If it's still there next time I make it out there, I may pick it up.
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If it's still there next time I make it out there, I may pick it up.
senlow
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Tool Pants
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Yesterday at the local flea market I bought this 3/8" Snap-On ratchet F67B with a 1958 date code. When you rotate the drive it hangs up. Then jiggle it and it continues to rotate.
The seller and I agreed on a price given the fact it has a problem. I think it has nothing to do with lubrication, but a mechanical problem. In any event, I still want to take it apart.
The adapter cover plate screws on. I have dealt with this before with 2 old Williams 1/2" drive ratchets that have much larger holes in the plate. I was able to unscrew the plate on one ratchet with snap ring pliers, but not on the other ratchet. I tried every penetrant known to man. Then the punch and hammer routine. All I did was to screw up the holes.
On this adapter I told the guy it was no always easy to take it apart. I am not going to buy some special tool to unscrew the plate for just one project. Got the adapter home and I could not unscrew the plate on the adapter. Deja vu.
The 2 holes for the cover plate are only 1/16". Small pliers and the snap ring pliers will not budge the cover plate. The male drive was clamped in a vise when I did this, unlike the pictures. I don't want to start wacking on it with a hammer and punch, like I did on the Williams ratchet.
The seller and I agreed on a price given the fact it has a problem. I think it has nothing to do with lubrication, but a mechanical problem. In any event, I still want to take it apart.
The adapter cover plate screws on. I have dealt with this before with 2 old Williams 1/2" drive ratchets that have much larger holes in the plate. I was able to unscrew the plate on one ratchet with snap ring pliers, but not on the other ratchet. I tried every penetrant known to man. Then the punch and hammer routine. All I did was to screw up the holes.
On this adapter I told the guy it was no always easy to take it apart. I am not going to buy some special tool to unscrew the plate for just one project. Got the adapter home and I could not unscrew the plate on the adapter. Deja vu.
The 2 holes for the cover plate are only 1/16". Small pliers and the snap ring pliers will not budge the cover plate. The male drive was clamped in a vise when I did this, unlike the pictures. I don't want to start wacking on it with a hammer and punch, like I did on the Williams ratchet.
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Use a punch and beat on it to loosen it up... Put the drive part in a vise so it won't turn and beat away... That worked for me.... Put the punch in one hole and beat the way you need to turn it to loosen it. Then swap to the next hole and keep doing that back and forth it will come loose.
Tool Pants
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Alright one other thing I did, it was scary, but worked. With the adapter in a vise, I put the punch in a hole and turned the ratchet until it caught on the punch as I held it against the reverse lever and turned the ratchet adapter with a breaker bar against it to get it come loose. Also I alternated on both holes...
SMATO? 
Simultaneous Mask And Target Optimization
Other kinds of dual purpose connections.
As I mentioned elsewhere, the selector ring on the adapter can be used to spin the drive also (without the other handle turning), when it is positioned in front of the ratchet, so that there is a dual action screwdriver. The other kind would be the opposite, and a little trickier to work with (besides the locking wrench handle, which helps when it's heavier), but there is more room to get a side grip on the ratchet, and spin it independently. So I think these are each most useful in different ways. And I thought the little red wrench was tiny at the time... well, I could technically connect the micro type to the ratchet, with a hex to square drive bit, but it works better with a lighter weight hex hold, close to the screw (had to try that).
For that matter there are some larger hex to square drive adapters (besides the smaller power bit type), which could be used with most any ratchet adapter, for a similar connection (called socket caps).
Simultaneous Mask And Target Optimization
Other kinds of dual purpose connections.
As I mentioned elsewhere, the selector ring on the adapter can be used to spin the drive also (without the other handle turning), when it is positioned in front of the ratchet, so that there is a dual action screwdriver. The other kind would be the opposite, and a little trickier to work with (besides the locking wrench handle, which helps when it's heavier), but there is more room to get a side grip on the ratchet, and spin it independently. So I think these are each most useful in different ways. And I thought the little red wrench was tiny at the time... well, I could technically connect the micro type to the ratchet, with a hex to square drive bit, but it works better with a lighter weight hex hold, close to the screw (had to try that).
For that matter there are some larger hex to square drive adapters (besides the smaller power bit type), which could be used with most any ratchet adapter, for a similar connection (called socket caps).
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