when mom and dad are sick and dont want to deal with sick baby.



SAM'tired'SET

 

[kastein]

I didn't think for the 8.25 you had to get a retaining plate. Thought that was just for the XJ Dana 44.

You are right. 8.25 is C clip... at least in the XJ/AN/BN/DN. It is full float in the XK but who cares about those.

 

[POLAR_JEEP_04]

Full float or semi float?

 

[GoSlowGetStuck]

Harbor Freight has the 300 piece tool set on sale for $150 today:

http://www.harborfreight.com/professional-301-piece-mechanics-tool-kit-45951.html

I bought the same set 6 years ago to kickstart my toolbox when I first got into turning wrenches. I cut apart the trays and put each one in a tool box drawer. The ratchets finally gave out this year but otherwise it's been a great set of tools.

 

[Fore Wheeler]

Re: Re: Important

Harbor Freight has the 300 piece tool set on sale for $150 today:

http://www.harborfreight.com/professional-301-piece-mechanics-tool-kit-45951.html

I bought the same set 6 years ago to kickstart my toolbox when I first got into turning wrenches. I cut apart the trays and put each one in a tool box drawer. The ratchets finally gave out this year but otherwise it's been a great set of tools.

That looks like one of my old jeeps!

 

[BRIANHO13]

Harbor Freight has the 300 piece tool set on sale for $150 today:

http://www.harborfreight.com/professional-301-piece-mechanics-tool-kit-45951.html

I bought the same set 6 years ago to kickstart my toolbox when I first got into turning wrenches. I cut apart the trays and put each one in a tool box drawer. The ratchets finally gave out this year but otherwise it's been a great set of tools.

After bending a couple of thier wrenches I don't trust thier stuff for much more than trail spares and even then I don't carry much of thier stuff.

 

[macgyvr]

Their stuff has a life time warranty like everything else tho.

mac 'bent a 3 in 1 once' gyvr

 

[Fore Wheeler]

Warranties do you no good on the trail and your tool breaks.

I have craftsman in the garage and jeep.

 

[RAM-ROD]

I have pretty much all Craftsman also but for a one time use type of "special" tool they have some stuff that will get you out of a jam cheap.

Ram" Cheap tarps also"Rod

 

[macgyvr]

I've done ok with harbor freight stuff. I don't use it much, but in a pinch if I need it, I have a few things. Mostly from 'freebies' that they are giving away all the time with a purchase, i have half a dozen tape measures and more screw drivers than I can count.

I have bought a few specific things from there or autozone, like the ratchet and socket for the trailer bearings that I leave in the trailer, and that's the only place it is used.

I've got a ton of separate tool bags these days, at one point, I had one for each of two trailers, each of two trail jeeps, and the tow rig.

mac 'I need a bigger tool box' gyvr

 

[macgyvr]

Ram" Cheap tarps also"Rod

^truth

mac 'inexpensive enough if you tear it or lose it, its no big deal' gyvr

 

[GoSlowGetStuck]

All fair points. I bought it primarily for a decent set of 1/4, 3/8 and 1/2 sockets. Most cheap tool sets include very few wrenches because there is so much metal in them. I bought a metric wrench set separately that didn't skip any sizes.

I bought it and assumed I'd be replacing it with nicer stuff down the road, but the sockets have held up well and I am pretty hard on them. It was nice when I started working on stuff to have a fairly complete set and everything had a home, rather than digging through sockets in a small toolbox.

 

[kastein]

Full float or semi float?

all 8.25s I know of except the XK one are semi float, c clip. The one exception is the XK 8.25, it's a wonky full float design with some sort of weird unit bearing at each wheel (iirc) that slips over splines on the outer end of the axleshaft.

 

[POLAR_JEEP_04]

Sounds like a weird set up.

 

[POLAR_JEEP_04]

I use craftsmen and duralast tools. I get tape, cutting and grinding wheels, and random stuff like hose clamps and fuses at HF

 

[kastein]

They actually had to recall their fuses a while ago because they weren't blowing, and it set some cars on fire.

I wouldn't trust their hose clamps either.

On the other hand I have their 3/4" breaker bar, thing kicks ass. I am upgrading to 3/4 drive on everything I have previously broken 1/2 drive tools on... axle nut socket, pinion nut sockets, etc. Just picked up their 21 piece 3/4 drive SAE socket set for $60 on sale... so now I have two 3/4 ratchets, two 3/4 breaker bars, (had one of each already), extensions, and a pile of sockets.

I leaned on a rusty seized d60 pinion nut with 4 foot of iron pipe and the 3/4 HF breaker bar and it came off like butter.

- Ken "230 foot pounds plus rust = cake" Stein

 

[POLAR_JEEP_04]

I'm not sure how you can mess up a hose clamp. The fuses are in my "trail spares" bag so they only get me off the trail. And they didn't have a problem blowing when my NSS caused me to blow my PCM fuse every time I went in R so I think they're good.

 

[Fore Wheeler]

HF Electrical shrink tube ftw.

 

[IllianaXJ]

I'm not sure how you can mess up a hose clamp. The fuses are in my "trail spares" bag so they only get me off the trail. And they didn't have a problem blowing when my NSS caused me to blow my PCM fuse every time I went in R so I think they're good.

I have ran into a few hose clamps that strip out as soon as you snug them down.

I usually stock up on fuses and relays when I hit the junkyard.

 

[DrMoab]

The only tools from HF I've had luck with is a set of their deep impact sockets and for some odd reason a 4" angle grinder that just won't die. Everything else has failed in short order.