I just found out today that if something you bought from Harbor Freight broke them most likely you can buy a replacement part for it. They have a list you can download and look through and find the part you need and can call and order it. Here is the list:
As a professional auto mechanic, Harbor Freight has some of the best tools you can buy. But you have to know which ones and how you use them, because they also have some really poor quality control.
For example, their socket sets and wrenches are great for sacrifical tools that you know or expect will be destroyed in the process, or for tools you dont really care about (loaners). Their Daytona floor jacks are pretty good. Their consumables like gloves, paper towels, grinder discs, etc are also quite good.
Their other tools are mostly good for keeping in your trunk for roadside repair. Pittsburgh torque wrenches, cordless impact, and basic tools set are all perfectly acceptable for roadside use. Makes changing a tire or replacing a belt much easier.
US General toolboxes are also quite nice. I have the triple bay, and while it isn’t quite as nice as a SnapOn or Matco box, it does not break the bank like a SnapOn or Matco box.
Yeah, I feel like Harbor Freight is for the stuff where you wouldn’t be that upset if it was stolen. I guess I never needed a floor jack though.
They’re cool. You get what you pay for.
Thanks for the tips on what is good to buy there. I have noticed some of the electric tools can be cheap quality so you do have to use discernment when buying there. I have an ac manifold set that I bought 10 years ago and one of the knobs broke since it’s plastic and I was looking at them here recently and low and behold they are metal now so I was talking to one of the workers there and he was telling me about the part’s replacements I could get and to look on the HF website.