So, I finally tried to red lube of love...

[zuspiel]

... and it turned my Hazet ratchet into something that I'll actually use. Ultra smooth now.
Thanks, Merk.

Now I wonder how long I'll have to have a diaper under the ratchet...

 

[mkdive]

#81950 is some goooooood stuff!

 

[Merkava_4]

You're Welcome!

You can bleed it off by playing with it as you're watching TV.

 

[wrenchr]

... and it turned my Hazet ratchet into something that I'll actually use. Ultra smooth now.
Thanks, Merk.

Now I wonder how long I'll have to have a diaper under the ratchet...

Wanna sell or trade it???

 

[zuspiel]

You're Welcome!

You can bleed it off by playing with it as you're watching TV.

I'll try that when my wife isn't at home...

Wanna sell or trade it???

Well, not anymore

Seriously, though, I've had it for something like 12-15 years. Bought it when I was still living in Europe. Until a couple of years ago, it was the only decent ratchet I owned. I don't think I'll ever part with it..

 

[davestlouis]

I just have to ask Merkava...what prompted you to use ***'y lube in a ratchet? As much as I hate to admit it, I'm becoming a convert, although I wish it wasn't red, because it makes one hell of a mess.

 

[Merkava_4]

I just have to ask Merkava...what prompted you to use ***'y lube in a ratchet?

daveblank, our resident Matco dealer told me about it.

 

[goodfellow]

You're Welcome!

You can bleed it off by playing with it as you're watching TV.

ah, do you wanna maybe qualify that statement a bit

 

[zuspiel]

Just for the record: it wasn't me this time...

 

[zuspiel]

BTW, it doesn't turn a pig into a swan. Just for kicks, I tried it on a (never used) Cman raised panel. That thing is still ****, even when it's oozing red...

 

[d33pt]

where do you get this stuff locally?

 

[bchee]

where do you get this stuff locally?

Advanced Auto sells it, but you may not have one locally.

 

[eschoendorff]

Just for the record: it wasn't me this time...

duly noted....

 

[daveblank]

I just have to ask Merkava...what prompted you to use ***'y lube in a ratchet? As much as I hate to admit it, I'm becoming a convert, although I wish it wasn't red, because it makes one hell of a mess.

daveblank, our resident Matco dealer told me about it.

When I was a tech I had a ratchet that was acting up. I took it apart & found that the grease had dried up. I cleaned it real well. I had some wheel bearing grease & the Permatex. I tried the Permatex & have used nothing since. When I repair a ratchet for a customer, I use it.

where do you get this stuff locally?

Any good parts store will have it.

 

[zuspiel]

where do you get this stuff locally?

I just added it to last Amazon order. I also haven't seen it locally.

 

[nightrain00]

While it won't turn pig into a swan it does turn an awful POS craftsman raised panel ratchet into a considerably less awful POS that you wouldn't mind using from time to time.

 

[justinmc]

When I was a tech I had a ratchet that was acting up. I took it apart & found that the grease had dried up. I cleaned it real well. I had some wheel bearing grease & the Permatex. I tried the Permatex & have used nothing since. When I repair a ratchet for a customer, I use it.

Any good parts store will have it.

Thats a good tool dealer... going the extra mile to make someones tool work a little better than he had to!

Awesome guy. I have a 1/2" 17" long Matco I need rebuilt... makes me tempted to just ask my dealer if he'll give me the kit and let me build it myself with a little red goo love

 

[daveblank]

Thats a good tool dealer... going the extra mile to make someones tool work a little better than he had to!

Awesome guy. I have a 1/2" 17" long Matco I need rebuilt... makes me tempted to just ask my dealer if he'll give me the kit and let me build it myself with a little red goo love

Just hand him the lube & tell him to use it.

 

[justinmc]

Just hand him the lube & tell him to use it.

Bwhahaha.. I'm adding that one to my signature.

 

[zuspiel]

Just hand him the lube & tell him to use it.

You owe me a new keyboard...

 

[krusty the clown]

Just hand him the lube & tell him to use it.

man.......and from a tool dealer too


some of my favorite tool dealer jokes:

it was so cold the other day i saw a tool man with his hands in his OWN pockets..............


do you know why snakes don't bite tool men?...........profesional courtesy..

 

[bchee]

I tried the Permatex & have used nothing since. When I repair a ratchet for a customer, I use it.
QUOTE]

just curious if your customers are able to appreciate the difference. Do they come back and ask what you did to the ratchet, or do they tell you how much smoother their ratchets are?

 

[daveblank]

I tried the Permatex & have used nothing since. When I repair a ratchet for a customer, I use it.
QUOTE]

just curious if your customers are able to appreciate the difference. Do they come back and ask what you did to the ratchet, or do they tell you how much smoother their ratchets are?

To some customers it doesn't make a difference as long as it works. I've had a few request that I do it to their others.

 

[Jokeman]

I use the Lucas engine assembly lube in mine. Its very sticky but makes the ratchets extremely smooth.

 

[davestlouis]

What color is the Lucas? If it's not red I may try some.

 

[wrenchr]

The comp cam break in lube and the permacrap seam to be one in the same.

 

[Uncle Buck]

I suspect just about any engine assembly lube would react the same as another, regardless the brand. The task the stuff was designed for is the same from one to another so I bet it matters not one iota which brand you choose.

 

[Merkava_4]

What color is the Lucas? If it's not red I may try some.

What's wrong with red?

The comp cam break in lube and the permacrap seam to be one in the same.

I'm getting tired of you dissin' my Permatex!!

 

[PowderKeg]

Was in Advance today and succumbed to the Dark Side - walked out with a bottle of the Red Lube O' Luv. Now I gotta find the time to try it out. Am I correct in seeing some opinions seem to run that this stuff isn't quite as wonderful in the higher tooth-count ratchets? Little to no effect on ratchets already running smooooooth?

 

[wrenchr]

What's wrong with red?



I'm getting tired of you dissin' my Permatex!!

Bring it

 

[Merkava_4]

Am I correct in seeing some opinions seem to run that this stuff isn't quite as wonderful in the higher tooth-count ratchets? Little to no effect on ratchets already running smooooooth?

It'll make your 30 tooth run like an 80 tooth.

 

[wrenchr]

It'll make your 30 tooth run like an 80 tooth.

Permatex assembly lube is so good it will make your 30 tooth ratchet feel like a 80 tooth!! yah riiiiiiiight ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!

 

[davestlouis]

What I have noticed, with old Indestro round heads, is that the notchiness is gone when the Permatex is used, it almost feels like the teeth are not engaging and it's slick as can be. I tried it in a tired old SO F720, and it feels slicker to the point that it almost feels more worn-out, but works just fine. I'm just not wild about the red goop getting everywhere, purely a cosmetic concern of mine. It also seems to make the ratcheting noise quieter, it muffles the clicking by virtue of being more viscous.

 

[zuspiel]

What I have noticed, with old Indestro round heads, is that the notchiness is gone when the Permatex is used, it almost feels like the teeth are not engaging and it's slick as can be. I tried it in a tired old SO F720, and it feels slicker to the point that it almost feels more worn-out, but works just fine. I'm just not wild about the red goop getting everywhere, purely a cosmetic concern of mine. It also seems to make the ratcheting noise quieter, it muffles the clicking by virtue of being more viscous.

I think that sums it up very well.

I also tried it on a Cman pro 60 tooth and wasn't all that happy. Seems to viscous for fine teeth (at least at the current temperatures, it snowed last night here in Houston...)

 

[Merkava_4]

Seems to viscous for fine teeth (at least at the current temperatures)

It probably is, but for 30 and 36 teeth .... it's the bomb.

 

[Tool Pants]

Red is out.

Blue is in.

Announcing the Deutsche lube.

Makes my 1/4" drive Taiwan snap on....

 

[bchee]

that blue stuff is way too thick. Looks basically like grease.

 

[Jokeman]

What color is the Lucas? If it's not red I may try some.

Dave its NyQuil green!

 

[davestlouis]

That's just as bad, but I guess it would be a benefit to have color so you can tell where it's been applied in an engine.

 

[bushhawg73]

Looks like a small grease gun used for chainsaw bars, I think the grease is going to be too thick.