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Why doesn't SnapOn put a quick release button on their ratchets??????

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wantedabiggergarage

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Snap~on didn't used to have a quick release 1/4" drive. When they came out with one, we (as now) didn't have a Snap~on truck. I won one on Ebay, new, for a couple of bucks shy of retail on their web. It is shorter then the old push button, but taller then the button on the Craftsman Thin Pro line. The Thin Pro line, you can still push down on as long as you don't have pointed fingers.
 
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i have 3/8 SO quick release ratchet. i like mine, and use this alot. even i have dual 80's. lol
 
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I'm still thinking the hole for the dust cover and the hole for the quick release is the same size. From a production standpoint, they could use the same ratchet body for both ratchets; just have different part numbers.
 
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TNToy said:
It's simple. Quick-releases ****.

Use a Snap-On for a month or so every day, and it's perfect. Pop right off, but never fall off on their own.

The button on a QR ratchet gets in the way when pushing with your palm, and frequently prevents access in tight places.

No ratchet should have a quick release. Until you break-in the detent on a Snappy, just pop the socket off with a little twist of a pocket screwdriver. Or buy them used. :p
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You must have tiny hands becuase I don't think mine are that big but I can't think of a time when I have applied force directly to the quick release button (other than maybe pushing straight down with my palm and even then I don't continue to push that way once I am done with the fastener.

As far as the QR getting in the way its no taller than the selector lever on most ratchets (I could be wrong about SO ratchets) and unless you can create some perfect circumstance I can't think of where the button gets in just about any application.

My personal opinion is that the 737 and 747 would be about 500 times better with a quick release like the old New Britian built Huskys. As they are now yeah its a nice ratchet but I don't think I should need a screwdriver to get sockets off my rachet.
 
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Tell you what lets have a race,we'll both take off an alternator,starter,shocks and do a brake job in the rain with it about 40 degrees outside and after it's over you tell me which is better quick release or not
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Nealcrenshaw said:
For the life of me i cannot figure this out,When i use my CM ratchets it's easy to remove a socket,especially if i just did an oil change,bearing work or any other greasy job,Just press the button and presto!!!! Sockets off put on a new one.

It's absolutely murder trying to remove a socket from a
Snapon,Matco,Wright,Williams,Mac,ratchet, you think for$100- $150 for a ratchet they could at least make a quick release mechanism for the socket. CM is the the only one(or decent one,you can find them on cheapies) What gives?????:headscrat:headscrat
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I don't know about everybody else, but I get pissed when I lose the damn socket every time I bump some retarded little button. Try to thread a ratchet into a tight area, bump...there goes the freaking socket, down somewhere inside the 15' tail of the place. Try to push down with your hand for pressure, and you push the button. If the socket slips, down it goes.

Nealcrenshaw said:
Tell you what lets have a race,we'll both take off an alternator,starter,shocks and do a brake job in the rain with it about 40 degrees outside and after it's over you tell me which is better quick release or not
so quick release
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Sounds good, while you're trying to find out wtf that 9/16" socket could have gone in the mud, I'll be inside enjoying my columbian roast and some coffee cake.
 
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Merkava_4 said:
I'm still thinking the hole for the dust cover and the hole for the quick release is the same size. From a production standpoint, they could use the same ratchet body for both ratchets; just have different part numbers.
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It is...................the same size lol
 
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Nealcrenshaw said:
Tell you what lets have a race,we'll both take off an alternator,starter,shocks and do a brake job in the rain with it about 40 degrees outside and after it's over you tell me which is better quick release or not
so quick release
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I'd be in the garage in that kind of weather:thumbup:
 
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TNToy said:
The button on a QR ratchet gets in the way when pushing with your palm, and frequently prevents access in tight places.
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nissan_crawler said:
I don't know about everybody else, but I get pissed when I lose the damn socket every time I bump some retarded little button. Try to thread a ratchet into a tight area, bump...there goes the freaking socket, down somewhere inside the 15' tail of the place. Try to push down with your hand for pressure, and you push the button. If the socket slips, down it goes.
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See, it's statements like this that make me question whether or not you've even given a Craftsman ratchet with a quick-release a chance.

I've never had ANY issue like that in the years I've been using Craftsman stuff, and I got into both of those situations quite a bit in the last month as I've been installing my suspension lift.

Are you sure your ratchets were real Craftsman, and not just a ratchet for the craftsman?
 
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kythri said:
See, it's statements like this that make me question whether or not you've even given a Craftsman ratchet with a quick-release a chance.

I've never had ANY issue like that in the years I've been using Craftsman stuff, and I got into both of those situations quite a bit in the last month as I've been installing my suspension lift.

Are you sure your ratchets were real Craftsman, and not just a ratchet for the craftsman?
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Give me a freaking break. I know damn well what a Craftsman ratchet is. They're what I sell on ebay so I can get used Snap-On ratchets. I used them professionally for 5 years before I realized I was an idiot and switched to Snap-On. I've used Craftsman since I was 9 years old, that's all we had on the farm. I'm sticking to Snap-On now, there's no comparison.

FYI, installing a suspension lift doesn't come close to the tight quarters of some of the work I do.
 
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kythri said:
I'm going to guess you've never dealt with an IFS suspension lift, then...
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What, like this one?
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Or perhaps the 6" chevy lift. No? What about the 12" Chevy lift? No? What about the 6" f150 lift? Still no? What about the 4" Titan lift"? Not that one either? How about the 6" Tacoma? No? How about the 6" h2 lift?

Heck, how about this one with the IFS cut off, custom spring packs, custom axles, engine swap, transfer case swap, fuel injection swap?

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Yeah, I've done a few IFS lifts. They don't come close to the tight working quarters a plane has.
 
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nissan_crawler, I would love to see some shots of the shop you work at and some of the crazy confined areas you guys have to work in! Maybe would shed some light on your unique working situation; some shots of planes torn apart would be cool too!
 
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His place of work has been somewhat of a mystery; all we know is that he works in an aviation shop with 500 employees. :dunno:
 
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I dont have issues with the quick release letting go at bad times. But my truck isnt that cramped. You can sit on the inner fender if you wanted too. :lol_hitti
 
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I'm absolutely positive that Boeing machinist/mechanics have designed a Quick-Release-From-Work button built into their wrenches but they won't tell. Confront them and they'll deny it.
 
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Im still up in the air, I just started using a snap on ratchet. I just rebuilt it so the retention ball is pretty stiff. We will see, but I sure like the action on the snap ons....
 
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