[Land-speed] ratchet wrenches

[Doug Odom]

I have a set of Gear Wrench from Sears. Last Christmas I was given a set of 
Pittsburg gear wrenches from Harbor Freight. They look like they could have 
been made in the same factory. I love them and use them every chance I get 
and have not broken one yet. Don't remember what I paid for the Sears ones 
but you could probably look it up on line.

 Doug in big ditch enjoying the sunshine.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "drmayf" <drmayf at mayfco.com>
To: "Glen Barrett" <speedtimer at beyondbb.com>
Cc: <land-speed at autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 29, 2009 1:39 PM
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