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I rebuilt an SK 45175 3/8 drive Tuff 1 ratchet that I recently found.

My very first job at 7 years old ( under my fathers supervision ) was to package shoe taps and heels ( Cats Paw ) brand into small bags for a shoemaker supply house in NYC. I worked a few hours on Saturdays and earned enough money to buy a shoeshine kit which put me in the shoeshine business...

Use mine the same way. High pressure air works great. Don't need it for air tools anymore.

Very cool looking ratchet. In tight places small ratchets are very helpful. If it ever needs a rebuild kit, I got one for you. I have a parge collection of SK and SK parts.

I picked two up today. Already converted one to a bit holding ratchet and ordered a FC72 - 2 faceplate from snappy for the 3/8 conversion. At the end of the day I will have a 1/4, 3/8, and bit driver for about the cost on one TKF72 Snap On ratchet. I think Snap On over charges for made in Taiwan...

For the 3/8 conversion you will need the FC72 - 2 faceplate. I just did the bit driver on the new G2 flex stubby. I ordered the FC72-2 for 3/8 flex conversion. ICON does make a 3/8 short flex stubby, just release. But its 4.5 inches long. The conversion version is 3.5 inches long. I wanted the...

Attached are my ICON conversion stubbys. 1/4, 3/8 Snap On RKRFC72, RKRTM72A Bit driver repair kits.

I would imagine most of us on this forum buy tools because we like them not need them. I own at least 80 ratchets. Got Wera screw drivers in different colors, Vessel screw drivers in different colors, SK screw drivers in green and green/white, MAC in red, etc etc. LOL

The Icon G2 ratchets and snap on are more than cousins. I swapped out a snap on 3/8 repair kit into a G2 1/4 stubby. Same internal parts. Did a second icon swap and made a bit driver. The snap on stubby is about $100 bucks more. Anyone interested in the part numbers let me know and I will post...

Regarding green color, it looks like ICON wanted to emulate Wera green screwdrivers. As a fun fact, note that the ICON G2 1/4 inch ratchets are the same mechanism that snap on uses. I put a 3/8 snap on RFRFC72 rebuild kit in shorty ICON G2 ratchet. I now have a 3/8 ICON shorty. The ICON...

Love your Koken sticker. If you ever sell them, I am in for two.

Like the guys that put a pipe on a 1/4 drive and wonder why it breaks. LOL

Japanese companies are less concerned about quarterly investor calls and are more focused on the future. When a Japanese CEO misses the mark, they leave and feel remorse. When an American CEO screws up, they offer to sign an NDA, take a big payout, and looks for their next job. As a result...

Yes. Ola also has very thin plugs to insert in the back of the shallow hex sockets to keep them from falling out.

I think Olsa makes some stubby impact sockets in 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 both sae and metric. They also have short hex drive sockets.