grumpyvette Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 (edited) buy the march 2010 issue of CAR CRAFT MAGAZINE, on approximately pg 56 theres a coupon for a 12 ton hydraulic press from HF for $80 that normally sells for $129 on sale and $139 not on sale http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?itemnumber=33497&Submit=Go http://forum.grumpysperformance.com/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=80&p=5607&hilit=u+joints#p5607 the money saved on a single u-joint swap on a corvette for example will pay for the press the local machine shop wanted $20 EACH just to press out and re-install the U-joints, with ME supplying the u-joints or $40 each if they supplied the u-joints, keep in mind theres 6 u-joints in a corvette, two on the drive shaft and two on EACH half shaft, and if ones bad thru normal wear and mileage then the others have significant mileage on them and should be replaced at the same time Edited January 13, 2010 by grumpyvette Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparks280zt Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 I had one of those, worked well. Got tired of paying $10 a piece to have the bushings pushed out on the rear suspension on Kenworths. Paid for itself real quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deja Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 That is a good deal. But everytime I have tried to use one of those Car Craft coupons HF was out of stock and never did get re-supplied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModernS30 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Ok, I might have to get this before I do my bushings, that's a hot deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apex944 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 That's a pretty good price for the harbor freight press. I think we paid something like $140 for the one we have at the shop a few years ago. It works pretty good for the cost, might be worth picking up another for the new shop... Thanks for the info grumpyvette. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Purple240zt Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I think I am going to grab one of these. The amount of press work I have paid for in the last year would pay for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeeper42 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 Picked one up last week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrorizer805 Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 This is why I love Harbor Freight, they always have great deals and low prices. I picked up an engine stand for $39.99 yesterday every where else they were $80+ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apex944 Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 This is why I love Harbor Freight, they always have great deals and low prices.I picked up an engine stand for $39.99 yesterday every where else they were $80+ They do have great stuff from time to time as far as the larger equipment goes, but alot of their air or electric powered tools are just crap. I am tempted to try out some of their paint guns though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockchucker Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 Got one from Grizzly and it had a Remote Pump for the Press. 10k lbs and works great to say the least... http://grizzly.com/products/10-Ton-Floor-Shop-Press/H6232 I got it on sale for 139??? I think. Picked it up though no shipping charges. It has a 12k lbs gauge and everything so you actually know what pressure you are pressing at. That in itself helps out immensely. Not really comparable to the 80 bucks but there are better units out there for cheap too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piston Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 did you guys catch the aluminum low profile 2ton floor jack? that one was sweet and was a deal also. too bad i forgot the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockchucker Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_00950239000P?vName=Gifts&cName=Father%27sDay&sName=Fix-it%20Father&psid=FROOGLE01&sid=IDx20070921x00003a Just picked this one up on sale for 159! Great Jack. There is this one on sale at Harbor Freight too! Great Deal @ 99 bucks! Only 3k lbs though... http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=91039 Here is the 4k lbs one for the same price I got my Craftsman... http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Category.taf?CategoryID=710&pricetype Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spotfitz Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 did you guys catch the aluminum low profile 2ton floor jack? that one was sweet and was a deal also. too bad i forgot the price. Christmas present, $60. It's still sitting in the pathfinder. I did have to pay for it though... I did get several other things I needed for work, like a hammer for $2 and a brush for $4., yes I payed for those "christmas presents" aswell. They now have an air chuck for $3.99 with a flexible end! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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