Ratchet Wrench Lubrication?

[kythri]

With all the talk about ratchet lube, I'm curious - what do you folks do (or plan to do) with your ratcheting wrenches?

It's not as if they're easily disassembled for cleaning and lubing.

Do you just not worry about it, or what?

Sate my curiosity!

 

[wrenchr]

3 n 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Or spray them with WD 40!!

 

[35mastr]

If you can get it Howes Lubricant is some of the best stuff I have ever used.

I sold alot of it to guys that swear by it for cleaning firearms also.

I even had a customer in Hawaii that would buy it here and ship it to him.

It is a New England company or a distributor if I remember correctly.

 

[kythri]

3 n 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Or spray them with WD 40!!

WD40 or CLP is what I've used so far, when cleaning them up...

 

[wrenchr]

CLP is a very good choice as well!!

 

[Bull]

I dunked the end of one of my Stanley ratcheting stubbies into some ATF to see what happened. I think it lubed it up pretty good.

 

[Merkava_4]

3 n 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Or spray them with WD 40!!

LMAO!!

 

[steelespeed]

is 3-in-1 or WD40 not the way to go?

 

[RRmech]

Even in my own shop, different strokes, for different folks.
I always used light machine oil, Tony used high speed bearing grease, and Mark used white grease.

Steve

 

[kythri]

Yeah, but everyone knows that you can't trust Mark...

 

[nissan_crawler]

none, I spray them out with degreaser once in a while to clean them. Anything else just attracts **** and makes it worse.