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Exactly. And I've seen other brands do this too, like the Matco Special Forces line. But the square hole on the Proto female ratchet seems like a more universal design that could be easily adopted.

Thanks for the info. I was thinking that they would be a good low-profile ratchet if the male sockets existed. Seems like a missed opportunity.

So I recently learned about this "female" style of ratchet, like the Proto 5649FW: https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/7M8AAOSwx75kUpkq/s-l1600.png And I have a seemingly stupid question about them: what kind of sockets do I use on these ratchets? Are there "male" sockets that fit in the square...

Couldn't figure out how to delete this thread. I have found the extensions and no longer need them.

Hi. I'm looking for the two extensions that were made for the 3/8" drive Armstrong Eliminator. Would be willing to buy the whole set if it's in good enough shape, as long as it comes with the extensions.

Did a bit of searching and it seems that the sockets are indeed compatible. Not sure if the pawl and switch would be interchangeable, but I'm guessing they would be.

I just took a closer look at this. Are the Armstrong and Matco sets compatible? The ratchet shape looks different but the pawl looks the same. And so do the sockets.

I actually found a straight ratchet for the Matco Special Forces as well, so I have both a straight and flex ratchet for the set. But I do like the looks of the Armstrong set too!

Thanks. I would not have considered that. I'll keep that in mind.

And I'm sure there are some readers who may be wondering why I'm bothering with this when it's not even broken yet. I was thinking that it may have been a special pin, so rather than wait several years for it to break, I figured it might be easier to find now. My thinking was that the longer...

Thanks for the suggestion. That sounds doable.

I think you might be right. I wasn't sure if there was some trick to removing the pin, so I didn't want to try hammering it out without knowing any better. But that might be all there is to it.

I recently acquired a Matco Special Forces pass-through ratchet and socket set. Nifty little kit, but parts for it seem hard to find. I know the weak point on it is the pin that connects the handle to the flex head, so I wanted to try to find a spare sooner rather than later. Since this tool...

Great example! Thanks.

Thanks for the recommendation. I was looking at some Protos, but they seem like overkill for a weekend mechanic like me. Stahlwille seems more reasonable if I decide to get any.

I hadn't thought about needing to stick an allen wrench through the opening in the box end.

I've heard people here say "I don't use this tool often, but sometimes it's the only thing that will work." I'm wondering if that's the case with deep offset box end wrenches because I'm trying to think of a scenario where a deep offset box end wrench would work, but a ratchet and shallow...

That's exactly the thread I needed to read. Thanks.

I'm working on building out my tool box, and so far I've been focusing on the metric side because all my family's vehicles are metric. But I want to have some SAE just for good measure. However, I don't want to buy every type of SAE socket that there is (6-point shallow, 6-point deep, 12-point...

Thanks for the link! Very interesting info.