Applesauce
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First, I finally had enough of the fore-aft movement in my Armstrong 3/8" locking flex. I pulled apart an old mountain bike suspension damper for the compression shims, and used them to stack out the ratchet gear toward the faceplate. I used three or four of them in the end, each roughly the same diameter as the gear, and each at a thickness of maybe a 1/10 mm (didn't measure them!). Now the ratchet is (still) smooth as butter, and moves only radially.
Second, I broke the Snap-On TL72 with the red handle.
This was at the very end of the day, and I didn't bother looking to see what I had broken. I'll worry about it in the morning... I work in a bike shop, so this isn't a tool-truck item; I'll be buying a rebuild kit.
Third, I've used my new Williams S-52 a few times, and am really liking it. I had the machine shop next door bore out a handle I liked from a giant Phillips I did not like, and pressed it in place of the knurling. It's a touch longer and pretty damn comfortable.
Anyway, that was my day in ratchets. Mostly I'm pretty choked about the TL72, as it's the tool I use most.
Second, I broke the Snap-On TL72 with the red handle.
This was at the very end of the day, and I didn't bother looking to see what I had broken. I'll worry about it in the morning... I work in a bike shop, so this isn't a tool-truck item; I'll be buying a rebuild kit.Third, I've used my new Williams S-52 a few times, and am really liking it. I had the machine shop next door bore out a handle I liked from a giant Phillips I did not like, and pressed it in place of the knurling. It's a touch longer and pretty damn comfortable.
Anyway, that was my day in ratchets. Mostly I'm pretty choked about the TL72, as it's the tool I use most.
