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Ratchet wrenches with SO Dual 80 mechanism!

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bahcoswed

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I was curious so i took some combination reversible ratcheting wrenches apart:) jh williams, wurth zebra and bahco 1rm has dual 80 mechanism! But the only wrench that really feels like snap on are bahco 1rm, the other wrenches has that huge play before the first tooth pops in!
 
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The bahco 1rm i never took apart because i know it has dual 80 and you need to broke it to see!
 
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I thought the Williams pear heads were the old coarse tooth Snap-On? The new Williams s-52a are fine tooth but not dual pawl, it's a new single pawl mech.

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4x4gearhead

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I had a set of the blue points that appear to be the same. I will say I didn't like them, they were short but kinda bulky and with sharp corners. I later traded them in on the flank drive ones when my dealer gave me a good deal.
 
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It seems then the Snap on dual 80 mech is made in Taiwan.These might then be shipped to Spain (Bahco) and the USA where wrench bodies and ratchets are forged and the tools assembled.
 
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I want a long pattern version with a non-rat box end on one end for breaking things loose, and a reversible ratcheting on the other. I saw they do have a reversible flex head version, I don't think that's long pattern either.
 
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^ Are those made in Germany? The reversing mechanism looks like the Blackhawk reversing mechanism from Taiwan.
 
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rusjack

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I had a set of Bahco double box end ratcheting wrenches and they felt identical to the Gearwrench ones I picked up afterwards. The only major difference I found was my Bahco set started with a 1/4 X 5/16 wrench, whereas the Gearwrench set started with a 5/16 X 3/8 wrench.

I used both sets daily, professionally, and I wouldn't be able to tell the difference if you handed me one over the other.
 
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cheechi

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I clicked on this thread thinking 'let me look at some more tools i can't afford'

Those are the same stubby ratcheting set I have. Didn't even know that about them. Yay me.
 
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