Recent content by Torquemada

Hey man, thanks a million. That was exactly the fix, and one case where a picture was definitely worth a thousand words. The one picture below step 4 lit up the light bulb in my head so that I could see exactly how tension was applied to the spring. The spring in my torque wrench was the same...

For decades I've occasionally popped open the drive mechanisms on my ratchets and greased the teeth and bearing surfaces. It quiets them down and I've seen a lot of worn teeth on the cheaper ratchets. Now I'm feeling like an idiot because for the first time I can't figure out how to reassemble...