Help with Snapon dust cap

[76vette]

I got a rebuild kit for an older snapon ratchet - f117a if it makes a difference. I followed a youtube video and got the thing disassembled no problem, but when I was trying to put it back together i came across a bit of a snag. It looks like my version of the ratchet had the dustcover inset in the head. The videos I watched just had the dustcap pressed in from the inside of the ratchet. Mine has a recessed grove on the outside and I can't figure out how to press the cover in there. I'm guessing there's a special die or tool that will bend the edges of the cap enough to get it in the groove, but I haven't figured it out quite yet. Any help before I screw it up and have to order another one?

 

[Wamsutta]

You need to pull the bushing out first, then the dust cover goes in from the inside. Bushing goes in after the dust cover from the inside.

 

[Snaparxon]

I believe that is a wear ring in the hole that needs to be knocked out, the kit should have a new one. Install the dust cap with the arrow facing the 12 o'clock position, then drive the new wear ring in with an extension inserted from the 6 or 12 point side of a 3/8" drive socket that the drive end is slightly larger than the wear ring.

 

[Wamsutta]

The bushing is at the top left in this picture.

In this other picture, the two screws are sitting inside the bushing.

 

[76vette]

That seems to be exactly what it was gentlemen. Midnight here, but I just had to run out to the garage, and a few small taps with the dead blow on top of a socket and the ring popped right out. Thank you!

 

[The Cobbler]

GJ to the rescue once again!

 

[Jason280]

They can be aggravating, I pushed mine out with a couple sockets and a large vise....and then getting the dust cover properly lined up can be a PITA. I'm not sure about that particular model, but you may also have to hammer/rivet the end of the selector back in place. They certainly aren't the most user friendly to rebuild, certainly far more complicated than more current ratchets.

 

[Wamsutta]

They can be aggravating, I pushed mine out with a couple sockets and a large vise....and then getting the dust cover properly lined up can be a PITA. I'm not sure about that particular model, but you may also have to hammer/rivet the end of the selector back in place. They certainly aren't the most user friendly to rebuild, certainly far more complicated than more current ratchets.

The factory used a center punch of some kind; that's why you'll see a little dimple in the middle of the selector stem on ratchets that have never been rebuilt. All you need is a punch that hits hard enough to expand the selector stem. A heavy hitting automatic center punch like the Starrett 18C would probably do it.

 

[David0858]

The factory used a center punch of some kind; that's why you'll see a little dimple in the middle of the selector stem on ratchets that have never been rebuilt. All you need is a punch that hits hard enough to expand the selector stem. A heavy hitting automatic center punch like the Starrett 18C would probably do it.

Well.... I wished I'd have thought about something like that when I rebuilt mine. Mine's riveted real good.