Another forum I'm on has a thread in the regional section where people loan, borrow, rent, swap etc. tools.
Tools can get pricey and can sometimes mean the difference between getting a job done or not and when it's a tool you'll use once and put in a drawer for the next 5 years it sometimes just makes more sense to borrow one if the option is there.
That said, I've come across a few tools or useful items in the Jeep world that I had to buy to do a job and so far I've ponied up the cash and bought the tool but there some items I just can't swing financially right now. A tubing bender is a perfect example - I'd rather save my money and buy a decent tube bender when I can than buy a Harbor Freight pipe bender and try to make it work.
What I have to contribute:
Beam style inch/lb torque wrench, 0-60 #
Dana 44 set up bearings (carrier, pinion races, outer pinion bearing)
I can press any bearing a 12 ton press can handle
Air chisel - great for removing factory body-side control arm mounts
Air hammer
Diagnostic code reader - reads real-time values
My motivation here is to help a community I'm new to, but there's obviously an underlying self-serving angle - so here it is: If someone would let me bring some tubing by their garage or shop and show me the ropes and let me make a few bends I'd be willing to compensate them with their icy beverage of choice, pizza, watching me try to do cartwheels, a reasonable fee, a trade... let me know.
Tools can get pricey and can sometimes mean the difference between getting a job done or not and when it's a tool you'll use once and put in a drawer for the next 5 years it sometimes just makes more sense to borrow one if the option is there.
That said, I've come across a few tools or useful items in the Jeep world that I had to buy to do a job and so far I've ponied up the cash and bought the tool but there some items I just can't swing financially right now. A tubing bender is a perfect example - I'd rather save my money and buy a decent tube bender when I can than buy a Harbor Freight pipe bender and try to make it work.
What I have to contribute:
Beam style inch/lb torque wrench, 0-60 #
Dana 44 set up bearings (carrier, pinion races, outer pinion bearing)
I can press any bearing a 12 ton press can handle
Air chisel - great for removing factory body-side control arm mounts
Air hammer
Diagnostic code reader - reads real-time values
My motivation here is to help a community I'm new to, but there's obviously an underlying self-serving angle - so here it is: If someone would let me bring some tubing by their garage or shop and show me the ropes and let me make a few bends I'd be willing to compensate them with their icy beverage of choice, pizza, watching me try to do cartwheels, a reasonable fee, a trade... let me know.
. However if someone shows up and needs to use my set-up bearings because he doesn't have the spare cash to buy a set to modify, I'll let him. If I never see them again, then I can assume he needed them more than I do and I'll make another set the next time I do a gear install. I guess it will just vary based on the tool's value and the totality of the circumstances.
