This is not a ratchet it is an impact.
Ir hammerhead impact ratchet?
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Shadowdog500
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They can do all the fancy advertising they want. This video by a mechanic sold me. I want one.
Not only will it actually remove stuff, but your fingers wont get pinched in the process.
Chris
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Not only will it actually remove stuff, but your fingers wont get pinched in the process.
Chris
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Some folks are confused thinking it is an impact ratchet, but it is not. It is a low profile angle head impact. There is an impact mechanism driving through a set of really beefy bevel gears producing 180 ft-lbs in reverse.
tonydanzah
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Can anyone that bought one tell me where its made? where are these things built?
SUPERAnimal
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my local snapon guy said that there is a recall on the trigger and so they are on back order at the moment. i will certainly get one when they become available.
North Carolina with parts made in the US and abroad.
tonydanzah
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thanks, this is an even greater incentive to buy it now
I never know exactly what that means. Hopefully the American component is something more than an illegal alien squirting in a drop of US manufactured oil for min wage.
I like the ratchet
though and plan to get one regardless.I never know exactly what that means. Hopefully the American component is something more than an illegal alien squirting in a drop of US manufactured oil for min wage.
I like the ratchet
Roughly half the content of the impact is US made, but that isn't enough to state "made in USA" hence the Assembled in USA statement.
No problem, yes I do.
Nick-NY
Active member
I want one, anyone up for a group buy?
Do I want the 3/8 or 1/2"?
Do I want the 3/8 or 1/2"?
If you have the right contacts to get a great price I would be interested.
My guess a group buy will be tricky, as the price is going to drop as soon as retailers have plenty of stock again.
3/8 would be my choice, internally both I think are the same, so its just which sockets to use and I want more clearance.
3/8 would be my choice, internally both I think are the same, so its just which sockets to use and I want more clearance.
This is what I was thinking. I don't have the money to burn on both, and if you got one, you'd probably only *really* want the socket size-capacity of the 1/2 or smaller socket-fit of the 3/8 every 50th time you went for this tool anyway. That's fine if you're doing crank pulleys and impossibly-placed, frozen bolts on tightly-packed engine bays for a living, but I just want to make my weekend wrenching more enjoyable than the usual "ten band-aids before dinner every Sunday". I'd certainly get use out of it, there are plenty of instances where a job I went into relishing the challenge made me miserable before the first part came loose. My starter during this last snowstorm comes to mind. OK, I wasn't actually looking forward to that in the first place, but this thing would have made that job feel like I was cheating.
shampoop
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+1 I really do prefer 3/8" in almost everything, but for this application I would go with the 1/2". The very small percentage of times that the extra clearance you would get with a 3/8" hammerhead instead of a 1/2" only makes a very small percentage of jobs easier. However, for all of the heavy duty stuff that you NEED an impact for (like that video of the crank pulley bolt being removed) all of those sockets come in 1/2" drive. Plus I think that the much better socket to drive square fit of a 1/2" model over a 3/8" model would be really nice. A lot less socket wobble and slop. Plus using equivalent drive sizes on both 1/2" and 3/8", more power will ultimately reach the fastener with the 1/2" due to the extra thickness of the drive and socket.
diesel research
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I'd say go with the 3/8s. It is easier to "upsize" than downsize.
Meaning if I need to use a 1/2" socket, I can use my low profile adapter which is less than 1/4" tall. Conversely, a reducer is almost an inch tall.
Then there is the torque output. 3/8 drive goes up to 1" or so. If you are needing a socket much bigger than that, chances are, 180ft-lbs aint cutting it anyways. That is roughly HALF of a solid 3/8 impact, and quite a few fasteners in larger sizes struggle with regular 3/8 impacts.
Since I buy decent impacts, there is no difference in square drive fit. 3/8 impact socket of equivalent size often does have a thinner wall, which is quite important these days. 180ft-lbs aint gonna hurt them or cause undue flex, if it did, my 2115timax would have destroyed them long ago.
Meaning if I need to use a 1/2" socket, I can use my low profile adapter which is less than 1/4" tall. Conversely, a reducer is almost an inch tall.
Then there is the torque output. 3/8 drive goes up to 1" or so. If you are needing a socket much bigger than that, chances are, 180ft-lbs aint cutting it anyways. That is roughly HALF of a solid 3/8 impact, and quite a few fasteners in larger sizes struggle with regular 3/8 impacts.
Since I buy decent impacts, there is no difference in square drive fit. 3/8 impact socket of equivalent size often does have a thinner wall, which is quite important these days. 180ft-lbs aint gonna hurt them or cause undue flex, if it did, my 2115timax would have destroyed them long ago.
wafrederick
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I do know they have problems fixed already.I am looking to buy one and My Matco dealer has one on his truck.I can get it cheaper through the Auto Value parts store.
Toolhorder
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I love mine, got the 3/8" drive. You get no improvement on power by going to 1/2" so no need for me. I got it for clearance issues anyway.
shampoop
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I forgot those low profile adapters existed, they probably wouldn't have hardly any affect on torque output. The more I think about it, 3/8" probably is the better way to go. The thinner shorter sockets probably would be nice.
diesel research
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You can't go wrong for $18 (from tooltopia or epsteins)
