Sockets:
As far as sockets go, I've only broken one brand of sockets before: SK
I had a set of SK 6 point 1/2 drive sockets as my primary 1/2 drive metric sockets, both deep and shallow well. They seemed nice; shiny chrome, a bit thick walled, but I figured that must mean that they are really...
Thanks everyone! Good to know. Sorry about the lousy picture, all I have is a cell phone camera.
That's odd that they didn't use the same design with the W spring in there for the 1/4... I wonder why that is.
Maybe I'll just clean mine out well, re-lube it, make sure everything is in there...
[Bump] Any thoughts?
(Since this was my first post, it took a few days to be approved, and showed up on the 11th page, so I wanted to bump it up where people could see it. )
I recently bought a Bahco 6950 1/4" drive ratchet, which has the 72 tooth dual 80 ratchet mechanism. I've been a big fan of the Bahco dual 80 ratchets, and I own the 3/8" drive and 1/2" drive as my primary ratchets. This one, however, doesn't seem right at all. Something just seemed off on it...