[Land-speed] ratchet wrenches

[MEIERLE Mike]

The issue I have with the starter set I bought is the box ends are too large to fit bolts in places where they would be most useful. The second issue is the rachet mechanisms are too flimsy to break loose a stubborn bolt or nut without breaking the mechanism (10MM wrench is busted) necessitating a regular wrench, making 2 tools I'm fishing for on my back under the truck. IMHO, not worth the trouble, will be available at the next garage sale...

Mike M.

----- Original Message -----
From: land-speed-bounces at autox.team.net <land-speed-bounces at autox.team.net>
To: Glen Barrett <speedtimer at beyondbb.com>
Cc: land-speed at autox.team.net <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thu Jan 29 15:39:29 2009
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] ratchet wrenches

Yep bought a metric and sae set for less than 100 total. 5/1 trhough 3/4 
for the sae and do not remember th emetric but equivalent. They were not 
craftsman however but something like gear wrench. Seem  to work ok.

mayf
Glen Barrett wrote:

> SEARS comes to mind.
> GB
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Benn" <karhu at california.com>
> To: <land-speed at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 11:42 AM
> Subject: [Land-speed] ratchet wrenches
>
>
>> Looking to get a set of ratchet box-end wrenches.  It would seem that 
>> besides
>> a fine-tooth ratchet, one would want the smallest possible head 
>> diameter (the
>> thinnest I've seen are about 3/16" total wall thickness including the 
>> moving
>> socket and stationary outer wall).  Some of the cheaper 
>> sheetmetal-sandwich
>> types have horrendously large heads.  I also want units that are 
>> reversible,
>> so that they can have the fixed angled offset.  I'm not hot on flex-head
>> types, which always seem to move when you don't want them to.  And 
>> just to
>> make it tougher, I probably can't rationalize a $100+ Snap-On set.
>> Recommendations?
>> Benn
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