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Tool Talk => Leatherman Tools => Topic started by: rescue4500 on January 08, 2019, 07:33:51 PM
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a few weeks back i bought a new leatherman rebar heritage, after carrying it on my side for two days the need for it arose, as i tried to tighten a bolt on my cousins mountain bike the plier head split in half.
ive always loved leatherman and am really hoping this was just one defective tool, anyone else had problems out of the rebar recently?
thanks in advance, Matt :cheers:
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Sorry to hear that you have broken pliers
It does sound like you have a defective LM
Hopefully Leatherman will give you a new one :tu:
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i sent it in for warranty, its only the second leatherman ive ever broke, come to think of it the first one was a rebar also, but they have always done me good
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Good luck rescue :cheers: :like:
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Hopefully it is just a fluke :salute: I have used a Rebar quite a bit since they have came out and never had any problems with any of them :tu: LM will sort you out of course but let us know what happens if you would :cheers:
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i will give an update as soon as i hear from oregon :tu:
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Bummer that happened to you. We've certainly seen on the forum LM pliers failing and I have a PST that broke the way you describe. Not sure what the issue is :think:. Heat treat, bad batch of plier heads, my enthusiasm :dunno:. LM will take care of you as their warranty is top notch. Still doesnt sit right as you have to pay to ship it to them.
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i dont mind paying shipping to get my tool back, the sad part is after the rebar broke i grabbed my signal with the same plier head and it did the job just fine, oh well a new rebar will be on my hip soon
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Though, it does make one wonder, two Rebars breaking exactly the same way... Can you maybe describe what you've been doing exactly at that moment (using the pliers tip/gap to grab a nut, grabbing the bolt with the pliers while turning the nut with another tool etc?) ?
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My problem with the pliers on the Rebar is that they get stiff every time I squeeze hard on something with them, and this doesn’t seem to go away regardless of how much I use them
Also the tip of the jaws on the pliers are not as pointy / needle nosed as the jaws old model pliers design
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I've had no problems with my Rebar pliers and I've used it pretty heavily.
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Too much hand strength.
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Though, it does make one wonder, two Rebars breaking exactly the same way... Can you maybe describe what you've been doing exactly at that moment (using the pliers tip/gap to grab a nut, grabbing the bolt with the pliers while turning the nut with another tool etc?) ?
not alot to tell. i but the pliers on a nut, squeezed, went to turn and they snapped
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just got an email from leatherman, my tool has been sent to the repair dept to be repaired instead of replaced, i will continue with the updates
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I wonder if it's a casting flaw. I noticed that when I got my ST300 back, its plier head had all kinds of microscopic pock-marks and the like scattered all over the head.
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I wonder if it's a casting flaw. I noticed that when I got my ST300 back, its plier head had all kinds of microscopic pock-marks and the like scattered all over the head.
its very possible
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my tool is on its way home from oregon, hopefully in a few days itll be put back to work, more details to come
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Glad to hear it :cheers: and :popcorn: :like:
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Good news hopefully it won’t be long :tu: :like:
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(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190202/aac5f9417868d05184d134dbf8da6eaf.jpg) (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190202/5eeffe8f71ff2431d65740777efefbdb.jpg). The rebar is back and worked quite well while doing a service call today, very pleased with my warranty experience
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Nice that you got your Rebar back from
warranty rescue hope it all works properly now :cheers: :like:
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Glad to see that you have it back :cheers: :like:
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I wonder if it's a casting flaw.
:iagree:
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(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190202/aac5f9417868d05184d134dbf8da6eaf.jpg) (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190202/5eeffe8f71ff2431d65740777efefbdb.jpg). The rebar is back and worked quite well while doing a service call today, very pleased with my warranty experience
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Have fun with your tool! (That... Somehow came out wrong... :think: :think: )
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(https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190202/aac5f9417868d05184d134dbf8da6eaf.jpg) (https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190202/5eeffe8f71ff2431d65740777efefbdb.jpg). The rebar is back and worked quite well while doing a service call today, very pleased with my warranty experience
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Have fun with your tool! (That... Somehow came out wrong... :think: :think: )
that's what she said :facepalm: