Recent content by MechanicMindset

I saw these and would have picked them up if they had them in SAE with 12 points but they only offer 6 as of now. However if this design is better as it seems to be, I can’t understand why other manufacturers use the different joint the design that has a longer center pin with the swivel rods...

I’ve seen things like that, I saw a snap on ratcheting wrench setup like that. Which bit adapter do you use so it doesn’t fall through the wrench?

Hello, I’m looking for some input on which you guys think are the lowest backdrag hex bit ratchets available on the market and that maybe you’ve tried out. I’ve grown sick of my Wiha hex ratchet, while it seems very strong it has very very bad backdrag and it also has a tendency to change...

Those are very cool, I looked into them and mostly found Mac models doing that with the anvil, i was checking out an ar255 that had that. Does it get annoying when trying to have straight shot at a fastener? I figured it would since the drive doesn’t seem to lock straight

What I ended up buying was a used Mac AR380RH with the rotating head which has been immensely useful already. However this tool came with some faults which I’m not sure if they’re original to it or because it’s used. Anyway I went on to resolve them. Of course first step is take it all apart to...

Those sp air impacting ratchets were high up on my list of considerations but I don’t want anything with that much torque as I would break a lot of **** and I was more of looking for something with a rotating head and cheap, hard to do for sp air even used. Also I’ve noticed the impacting ones...

As luck would have it, our line was switched from Southwest to United and their customer representatives don’t want electric tools being used lol. Not even to remove things, which has lead to us being somewhat behind on the beginning of the D-2 check. Anyway.. Now looking to scoop myself up an...

There’s always some guy that’s stuck up in the past refusing to use electric or any power tools entirely and they take forever to do any simple job. The convenience of just grabbing the tool and going into whatever hole you’re working in without having to lay out the hose and all that is huge.

Every MRO around here let’s you use electric everything. The aircraft is grounded and more often than not the tanks are empty and vented. If we didn’t use power tools we would take twice as long if not more per heavy check

Thought I’d update this thread with what I ended up getting to fill my need for a small cordless ratchet. I found a very old Snap On ET 1050 3.6v nicad ratchet on eBay with the charger for extremely cheap. Obviously didn’t work worth a damn but I bought it as a project to convert to lithium...

I just this afternoon had to safety wire all bleed valves in the brakes of a 737 because the brakes were bled and someone signed it off as completed, inspector “missed” the cut or missing safety wire and so did the customer rep. Thing was going to leave like that. But there’s tons of those...

Thinking it through, it would indeed be easier to have used a long neck ratchet, husky doesn’t make one of those so I guess time to choose and spend on another tool for a rather specific situation lol. After doing more research on the incredibly hard to come by AC Delco 8v ratchet, it doesn’t...

They let us use cordless or an air one it doesn’t really matter I have both types. We do heavy maintenance so the chances of anything getting left in an area like this are slim to none since an inspector always doubles checks the work and the area

Probably a really long neck one. But I would find those to be really awkward to use iust about everywhere other than this spot

This is a 737-700. Trailing edge of the wing right