Originally Posted by Tronman
Sadly, both Craftsman and NAPA are now offshore tools. Craftsman says "Lifetime Warranty" however they will only warranty the identical part number-and guess what? They changed one digit of the part number on all their hand tools, even the ones that are obviously clones of older USA made ones. So they won't actually honor the lifetime warranty like Sears used to do. More epic private equity skinflintery.
Not necessarily true about the part number change. I recently had a 3/8 10mm socket that was getting a little worn. I contacted them thru their warranty website and was sent a replacement with no questions asked. And I still have both the USA made "V" socket and the new one, which is made in Taiwan (slightly better than China IMO.) Still has a lifetime warranty on it and looks like it'll work.
Both sockets have the same PN, although the new one on the right is slightly different, without the business end knurling to say it's metric.
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