Ratchet ring spanners?

[Flip]

Apparently the key to keeping them good is not putting pressure on the ratcheting end, not even the pressure you might put on a socket set.

Ok so what are they good for?

[Dave-]

Ok so what are they good for?

I'm told you're suppose to loosen/tighten with the open end then do the bulk of the action with the ratcheting end. Basically you're not suppose to lean on the ratcheting end.

Seems reasonable to me, the mechanism in the ratcheting end must be tiny!

[unstuck]

I'm told you're suppose to loosen/tighten with the open end then do the bulk of the action with the ratcheting end. Basically you're not suppose to lean on the ratcheting end.

Seems reasonable to me, the mechanism in the ratcheting end must be tiny!

Mine seem to be fairly solid, I can undo most stuff with them. But you have to be sensible about it, if it feels like it is not going to shift, then you get a power bar and socket, or a ring spanner and hammer. If you go beating the shit out of a ratchet spanner with a hammer, they get fucked pretty quickly. Some of the powerbuilt ones I have are getting a little sloppy from abuse and one of the 12mm ones will only work one way now. Thats why I have gone Teng and Gearwrench over powerbuilt they are more robust.
But then my stuff gets used most days at some point, on anything from chainsaws to trucks, and I even keep a few in the digger now. You can never have too many tools.

[unstuck]

Oh, and the open end on the powerbuilt stuff is weaker than the ratchet end, and they start to spread quite easily.

[F5 Dave]

Undoing stuff from tight with the open end is desperation stuff. Open end is only access problem stuff.

[unstuck]

Undoing stuff from tight with the open end is desperation stuff. Open end is only access problem stuff.

And we have all been desperate at times.

[F5 Dave]

I'm sometimes desperate with a hammer. But not tried it on the ratchet spanners. . . Yet.

[unstuck]

I'm sometimes desperate with a hammer. But not tried it on the ratchet spanners. . . Yet.

Never been that desperate, yet. Luckily I have a whole lot of sacrificial tools for that.

[imdying]

Same reason I don't often buy food at McDonalds - there are much better options.

That does not make sense; Repco arren't the producer, just the retailer... the children behind the counter at Repco have no opportunity to fuck it up. None of my favourite tool stores are open on weekends, but luckily Repco are.

[F5 Dave]

How has this thread reached 5 pages?

got a bearing from Ripco the other day. Cheap and in walking distance and top brand.

[unstuck]

How has this thread reached 5 pages?

got a bearing from Ripco the other day. Cheap and in walking distance and top brand.

Was giving a mate a hand with an old hit and miss engine the other day and one of the main bronze bearings was $1600+ gst, I nearly spat my coffee. Good job it only has 2 of them.