Verdict is: VERY annoying. Props to you for figuring out this pitfall before having one whereas it took us continually just doing it on accident
Edit: The DeWALT pass through sealed head ratchet thing doesnt do this at all.
We should have one within the next week or so. I already know they dont fit Nano socket hexes. But i'm curious about size as well, and if it will fit DeWALT's new pass through style sealed head ratchet.
Haven't handled a HF, but parts (in diagram order) 24, 54, 58, 23, 60 & 22 make up what's called a twin pin ball and cam sprung impact mechanism, like what's used in the Aircat 1250K scaled WAY down.
Yeah the SP air and Astro 1128 are examples of air ratchets with impact mechanisms, higher RPM and more torque but a different type of reactionless TQ. HF sells a reactionless too i believe that's basically a similar idea.
But yeah, we weight torque pretty low on importance for ratchets.
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AP has a new like 2ft+ long ratchet coming out, planned on testing air when looking at that. Can include impact ratchets as well, i think IR has a new one or maybe it was a high speed, i forget.
CDI's exclusivity with SO ended, CDI got pushed out. Snap-On decided to make them themselves.
CDI had been making many parts in TW at this point, without their SO contract CDI couldn't maintain that relationship with continuing orders.
The TW factory decided to start making the rest of the parts...
The most rewatched part of this video (timestamp 6:18)
That's the thing, you dont know they are out of spec until you exchanged money for em, we test what we're sold.
I have a spare set of Urrea wrenches that measure like 0.35mm over and are super thick on the jaw end so never spread that ill give you a heck of a deal on :p
Totally makes sense. And we always encourage looking at multiple sources for this stuff. What we find important (like max torque on an impact) doesn't MAKE it the most important