EASCO Ratchet

[davestlouis]

KD responded via email, they are sending me a list of retailers. They are listed in the NAPA catalog too, under NAPA-specific part #s.

 

[paramudduck]

So it looks like the KD 721109 kit will fit my Easco 721107.

Or maybe Craftsman 43781. OK now to wait until the crazy season is over so I'll know I'll have time to call.

 

[Tool Pants]

Kit #11908 will be quick release. If they ask, tell them you have KD ratchet #721413C (MAD said that #721413 is obsolete).

I sent an email. The only email I saw on the KD site was [email protected]. http://www.kd-tools.com/contacts.htm

Said I had a KD 721413C, and needed a 11908 service kit mailed to me.

I have a feeling it is not going to be this easy to get a rebuild kit for my Easco....

 

[billymade]

As far as I know, all the Craftsman/Napa/Easco et. al..... are all the same ratcheting head mechanism; Craftsman is shipping these ratchets in 1/4, 3/8, and 1/2 drives; the head kits are still being made because of this, get a kit from Sears and be done with it!

 

[MAD]

Kit #11908 will be quick release. If they ask, tell them you have KD ratchet #721413C (MAD said that #721413 is obsolete).

Just to clarify: The "C" at the end of the part number only indicates that the ratchet comes packaged on a card. The ratchet probably does not have the "C" on it. This came up originally because if you ask Danaher if the ratchet is available, they will say it is not unless you give them the number with the "C" at the end. Their system will also not show the rebuild kit as available unless you give them the number with the "C" suffix.

This was true specifically for the 3/8" flex head ratchet at the time the thread originated.

 

[64merc]

I sent an email. The only email I saw on the KD site was [email protected]. http://www.kd-tools.com/contacts.htm

Said I had a KD 721413C, and needed a 11908 service kit mailed to me.

I have a feeling it is not going to be this easy to get a rebuild kit for my Easco....

I hope they respond to you. I tried that email once and I never got a response. You may need to try calling Danaher customer service. Please let us know how it turns out.

 

[goodfellow]

I used the KD contacts e-mail address, and they responded within a few days. They did mail a KD rebuild kit for my old EASCO Ratchet.

 

[wantedabiggergarage]

So it looks like the KD 721109 kit will fit my Easco 721107.

Or maybe Craftsman 43781. OK now to wait until the crazy season is over so I'll know I'll have time to call.

Let me know on this. I would like to be able to go to Sears and get the kit, but I believe they stopped selling the penny rebuild kits a few years ago.

 

[davestlouis]

I had a local NAPA order the kit...it was $14.99, which was a lot of money, but it came from the warehouse in 24 hours. They also show that several NAPA stores in IL and MO stock these ratchets in the NAPA-branded variant, the 3/8 is NM-47 I think.

 

[rhandwor]

Look at it this way $10.00 UPS plus $5.00 for the part. It may have cost you more but Napa covers the shipping.

 

[davestlouis]

I'm not going to ***** about the money, it never crossed my mind to try to get it warrantied, I just want a ratchet that feels good and works well. I don't expect tools to last forever, they wear just like anything else with moving parts in it. If sloppiness in the guts of a pawnshop ratchet bugs me, I'll deal with it myself. These are the second roundhead ratchets I've ever liked...I have a couple of Williams B52's that are a fine tooth design also, and feel really nice to use.

 

[paramudduck]

I like the Williams B52's and the Snap on round heads. I don't mind buying the parts I just hate trying to chase down the information.

 

[davestlouis]

I enjoy the thrill of the chase, trying to figure out what's what. It was just weird timing that I stumbled on 2 Easco ratchets within 3 days and have embarked on a mini-adventure trying to get them in what I consider to be good working order. I've learned a few things about roundhead ratchets and have had fun tinkering with them.

 

[Tool Pants]

I sent an email. The only email I saw on the KD site was [email protected]. http://www.kd-tools.com/contacts.htm

Said I had a KD 721413C, and needed a 11908 service kit mailed to me.

I have a feeling it is not going to be this easy to get a rebuild kit for my Easco....

I just received an email from customer service at Danaher that the kit will be shipped out in 5 business days.

Forgot to say that in my email I said there were no KD distributors in my area. This is true since I have an Easco....

Now don't all you Easco/Craftsman owners jump on Danaher until I receive the rebuild kit and see if it is the correct one, or put Danaher out of business....

 

[64merc]

I just received an email from customer service at Danaher that the kit will be shipped out in 5 business days.

Forgot to say that in my email I said there were no KD distributors in my area. This is true since I have an Easco....

Now don't all you Easco/Craftsman owners jump on Danaher until I receive the rebuild kit and see if it is the correct one, or put Danaher out of business....

Great, glad to hear it. Let us know

 

[Tool Pants]

Here it is. I took my Easco - oops I mean KD - apart and it is the right rebuild kit. The kit is quick release, just like my Easco.

Cheap Danaher Tool Group does not include the lube.

Just kidding. It was nice of Danaher to send it without going through a headache.

 

[64merc]

Here it is. I took my Easco - oops I mean KD - apart and it is the right rebuild kit.

Cheap Danaher Tool Group does not include the lube.

Just kidding. It was nice of Danaher to send it without going through a headache.

Good, I knew it would work.

Hey, BTW, when I installed the same kit in my Easco flex head ratchet I encountered a strange problem. When I put older sockets on it, with shallow detents, the direction switch will not work properly. I have to take the socket off, switch directions, and then put the socket back on. This is because the ball bearing is still depressed slightly, thus not allowing it to change directions for some reason. This problem annoyed me so much that I found a similar style used ratchet and swapped in the used "kit".

I'm wondering if I got a dud, or if you'll have a similar issue. BTW, new Cman sockets didn't bother it as much since they have very deep detents.

 

[davestlouis]

I just rec'd the 1/4 inch Easco from BWP today, with the broken gut kit. Nobody locally has the gut kit in stock, but I have one ordered, so I'll be in business in a week or 2. Nice looking flex head by the way.

 

[davestlouis]

The gut kit that I got from NAPA had no circlip, and neither did the dead ratchet I got from BWP. I finally got a gut kit from Sears today with a circlip in it...NAPA shows the kit on national backorder, still.

 

[mojowojo]

Newbie here and like some help. I read through this whole thread on easco ratchets and it was great information. However, all it mentioned was the 3/8 drive. I have a 1/2 drive fine tooth round head ratchet that's been skipping and would like to get a rebuilt kit from Danaher but i can't seem to find the part # for it. My easco ratchet has this part # 73-1110. Any one with a correct part # to the rebuilt kit would help. Oh BTW, I did call Danaher but bascially the same answer, item no longer made and discountinued and no replacement parts.

 

[rhandwor]

Easco used to make Napa tools I would check with a Napa auto parts store.

 

[PowderKeg]

Newbie here and like some help. I read through this whole thread on easco ratchets and it was great information. However, all it mentioned was the 3/8 drive. I have a 1/2 drive fine tooth round head ratchet that's been skipping and would like to get a rebuilt kit from Danaher but i can't seem to find the part # for it. My easco ratchet has this part # 73-1110. Any one with a correct part # to the rebuilt kit would help. Oh BTW, I did call Danaher but bascially the same answer, item no longer made and discountinued and no replacement parts.

Looks like the KD part number for the kit is 12809. Or call Danaher back and tell them it's for a KD ratchet 731111.

http://www.kd-tools.com/731111116.htm

 

[stock z/28]

Hello guys,


I too have several of these ratchets in various styles and sizes.


Im pretty sure I have used the Craftsman fine tooth kit in them before.

As an interesting side not, back in the 80s a local store, part of a large chain (Big Lots) sold bunches of Easco/Master Mechanic branded tools at a large discount. I must have bought about 5-10 of the 1/2 inch drive fine tooth ratchets. Im not sure I ever used them? Had kind of forgoten about it untill now.

It was kinda funny because the tools were in big tubs you had to scrouge through, and every once in a while a Craftsman tool would show up, instead of the easco/master mechanic.


I have quite a few ratcets of various styles, and I must say several that I really like. Some of my favorites are the SK yoke style swivel heads and about all of the Williams Super Ratchets.

 

[jetski21]

I to was looking for replacement parts for my Easco 721413 3/8 flex head ratchet. I called the main Danaher number and was given this number to their tool division 1-410-773-7800. Got customer service on line, very friendly and technical. Told her my problem, she looked up the parts kit, found out they are out till the 23rd of this month, took my name and address and was told parts will be on it's way just as soon as they receive it. WOW! Talk about service, second to none. Compared to my 3/8 Snap On the Easco is a lot smoother and better ratchet. They still make this under a different name - K&D 721413c. After using the Easco, I gave away all my craftsman ratchets and the snap on is in my kids tool box.

 

[billymade]

If you like the KD/Easco ratchets; stop by your local O'riellys Auto Parts; they are carrying the KD ratchets now...

 

[Tool Pants]

Danaher is inconsistent.

If you look at page 7 KD/Danaher sent me a free 3/8" kit back in November for my Easco.

I just bought a 1/2" Craftsman and emailed KD for a kit. This time I was told to buy one from a local Napa store.

 

[Mr.Nutcase]

If you like the KD/Easco ratchets; stop by your local O'riellys Auto Parts; they are carrying the KD ratchets now...

Really, made in the USA right?

 

[jetski21]

Why did you not take it back to Sears?

 

[Draftpick]

Ok well I have read all the easco, craftsman posts on the round head fine tooth ratchets, and have compiled a list of all the ratchets that are interchangeable and their respective repair kits, so that everyone that has one of these brands can get repair kits and keep their ratchets alive. I have a couple of the older craftsman's listed that I got from a Craftsman Industrial catalog and that is what models they have listed for that kit, older or first generations is my guess. Also there are Master Mechanic versions that exist I don't have any model numbers so If anyone has some I will up date the list, and there might be some older Easco models that I don't have as well.

Allen 1/4 model# 10904, repair kit#10908
Craftsman 1/4 model# 43187,43178, repair kit#43426
Easco 1/4 model#711106, repair kit#10908
K-D 1/4 model#711106, repair kit#10908
Master Mechanic???
Napa 1/4 model# NHT NM-47, repair kit#10908

Allen 3/8 model#11904, repair kit#11908
Craftsman 3/8 model#43781,42794,42792,43788, repair kit#43436
Easco 3/8 model#721107,721413, repair kit#11908
K-D 3/8 model#721109,721413,721412, repair kit#721103,11908
Master Mechanic???
Napa 3/8 model# NHT NB-47, repair kit# 11908

Allen 1/2 model#12806, repair kit#12809
Craftsman 1/2 model#44977.44983,44944,44973,44978, repair kit#43446
Easco 1/2 model#731112,731111, 731116, repair kit#12809
K-D 1/2 model#731111,731116, repair kit#12809
Master Mechanic1/2 model#T1661
Napa 1/2 model#NHT NS-47, repair kit#12809

 

[superautobacs]

Thanks for the compilation Draftpick.
IMO, it'be even more useful if you created a thread of your own with the appropriate title--it'll stand out more than a post in an old, 8-page thread.

 

[caper]

I agree.Post your own thread with this info in it,it's a great resource for many members.Use a title that's easily searchable or Pm a mod to have it added to the kartracers thread of great threads at the top of the main page.

 

[PowderKeg]

Master Mechanic 1/2" T1661
Easco 1/2" long handle 731116
Allen 1/2" 12804

There were also non-quick release versions released for some brands - only difference is the lack of the socket quick release function and the model #(AFAIK). IMHO a quick release repair kit would be a nice upgrade:
Master Mechanic 1/2" T1660
Napa 1/2" NS65

Also, are you sure the 3/8" Easco 721107 you have listed is really a RHFT like the others? The one I have is a round head but of a very different design than the classic RHFT (not a dual pawl mech, and not held in with an internal ring). Some brands re-used model #'s for different head styles (Napa among others has) - don't know if Easco did for the Easco branded line.

Looks like a good shot at a compilation of models - only suggestion I might add is to include the handle style (if known) beside the model # (regular, long handle, flex). Every handle style was not offered by every brand, AFAIK Craftsman only offered regular and flex models, KD only regular and long handle, etc.

 

[Draftpick]

I will make a new post, and add flex and long handle. As for easco 721107, on page 7 of this thread post #128 is where I got that model number. It might be a non quick release but a member posted that model as a RHFT, easco and craftsman have made these for close to 40 years and im sure we don't have all the model numbers and non-quick release varations.

 

[PSU Engineer]

Great list, now I can throw away my list of these ratchets that I've been compiling.

Oh, and not to be a stick in the mud, but please add the Armstrong 11-915 to the list. It's not a ratchet, it's Easco ***********. I think that it was the only full polished version of these ratchets.

Fedwrench just wrote a thread about buying one during a MSC sale. I had to drive over to MSC and get one for myself.
Armstrong <<<This is the thread that I was referring to

Oh, and the 1/2" version of this ratchet is Armstrong 12-915. Armstrong makes the 1/4" version, but I cannot confirm the model number as 10-915 via the Armstong tools website. I think that would be the number if this ratchet followed the same model number sequence as the other ratchets.

Tony

 

[PowderKeg]

I will make a new post, and add flex and long handle. As for easco 721107, on page 7 of this thread post #128 is where I got that model number. It might be a non quick release but a member posted that model as a RHFT, easco and craftsman have made these for close to 40 years and im sure we don't have all the model numbers and non-quick release varations.

Back on page 6, posts 105 and 115 also mention the 721107 - what they describe is the ratchet I have - a round head, but definitely not the venerable RHFT. That style seems to me to be somewhat of an oddity from Easco, as I've never seen any other Moore/Easco/Danaher sourced ratchet with that head/gut design (yet...). My earlier thoughts were that it might be a Wright-sourced ratchet produced/stamped for Easco, as the gut design is very similar to Wright's, but it won't interchange with any Wright-sourced round head I currently have - ever-so-slightly smaller in diameter and fits loose inside a Wright handle. Conversely, the Wright guts are ever-so-slightly larger in diameter and won't fit in the Easco handle.

Wouldn't surprise me either to continue to see more model #'s pop up for more handle and brand variations for the RHFT head. I'm still lacking a KD version and now I have to add the polished Armstrong to the want list.

Looks like you're gonna have a right long list of RHFT ratchets there in the future.

 

[Joe Mamma]

Draftpick and others, thanks for putting this information together.

Joe Mamma

 

[sawmillman]

I have one of the easco 721107 I Know for a fact that they were made in the us becouse they were made in MD.My father used to be a engineer at the plant.I got to see it back in the late 80's and got a ratchet. but years of abuse have taken it's toll and it needs a kit.

 

[Tool Pants]

20 something years later I have another Easco. I have been looking for a 1/2" drive long handle ratchet at the flea market without any luck. Today I saw 2. The Easco and a Ridgid that looked like an Easco.

Bought the Easco 731116. 15" long. Looks almost like new. Here it is next to my 1/2" Craftsman.

 

[rcsec]

This thread was loaded with such good info that when researching my EASCO 3/8" 721109 I had to bring it up. I'd assumed I'd just clean lube it but the retaining ball no longer...retains; sockets just fall off.

After reading this thread a few times I decided I just call Danaher (now Apex) to locate the correct rebuilt kit. Of course the ratchet is no longer made, same story for the rebuild kit. They offer up a replacement, either an Armstrong 11-915 or a Gearwrench 81211.

Would there happen to be rebuild kit on someone's shelf?

The Armstrong (domestic) is a 1/2" shorter and 8 degree arc while the Gearwrench (imported) is a thin profile with a 6 degree arc. Who has used either of these ratchets, what do they like and dislike?

Thanks,

 

[mrholeshot]

Unless they just stopped building it Armstrong has a ratchet with the exact same head