Halfords

[skattrd]

I've broken all 3 ratchets in my 200pc Halfords professional tool kit, Fucking thing, mind you I was using scaffold tubes on them.

Don't they have a lifetime guarantee? If so can;t you return them ... I didn't see anything in the T&C that mentions scaffolding

 

For future reference breaker bars are generally better if you need to exert considerable force/leverage

[Pillock]

It was reported (on this forum, I'm sure) that Halfords have changed policy to exclude moving parts from the guarantee.

Not sure if this depends if you bought stuff when this wasn't policy, they can't go changing the rules. Otherwise they could exclude everything made of metal or plastic, and laugh it up.

[beko1987]

Whilst I agree on pretty much all the points raised so far, Halfords have saved my arse once!

 

Way back when, SWMBO had a corsa c, which did the cute and cuddly thing of leak water over the brake master cylinder, flooding the footwells. I'd been under the scuttle panel to spunka load of mastick at it, which tbh did work. Job done, back together, drive around for a few days

 

"I can't change gear" Fookin clutch is right at the top of the travel, sometimes not working at all. Bollox

 

Check under the bonnet, read on the net that the clutch feeds off the brake master checked that. Empty

 

Fiddlesticks, says I, off I go to halfords at half 6 at night to get some brake fluid. End up pulling into halfords car park having not had a clutch for the past 2 miles...

 

Buy litre of dot4, grab the torcha nd fill away. Notice brake fluid pissing out of the scuttle. Have a closer look and the feed pipe for the clutch fluid is hanging off, bleeding brake fluid everywhere. Bollocks

 

OK, got no tools but have the joint account card. Run back in for a T25 torx bit and driver. Nothing to be found. Bought a nice ratchet set with driver and bits for a tenner. Back outside, 3 bolts out, scuttle hurled out of the way. Can't get chubby hands down enough to push the pipe onto the rubber gasket thing, and slippery with fluid.

 

Double twat

 

Back in, ask the matey behind the counter if they have a pair of needlenoses under the counter. Nothing

 

Another tenner later on a pack of 3 pliers, and waiting 15 minutes for them to find something to prise the pack open, back out

 

Pipe grabbed, shoved on, fluid filled and clutch is back. All this under the car park street light. Had some bloke in a 206 pull up and get a pair of bulbs fitted. Watching the mechanic fail to get the fiddly bulb backs off he looks at me swearing elbow deep in engine bay and asks me to help!

 

Either way, I have a nice ratchet set that has had a fair bit of abuse, and some more pliers!

 

They can also be good for bogoff car cleaning shiz, and cheap speakers with a year warranty so when they break 11 and a half months later you can take them back

 

True story bro etc

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Oil sale! 5l of classic 20w50, £13.99 if you reserve online, plus Quidco for paying with a registered debit card.

[Negative Creep]

It was reported (on this forum, I'm sure) that Halfords have changed policy to exclude moving parts from the guarantee.

Not sure if this depends if you bought stuff when this wasn't policy, they can't go changing the rules. Otherwise they could exclude everything made of metal or plastic, and laugh it up.

 

 

THat policy has been in place for many years

[Richard]

They used to sell ratchet repair kits for £4.99 but I can't find them on the website. Not that I can find anything much on there, the website is so badly designed that it hangs the computer for about five minutes with every click.

 

Found it http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165469

 

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165469

 

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stor ... yId_165469

 

These are for the 45 tooth ratchets. I think the 72 tooth versions are available in store or on the Halfords.ie site.

[barefoot]

I went and got myself a trade card this morning.

Expressed an interest in trailer bits, but chap said it was just for 'trade' car parts, oils tools etc.

Trailers were 'touring'

We'll see.

[Station]

I lost my radiator cap on a Daihatsu engine, and the Halfords down the road from me had one in - even though they had about six in stock. I use them quite frequently tbh. They also have something motor factors don't - products on shelves, and people like to browse instead of giving a chassis number.

[Negative Creep]

I went and got myself a trade card this morning.

Expressed an interest in trailer bits, but chap said it was just for 'trade' car parts, oils tools etc.

Trailers were 'touring'

We'll see.

 

 

Yep, won't cover any touring item, accessory, audio, sat nav or modification

[Minimad5]

I lost my radiator cap on a Daihatsu engine, and the Halfords down the road from me had one in - even though they had about six in stock. I use them quite frequently tbh. They also have something motor factors don't - products on shelves, and people like to browse instead of giving a chassis number.

 

And you won't be stuck in the place for hours (Or be given a Flare !)

[skattrd]

I wasn't sure where to  post this, but the Halfords pro 120 piece socket set is down to £60 until midinight .... I think quite a few people around here have this or the 100 piece set or whatever, anyway, I call BARG.

 

http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/product_storeId_10001_catalogId_10151_productId_862443_langId_-1_categoryId_255215

[Cavcraft]

Ahh, bollocks. I've been in tonight to take back brake shoes (wrong size) and drop off a bike wheel to test their truing service.I'd have had one of those sets at that price.

 

*Edit: just ordered one on line, cheers! 

[skattrd]

OT:

Truing a bike wheel is simple mate, all you need is a spoke key (very cheap). Turn the bike over and spin the wheel slowly, you use the brake pads to tell you which side is off  and tighten/loosen spokes as appropriate until it runs straight through the pads. You quickly  learn which ones to do as if you do the wrong ones you make it worse, so do the opposite one instead

[Cavcraft]

Cheers, Chris. I've actually got a 'proper' truing device (a sort of wheel clampy type thing) but haven't learnt how to use it yet and in a rush to get a bike sorted as I think I've sold it.

[skattrd]

When i was in to cycling I tried one of those clampy things to true wheels, but I ended up using the brake pads instead. When the wheel is close to true you tighten the brakes so the pads are really close to the rim, then you can fine tune the true without anything else.

[hairymel]

the Halfords pro 120 piece socket set is down to £60 until midinight

 

all the socket sets are half price at the moment

 

just bought the 170 piece (normally £250) set for £124.99

 

not snap-on quality feel but a lifetime guaranteed set you can barely lift for the price of a 1/2" snap-on ratchet is a bargain in my book

[Pillock]

Rather than starting a new thread I thought I'd bump this.

 

Halfords Advanced socket sets are all half price STILL (not the regular ones, only advanced). I'm going to go and get one this week, so after a bit of advice.....

 

For £60, I can get either a regular 64 piece metric socket set, or their Vortex system but that's only 30 pieces.

Vortex seems to be like a single four-sided ratchet spanner, and then bars that go through the middle with adaptors for 1/4 and 3/8 on. Seems a nice idea but I'm paying the same for fewer bits.

64-piece has flexi extensions, screwdriver and bits etc that the Vortex doesn.t, but is a regular socket.

 

Anyone used the Vortex system, does it work well?

 

There's also a 90-piece but that seems to throw away some of the metric stuff in the 64-piece and add some AF. The only time I ever seem to use AF size sockets is when it's near enough to a metric size and I inevitably end up skinning my knuckles when it slips. Can't see me ever buying an MGB or a Triumph Herald.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

Halfords Bargain Alert:

 

 

I almost bought it just because well, what else can you buy for a penny?

[Spiny Norman]

I don't often use Halfordsmuch, partly because there's a cracking wee indy motor factor on the road I have to take to get there but mostly because I don't ride a bike and I outgrew the buying tat stage of my driving career 20-odd years ago.

My dad bought me a big Halfords socket set when I passed my driving test way back when, I still use it today, ratchet functions perfectly, none of the sockets has been damaged or worn away. I've bought, broken and thrown away ratchet drives since I've had this one.

[Pillock]

Just went and got the 64-piece for £60.

Looks good - the best range of sockets if you only want metric (although why do so many sets miss out 16mm?) plus it has a decent screwdriver and breaker bar and adaptors and stuff AND it has their warranty on it.