Doug Miller wrote in article
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William Noble wrote in article
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just quick report:
got a HF ball joint separator thinking it would work to separate a
drill
chuck from a damaged arbor - drilled a hole through the arbor, put a
pin
through it and clamped it down with the chuck body just above the vice
jaws-
put the separator (looks like a tapered fork) against the chuck -
smacked
it
a few times with a hammer, and the tool split in half - so the tool is

worthless. Tried a good quality (name brand) tool and it worked
quickly

and easily.

Next step, return tool to HF and get refund.



You mis-use a tool by applying it to a task it was never intended to do,
and it breaks.

You then deem the tool to be "junk."


I'm not a big fan of the Horrible Fright stuff, but in this case, I
believe
they would be well within their rights to refuse to refund your money.

Of course, I'm not expecting you to have the integrity to admit to them
exactly how you broke the tool.

Don't be ridiculous. You apparently haven't a clue what a ball joint
separator
is -- if it broke in the use he put it to, it would have broken in its
intended use, too, only faster.

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In 40+ years of automotive service and repair - along with race car and
street rod building, I have acquired several ball joint separators -
including the "tuning fork" style that is quite common.

If you look closely, most drill press chucks are tapered on the top -
perhaps to allow the correct double-wedge separators to be used?.

A ball joint separator is designed to wedge the tapered joint apart.

It is much thicker in the wedge than the sides.

If you place it over a side-to-side taper - such as a drill press chuck -
the taper spreads the tips apart - possibly.........TADA!......breaking the
tool.

He probably would have broken a Snap-On separator mis-using it in such a
fashion.