JINXTED MYSELF What should I do??

[hodgo]

I reasently post a post saying who good my 30 year old Sidchrome socket set has been, This morning I tried to undo a wheel nut useing the 1.1/8 AF socket and broke the 1/2 sq drive on my long bar.
Should I try and get it replaced under warranty or just buy another .

hodgo

[hook]

You can always try.

Aslong as there are no marks on the Ex Bar.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Lifetime guarantee should mean exactly that, unfortunately it is sooo often the fine print makes a claim impossible. :mad:

However I find that there is too much flex in 1/2" drive to use them successfully on stubborn wheel nuts. I use 3/4" drive for those issues, even have them in the RRc and my SIII.

[stage1slave]

You'd have to try. Sidchrome replaced a 30+ year old ratchet of ours.
Good luck.

cheers
ER

[rangieman]

Yep exchange it , I recently broke a 22mm socket with more than the required leaverage :angel:.
I got it exchanged under the lifetime warranty;)
And my set would be close to 30 years old

[87County]

I reasently post a post saying who good my 30 year old Sidchrome socket set has been, This morning I tried to undo a wheel nut useing the 1.1/8 AF socket and broke the 1/2 sq drive on my long bar.
Should I try and get it replaced under warranty or just buy another .

hodgo

were you using it on an LR ?

if so a 1 1/16" or 27mm socket may have been better....

but then again, it wasn't the socket that broke was it? good luck with the exchange....

[350RRC]

Hi,

The Sidchrome factory was just up the road from me when I was a little kid in West Heidelberg. Used to wake up to the sound of (I assume) drop forging from there every day.

They had a showroom out front and all you had to do was bring in the shattered socket or whatever and give the shrugged shoulders look, denying any excessive force had been used and they would just swap for new on the spot.

cheers, DL

[Killer]

Hi,

The Sidchrome factory was just up the road from me when I was a little kid in West Heidelberg. Used to wake up to the sound of (I assume) drop forging from there every day.

They had a showroom out front and all you had to do was bring in the shattered socket or whatever and give the shrugged shoulders look, denying any excessive force had been used and they would just swap for new on the spot.

cheers, DL

Ah, the good old days!
Have a go at taking it back, what have you got to lose?

Cheers, Mick

[harry]

ahh, 'lifetime guarantee'
i don't like your chances'
who is sidchrome now?
and where to take it back to?
off to the swap meets and buy one for five bucks.
and yes i still use sidchrome tools that must be 40yrs old and they are in good condition, however when they are worn or broken , the ideal is to replace with stahwille, or snap on , if it's urgent.