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What brand of 3/4"ratchet**Update 6/20/04

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Why do you need a 3/4 ratchet? Workin on a frontend loader? /forums/images/graemlins/1zhelp.gif
 
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I was wondering the same thing, Ive never used a 3/4" anything on automotive, always 1/4 or 3/8, sometimes 1/2. /forums/images/graemlins/dunno.gif
 
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Large equipment on the farm /forums/images/graemlins/peace.gif
 
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I v'e got a top and bottom box full of s/k tools /forums/images/graemlins/peace.gif And I've got the 1/2 to 3/4 adapter too /forums/images/graemlins/woot.gif It comes in very handy /forums/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif
 
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It may be expensive, but i have a snap on 3/4 ratched head with the long handle. It takes a beating and keeps coming back for more. I have and 8 foot long piece of pipe on the handle and was hanging off it and that ratchet didnt even slip or nuthin, it loves it. That is what sold me on snap on tools. Mind you i dont buy sockets or combination wrenchs from them, but all ratchets, prybars, screwdrivers or seal picks come from the snapon truck.
 
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Large equipment kicks ass! /forums/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif
 
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...,thats what she said /forums/images/graemlins/histerical.gif /forums/images/graemlins/whistling.gif
 
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I took my S/K 3/4 ratchet in and they replaced it, bent handle and stripped out.
Normaly they will just give you a head kit and you just swap that in.
But with the bent handle they should give ya shiny new one.
I have an S/K at work and at home. I use the one at work for close quarter work when ya don't have much room to swing the handle.
Other wise at work I have the Snap On 3/4 drive. I've replaced the 4' handle twice in 9 years but the head has always held up.
I wouldn't buy a Craftsman rachet if someone held a gun to my head. I quit taking them in for warranty years ago, they ought to be stamped use once and destroy.
But I'm just a so called proffesional "mechanic" so what do I know.
Tim the proper term is Technician these days. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
In the realm of "proffesional" techs you have Apprentices and Journyman level.
And if wrenching is what you do for a living then I suppose that would be your profession.
And if anyone would know about tool quality and durability then it would be a "proffesional" /forums/images/graemlins/thinking.gif
So called or otherwise /forums/images/graemlins/rotfl.gif
Don't get me wrong Craftsman and such are usefull and have their place, light duty wrenching and sometime home use you can't beat the price and the warranty is cool.
I just stripped out my Snap On 1/4 rachet takin out my engine mounts, my back up rachet.. S/K. /forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif
 
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Try Lowe's, their tools are made by Snap-on. I've got a really old set of Craftsman tools, and I make them order me the replacement gear sets, as mine are from a time when Craftsman tools were made by Snap-on. I wouldn't think of trading for a new one from Sears.
 
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Good info /forums/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif

Well, I needed to get the kingpins off so I made a big ol' allen wrench /forums/images/graemlins/whistling.gif With a little blue tip wrench and this little baby they came write out
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Now that's an Allen wrench!/forums/images/graemlins/thumb.gif

Another way if someone's in a pinch - I used an old lug nut. It was a 7/8" hex, long, closed end nut. I cut the tapered end off, put it into the kingpin, then used a 3/4" breaker bar with a 7/8" socket, plus heat from a torch.
 
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^^^Update in first post^^^
 
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im an RV technician, and i have had very good luck with my Craftsman tools. for hand tools, hands down i go to Sears every time. cant beat the warranty, and there's a store a mile from the shop, so if i break it, i can go get a new one on break or lunch. 7 days a week, the tool trucks are only there for a few hours one day a week. its a big convenience thing. i do have to say though, all of my power tools come off of the trucks though, Craftsman just doesnt have the warranty on their power tools that Mac, Matco, and Snap On have.
 
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I personally don't understand why anyone would buy most air tools off the tool truck. Most of them are re-badged IR anyway....
 
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I had a 1/2 inch craftsman ratchet,a real oldie that my dad had--It had been stripped a few times and they gave him only the "guts" intead of a whole new ratchet,and it still skipped and would bust his knuckles,so he kinda just left it in the toolbox and bought another brand --I was about 10 or 12 (now 46!)and I used it on my first car and other toys,after I experinced the first knuckle smashing it caused I brought it to sears and wanted a new one (whole)as per the liftime warraty--the salesman said as long as the handle wasnt broken,all he could do was give me another rebuild kit,he would even install it for me--I said no thanks I'll be back.Went home,put it in a vise,got 10 foot peice of pipe and pulled so hard the jaws of the vise twisted and slipped!.My dad wasnt happy about the vise! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif I smashed that ratchet with an 18 lb sledge hammer between a large crack in a boulder in the backyard.I brought it back and the guy gave me a new one,didnt ask any questions,I told him no lies /forums/images/graemlins/whistling.gif.
The new sears store isnt so picky--many folks here go to the flea market on sunday and buy craftsman sockets and exchange them for new--I have myself,needed a 1-7/16 socket for a transfer case yoke,got 1 for three dollars,but it was cracked--so what,back to sears and they traded it for one marked 17.99,brand new.They seem to know the newer stuff is crappy,so no arguments on replacements now.
Home Depot here will take other name brand tools and exchange them for their "husky" brand too!.I wonder how theese big chain stores can afford to give so many tools away-- /forums/images/graemlins/thinking.gif /forums/images/graemlins/dunno.gif
 
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Husky tools are made in china. I'm not interested in buying a tool that is made in china no matter where it is for sale.
 
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