Plomb 5449 Repair/Rebuild kit

[Neverfly]

I "scored" a 1947 Plomb 5449 recently but the cam selector is a bit worn- it shows slight slippage. It's not out yet but will be soon... And I don't want to be annoyed by it when I need (translation: Want to play with new toy) the ratchet for a very important job (Translation: Working on the '63 Chevy.)

I did some searching hoping to find JUST the cam. Since I only paid about $10 for the ratchet, I didn't want to sink a bunch of money into rebuilding it - it defeats the mental happiness of paying ten bucks for it.

I had gone through this with my Proto 5649, and was able to buy just the cam from Grainger. Checking Granger was fruitless for the 5449, however.

I stumbled across a thread on this board where a member had the same trouble- but he contacted the toolmaker "Urrea" that still makes the rebuild kit as their older model ratchet is 'based on the same design' (Translation: copied.)
I went to the Urrea website and the rebuild kit "5449RK" was bout $21.00. I was about to put in the order when that same nagging thought hit me... After shipping costs for both... $43 for the ratchet. Damnit this is annoying.

I started searching for other options... And I was surprised to learn that the freaking Home Depot sells that same Urrea kit for only $10.
I ordered it from their website and marked "Ship to store for pick up for free" and Boom Baby, $20 for the ratchet now, instead of $43.

Maybe this will help out others. They also sell the RK for the 5249.

 

[kythri]

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/PR...y=1AM20&seoUrl=PROTO-Ratchet-Repair-Kit-1AM20

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/PROTO-Ratchet-Repair-Kit-1AH59

The Urrea stuff will probably work, if they haven't changed the ratchets at all (Urrea = ProtoMex), but Urrea is a completely separate entity these days, so, I dunno.

 

[Neverfly]

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/PR...y=1AM20&seoUrl=PROTO-Ratchet-Repair-Kit-1AM20

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/PROTO-Ratchet-Repair-Kit-1AH59

The Urrea stuff will probably work, if they haven't changed the ratchets at all (Urrea = ProtoMex), but Urrea is a completely separate entity these days, so, I dunno.

Yes, those are the full repair kits for $20 odd... You can buy the cam lever assembly- alone, for the 5649... But not for the 5449 or 5249.
http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/PROTO-Ratchet-CamLever-Repair-Parts-1Q858

According to the thread on this board (which is an old thread and I didn't want to necromance it...), the Urrea is an exact match except for the finish.
http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-35967.html

 

[SMKS]

Urrea recently updated many if their ratchets so they're no longer Proto copies.

 

[Neverfly]

Urrea recently updated many if their ratchets so they're no longer Proto copies.

Well... That's a shame.

My plan was to replace only the cam itself. So for me, it may still work out. I'll keep you posted once the part is in and I've done the replacement.
If so, it still may be a viable option for those like me that want to keep the original finish and not pay almost $30 for the full kit when we only wanted that one little piece in the first place.
But if the cam doesn't work...

Hey- anyone need a 5449 repair kit- slightly soiled?

 

[Neverfly]

So, they got back to me with a "Temporarily out of stock" notice. I wonder how 'temporary' it is...

 

[Neverfly]

Well, I bought the Urrea kit and no good.
I went ahead and went for broke and bought the Proto Kit...
no good.

Both have a cam selector that is slightly smaller than the Plomb pebble used - meaning that even replaced, I have the exact same problem I started with.

 

[mikebaker1129]

Well... That's a shame.

My plan was to replace only the cam itself. So for me, it may still work out. I'll keep you posted once the part is in and I've done the replacement.
If so, it still may be a viable option for those like me that want to keep the original finish and not pay almost $30 for the full kit when we only wanted that one little piece in the first place.
But if the cam doesn't work...

Hey- anyone need a 5449 repair kit- slightly soiled?

PM sent on the 5449 Urrea kit.

 

[Neverfly]

PM sent on the 5449 Urrea kit.

This threw me for a loop for a moment, as I didn't remember making a classifieds For Sale Thread on it and couldn't find one.
Had to tie down a Google Spider and make it tell me all it knew.
However, I also learned that I did not receive the 5449RK this first time around. I ordered a proper 5449RK from Proto and that cam is in the pebble and working fine.

 

[mikebaker1129]

There was no ad,but I did see this and decided to contact you.
Hey- anyone need a 5449 repair kit- slightly soiled?