Recent content by sarabellum

Manufacturers do not publish a torque rating, i.e. pound feet, for their ratchets, because a ratchet is not designed to be a torque wrench or a breaker bar. That is no revelation. One could write to the manufacturer for their safety warning as to what pound foot limit not to exceed. The safety...

1800 inch pounds= 150 pound feed. 150 is a low threshhold that all ratchets will meet.

↑ Over time greases become hardened crud. After disassembling several older ratchets glued from that crud, assembly lube is a refreshing suggestion to me.

The bus is exportable to other countries, where those high riding buses are a must.

Do not guess. Fraud can be a negligent misrepresentation or it can be a deceptive business practice, wherein the representation need only have a tendency to deceive and the customer's reliance need not be reasonable. See e.g. Van. Sickle Constr. Co. v. Wachovia Commercial Mortg., Inc., 783...