Tool Warranty Milwaukee and Klein tools (The Home Depot , Lowe’s)

Its got the scrap weight right on it! 😎

yeah it's like metal isn't able to be recycled

Brondo!

It came from the earth right?

Its got ferrous metals!

Yeah, what the fuck dude. So wasteful. All waffle faces deform with use. If they didn't, they would chip and shatter. That's like claiming a warranty on shoes or tires when they inevitably lose some tread.

Yea getting a warranty replacement for something that just needs a little basic maintenance, or a minor repair (like glueing the handle cover), is how we end up with fewer and/or stricter lifetime warranties.

I wouldn’t grind a hammer face. They’re often hardened differentially tot he head. 

I tried a few things before I took them in store. I let them soak in WD40 and gently tapped the center portion where the pliers join. That works out for most people trying to loosen the pliers. Couldn’t beat on them crazy because that could void the warranty. Therefore I decided to take them to Lowe’s where I purchased them and they gave me a new pair.
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Probably not ideal, but I’ve dipped the bare metal handle in PVC glue, then slid the grip on and wiped off the excess and it never came off again.

I always just use jb weld whenever grips slip off. has always worked really well for me.

Plati-Dip works pretty good for making g new grips. Just have to do a few layers.

Jb weld worked for me

A little dab of jb weld smeared on the inside of the sleeve.. Like use a stick to wipe it inside about 1/4-1/2" from the top lip (if it's a long handle, you can try to put another ring of it lower first, then the ring around the top lip)

Slide handle on, making sure to put a little pressure where the rings of jb weld are. It will smear a little bit of jb weld all down the handle. If the handle is loose at all, you can try using a heat gun to loosen it up, them wrap it right with some string or something... Webbing, like a backpack strap instead of string would keep it from possibly forming to all the string wraps and making it hella bumpy(or maybe you want extra grip 🤷)

But you heat it then you wrap tight or even vacuum it down in a bag until cooled. It might be kinda deformed, but it'll be tighter.

If it's just barely barely loose, the jb weld will work better

i used spray adhesive and slipped the grips back on. go fast because the glue will harden quickly

Stop blaming the consumer for corporate greed. Companies raise prices because they can not because someone is returning tools. A company only exists to return money to shareholders. How do you increase profits? Raise prices or reduce manufacturing costs.

The margin of profit on a hammer has to be pretty fucking high at the scale they are being made vs the price, especially if they're made overseas. Google says the range can be 10 to 30% depending on a lot of variables.

He never oiled the lineman pliers! They're ruined.

FR, it's nuts to think there's something wrong with them. Probably shouldn't be working whatever trade he does.

Nah, a man bought Sears intending to crash it into the ground and pocket as much as possible in the process. It would very likely still be around today if it wasn't for Edward S. Lampert. He intentionally tanked K Mart too

I worked in tools in college. We were one of the last stores to close. The customers were insufferable. They would complain that craftsman was made in China, but the same dudes would come in once a month and change out their tools and we couldn’t say no.

I remember talking to some geezer that would come in every couple of months to complain and have his ratchet heads replaced. He would try and demand we need to find American-made ones since the one he had was made in America lol. I got fed up and asked him what he does for work that is so demanding. Dude worked at a pool store… not a speck of dust on his tools.

There were some guys that would come in and pay MORE to buy individual sockets that were still American-made, and I respect the hell out of those dudes. But most customers were sorry old dudes that liked to complain. The business model was not sustainable in the slightest.

I was about the say the exact same thing.

Why salt?

Yes, I have all my receipts on my Home Depot and Lowe’s app

Is there a store that carries the cobras. Ive lost mine.

At both locations I have accounts and my receipts get saved, the looked up the tools and found them quick

He paid good money to mistreat them, damage them, allow them to gunk up and stiffen and then cries for new ones and posting online like a teenage girl. You and OP and both losers. Just live your life, we don't need to hear about it

You don't have to be an environmentalist to think this is wasteful. I mean yeah it is bad environmentally but not only that it's also bad economically. Unnecessarily taking advantage of warranties for perfectly good tools keeps prices higher. Like I said in my other comment you do you but I'm going to point out that it is wasteful.

The harbor freight sub had a meltdown yesterday about a deadblow hammer being denied warranty.

Anytime someone’s talking about a competing product they repeat ad nauseam “The warranty!” but a guy has a hassle using the warranty and they were quick to quote that that it only covers defects and the guy should be ashamed of trying to warranty a $10 hammer.

$20.97 and a 10% off with my military discount

I’d say it’s the opposite. Lowes always has people around to help

Totally depends on your store. I’ve never lived close enough to a Lowe’s to use them regularly but have always had that experience at Home Depot. Hard to find help, staff is generally clueless about what or where anything is.

If you buy your tools at a big box retailer, you are developmentally delayed.

Store had no issues swapping them out