I'm not sure what the zero degree ratchets are. are they the high
tooth-count ones? if they are, I'd still go with the facom ratchets, just
on cost. I think the macs are 45 tooth double pawl for 4-degree
increments. the facom is 72-tooth, for 5-degree. I got the facom stuff
before we had a mac guy here (that I knew about), and I got it because I
was working on a lot of pwcs as well as my bikes, and a few degrees can
really get important when taking the carbs off a polaris triple covered in
fiberglass. having said that, the facom ratchet completely solved my
problem, *especially* the short 3/8" inch handle (it's j161-something,
iirc). after that, I just couldn't bring myself to pay the $80-$120 for
the mac handle, especially since the facom is something like $25-$30
(again, iirc). the mac can be had with that plastic handle, and I think
you can get it (the 45-tooth one) now with the spinny handle, and the
double-ratchet jobby like someone was describing in the snap-on a few days
ago. but the facoms have an even *more* comfortable handle, and so far I
haven't found a situation requiring me to hunt down the mac truck to buy
the double-ratchet one. if you get the facoms, pick up the matching s-k
when you buy for really nasty work.
scott
At 12:16 PM 7/9/2003 -0500, David Scheidt wrote:
>>I can't say about the edelbroks, but I *really* like my mac wrenches, at
>>least compared to snap-on. don't get me wrong, the macs do have squared
>>handles for that occasional palm dent, but the snap-on oex wrenches
>>seemed to have the
>
>Have you used mac's "zero degree" ratchets? What are they like?
>
>David
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