Harbor Freight Professional Pass Through Socket & Ratchet Set Review
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- Опубликовано: 19 апр 2018
- For a while these pass through socket and Ratchet sets were popular by various manufacturers here's the Harbor Freight one which is probably the best deal and worth it for the price just for the sockets . .
Picked a set of these yesterday, they updated the ratchet and actually fixed the problem. No self reversing anymore.
Thanks for all the reviews, I've learned a lot on what to watch out when buying tools.
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Mario Gonzalez thanks for letting people know. Bc I wasn’t gonna get it bc of that!!! Cool
You should do a video on how to change the battery in your smoke detector. Lol
Keep doing Harbor Freight reviews. I really appreciate your opinion.
Thank you and I will
I find myself using this set WAY more often than I expected to. Turns out I've been doing more exposed thread bolt stuff than i realized. Very handy, especially on a 3/4" gearwrench.
Yes I like the fact that it's easy to use on Long exposed threads where ratcheting box wrench always want to fall off
Hahaha you use the 3/4 gear wrench also my man haha most useful thing ever lol. Get the 3/4 in the stubby flex head and use the bit&3/8 adapter crazy useful
One of the most useful sets I never thought I needed
Indeed
I always said I wud never buy this thing but found a use for it today an wished I had it lol needless to say I'm pickn it up next time im at HF
@@joshdane5657 it do have its utility
Great review. Interesting alternatives for use of sockets pointed out. Bought this set a couple of months ago. It works fine. As noted elsewhere, whatever the issue was with revising mechanism, seems resolved. Handy set. Will never see heavy use, but nice when you need it.
Thank you. Pass through sockets are amazing for suspension work. There is additional versatility if you happen to have multiple lengths of 19mm wrenches, and the kit includes 10-19mm without skips, which is really nice. I am putting together a toolbox for people to rent as part of my business, and this will go in it instead of the more difficult to find affordable super-shallow sockets, not to mention that these are shorter.
Your reviews are awesome on Harbor Freight tools. Keep it up. I think the common man Diy’r and the pros are starting to understand the value of harbor freight
I love these things!!!! I beat the hell outta that rachet but I mainly use a 3/4 long gear wrench rachting box wrench and I have the gear wrench stubby flex heads and I use that 3/4 with the bit/3/8 adapter they are the most useful thing ever
I have a couple of the Kobalt sets of this type that I'd been fortunate enough to find on clearance. It's not a tool type I need often, but I have had a couple times I've had a long bolt from which I needed to loosen a nut, and the pass through was definitely helpful.
Ha!! Just ANOTHER interesting video about a tool i knew nothing about and now do!! Thank you Catus ole boy
Ive done many repairs on my truck with this set for it was all i had (truck walkthrough video in my channel) I was able to do almost everything (clutch to axles) and if this didnt work i had the metrix flex ratchet wrenches to compliment it. Its forsure a sturdy ratchet but not unbreakable lol. Other then your con of the reversing issue I wondered what the heck was wrong with it but my con is the detent fall out cause the lock ring gets stuck on the holders making the detents catch and lose the detents. I would like to try the gearwrench 3/8 and 1/2 set with a flex ratchet more likely the half inch due to the fact going above 19mm. The ratchet on this set will break before its broken in. Its a "half" inch ratchet and the teeth seem to break on pita fastners
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Agreed. This is great info and much appreciated.
I picked up a set for the low profile socket....the 19 mm box wrench gig is a killer bonus....
I have the older set of these, it has a much nicer case with at lid, and the ratchet handle is offset. I doesn't seem to have the problem with the directional switch. The older set has the sizes printed on the socket, real easy to read, but the printing is not durable. Have used them mostly on things like sway bar links, to due to them rotating when you try to remove them. Great set, love using mine.
This got me through a strut/coil job on my sx4. My only complaint is the wrench doesn't seem to be metal all the way to the end. The plastic grip doesn't help getting decent torque on removal. It mayve reversed on me once or twice.
I picked up a set and they are actually pretty decent. Great for motorcycle work
I have Gearwrench 3/8 set, but I will get the Harbor Freight set for a couple reasons. The Gearwrench set is 3 times more expensive, and the handle is much longer. However, the Gearwrench does not come with 5/16 (8mm) and lacks the ability to use with a 19mm wrench. Thank you for showing the 1/4 hex bit, which is the major reason for me to get the Harbor Freight set. The 1/4 hex bit holder (one side of the adapter) can be used with 1/4 hex bits. Another side of the 3/8 square has no use for me since the Gearwrench come with an adapter to use with 3/8 sockets, so I am going to cut it out to make the 1/4 bit holder even lower.
Another great review. Thanks.
Thanks
Nice info on those types of sets. I should look at my pass thru and see if it does that
Yes the pass-through socket sets are more handy than they initially seem once you start thinking about the different ways you can use them
did you check to see if the ratchet was properly lubed from factory? they just had a similar problem with the icon 1/2" ratchets as they were being shipped dry.
I need this, thanks
I was not sure how to use the extension. But know I see where it can be used! Like maybe spark plugs or something? I'll be sure to post if I find a use for it in the future!
Does the ratchet have a detent inside? I wonder if the spring could be upgraded to mitigate that issue... ?
Is there any way to use these sockets with an impact driver bit?
Hello sir great post. I do like the sockets that you can use a wrench or another socket but that's a bit crazy the way that ratchet works,, or doesn't
Yes the ratchet has a strong mechanism but not a strong action to hold the reverse switch which is disappointing. Having the special sockets comes in handy quite often once you get used to using them.
Hey, harbor freight reviews seem highly relevant as folks (like me...lol) get old, but still want to add tools and keep fixing things, with more time to do.it. I appreciate ALL your reviews, but honestly benefit the most from the hf ones, as my time for high dollar tools has passed.
Thank you for your comment. When more Harbor Freight Tools come my way I will definitely review them. And nice tools do show up at good prices if you keep an eye open.
I wounder if there is a pass through set with corresponding sizes on the driven side so we could say use a 10mill gear wrench on the 10mill and 14 on the 14 and so on.
There may be a socket set that would do that. I have a weird socket extension set that is not pass through but is like that I'll make a review on.
It didn't see Pittsburgh Pro stamped on these sockets. Not expecting heavy use of it but does this set have life time warranty?
Hello again Catus Maximus
I just found this video. It still very good advice. But I have a question about this. Is this available in twelve point sockets. As most of my hardware is twelve points.
Not that I know of, but maybe if you hunted around the internet
Love to know the torque at which the ratchet fails. 3/8" conventional ratchets by Snap-on and Tekton have gone all the way up to 300 ft-lbs before the anvil sheared off.
I found out Bahco makes a flex head wrench and a S or U shaped ratcheting wrench that will take these sockets. You can find them on amazon.de for alright prices being from europe
I would be careful because there may be subtle sizing differences between a name-brand and this Harbor Freight. If they do work that would be great because you could buy this set and then just the nice premium ratchet
Catus, Q, Opinion, I'm asking your opinion with the pass through under hood work would it be better to get it in impact or stay with crome?
THE money issue is unimportant. Get what I'm saying.
I'm not aware of any pass through sockets that are impact those do sound interesting in general impact sockets are more durable and can certainly be used with hand tools but are also compatible with impact wrenches. The reason you don't use Chrome sockets on impact tools is because Chrome sockets are harder and technically last longer however they can shatter when using them with impact wrenches
@@CatusMaximus thank you. That's what I thought too. I had found them with Sunex with 3/8 inserts and a 6 point sided back end on the socket.
But in the automotive world would the be practical and have a place in the field.
I'm just starting school and I'm trying to buy up all my tools and I'm on the verge to buy them.
Am I wasting my time buying them or do you think the 70 investment well worth it.
Great set but I use a flex head 19 mm ratcheting wrench instead of the supplied ratchet.
Great tip!
What kind of metal table is that , and where do you buy such a thing?
It is a stainless steel table, it is a food service table and you can find them from restaurant and commercial kitchen supplies. I like them because they're pretty heavy duty and have additional beams in the center of the table the support the sheet metal. I found this one used
I hope Cornwell's version of this set doesn't have the same issue with the reversing mechanism.
They probably won't Cornwell's are pretty nice and they would have dealt with an issue like that (hopefully)
Like green
Interesting set...wish it came in a blow molded case. I don't have room for these tray style holders in my box. I may pick it up anyway. We good with the HF reviews haha!
Oh yeah, I heard that these pass-through sets can be used as low profile sockets as well. In fact, someone did a comparison, and they are actually lower profile than sets sold as "low profile."
Too Bad They Didn’t Put a Ball Detent In the Middle of The Forward/Reverse Lever On the Ratchet it Would of Prevented the Issue of Reversing 😎👍🏼
Just what I was thinking. Proto also uses the same mechanism and their large ratchets work great but the little ratchets suffer from the same self reversing problem. So Harbor Freight is is not exclusive to this issue.
that looks like an 11kw or 16kw rotor bolt
If you're referring to the long bolt I was using as a demonstration it came from a treadmill I took apart.
These through sockets are too tall to work in tight quarters., and for that reason a set of box end wrenches with or without ratchet are better for general use. btw, All HF ratchets using a reversing lever lack positive DEE-TENTS.
That is an incorrect statement I've reviewed the indexable ratchets which have a very high-quality mechanism and a stout ball bearing detent on the reverse lever. Also the point of pass-through socket is not to be a universal do everything socket set they were originally invented and sold as being a convenient way to have an interchangeable sizes on what would be a ratcheting box wrench capabilities of passing over along threaded fastener but while having the socket properties of staying on the nut instead of just wanting to slide off
It's dee tent not den tent
You might want to change the battery in the smoke alarm.
Did you notice the date on this video... :)
I really wish Pittsburgh would stop using the orange and green colors on their tools It makes them appear cheap.
I got to be the biggest dweeb
Note to self: Change smoke detector battery before recording youtube videos....
big mistake by getting that tool 🚫
The ratchet gave you troubles I assume either locked up or just would reverse incessantly
Nothing wrong with hf reviews
Indeed