grease a gearwrench ratcheting wrench?

[bad_idea]

I work in ship repair, so salt water is a common problem with my tools. No matter how often I wipe my tools down they all have some rust. I took my ratchet apart, cleaned it, and coated the mechanism with grease. It has worked well since. I can't figure out how to take apart the gearwrench ratcheting wrenches though. I have thought of drilling a small hole in them to pump grease into it.

Either way, I need to do something because they keep seizing up. I soak them in PB Blaster for a while and they work. For a while.

Any experience? Suggestions?

 

[Fedwrench]

Can't take them apart but, I've soaked them in Marvel mystery oil, air tool oil, and ATF. works like a charm.

 

[TwoInch]

i would keep a pickle or mason jar filled a two or three inches full with ATF and dunk the ratchet ends for a minute every day after work, or every other day, then wipe the excess off with the same rag each time.

other than that, i dunno. being near the ocean, and working on stuff that goes in the ocean is not very forgiving.

 

[lok]

Buy the Gedore! They are serviceable.

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Plus Gedore has some very nice sets from corostop tools in "watertight, offshore-yellow cases, temperature-stable from -25oC to +80oC and buoyancy of arround 10N to 100N".

Or you can do what TwoInch said.

 

[trexdoink]

Ditto on the light oil, ATF or 10wt. Those German wrenches are cool!

 

[stricht8]

Where can I get the Gedores?

 

[lok]

Where can I get the Gedores?

Difficult to say were you can find the best price but I know that
samstagsales has a lot of german tools.

You can also check the chandstoolbox or the www.german-tools.com.

 

[chris142]

I wonder if you could heat up some grease until it turned into oil then dip the tool into it? The oil would flow into the tool then turn back into grease when it cooled.

Just a thought.

 

[TwoInch]

I wonder if you could heat up some grease until it turned into oil then dip the tool into it? The oil would flow into the tool then turn back into grease when it cooled.

Just a thought.

most greases i know of are designed to not melt or drop until the 400-500* range. after that, you get permanent separation problems.

i would imagine a #2 grease would be much to thick for the action of a gearwrench. most fine tooth ratchets wont work with grease.

 

[bad_idea]

Periodic dunking in ATF huh? Easy enough answer. Those Gedore wrenches look very nice, but they look very expensive too. Craftsman is the highest quality I dare buy, theft is a big problem in the shipyard. So many people working in an area and never in the same place with the same people. It is hard to keep track of tools.

How do gearwrenches go together if they don't come back apart? Anyone ever take one apart? Now I am curious.