Snap on FLF80
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Deafautotech
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happy birthday to you!
I just bought it few weeks ago from my snap on guy. i did try my new FLF80 to break loose 100 ft lbs and it work very good. but i am dont expect to use it to break loose at 250 ftlbs but it is nice to know what rate it can load up to.
Enjoy with new FLF80!
I just bought it few weeks ago from my snap on guy. i did try my new FLF80 to break loose 100 ft lbs and it work very good. but i am dont expect to use it to break loose at 250 ftlbs but it is nice to know what rate it can load up to.
Enjoy with new FLF80!
george4
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Unfair, I usually get a nice sweater or socks.
My Wife gave me my birthday gift today! The new snap on flf80 ratchet.
I can't wait to use it now. Super nice!!!
How'd she know what to get you?
Spookrider
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I like. Real Neat. Look like a mean ratchet.
eschoendorff
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I asked my wife for a FH 747 for Xmas already.... she made me promise not to buy one before then!
kythri
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Two questions:
One: Does this FLF80 fill some kind of void that other ratchets can't?
Two: If the sealed head is as such: "Patented design features high-tech seals and special O-rings to seal in permanent lubrication and seal out dust, dirt, moisture, and other contaminants. You get a smooth-running ratchet without the responsibility of routine maintenance.", why do they sell an RKRF80 Ratchet Service Kit for it?
One: Does this FLF80 fill some kind of void that other ratchets can't?
Two: If the sealed head is as such: "Patented design features high-tech seals and special O-rings to seal in permanent lubrication and seal out dust, dirt, moisture, and other contaminants. You get a smooth-running ratchet without the responsibility of routine maintenance.", why do they sell an RKRF80 Ratchet Service Kit for it?
chad s
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Well, I think it is Snap On's first 3/8 pear head fine tooth, flex head ratchet. So in the Snap On line of ratchets, yet it fits a void. I baught the coarse tooth version of this ratchet 3-4 months ago, if I had known they were coming out with a fine tooth version, I would have waitied.
The rebuild kit is if you break it. If you buy from a tool truck, you dont ever need to worry, they will repair it for free. But if you are a "non professional user" without regular truck service, your chances of getting a warrantied repair are somewhat slim, and you will need to buy the service kit (which is really a rebuild kit).
kythri
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chad s
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What a deal.
It is pretty rediculous, but there have been many threads in the past on this subject. Who's going to break a tool more often, the guy using it hard, all day long, every day, or the guy working lightly here and there on weekends? If Snap On wants to open sales to the public, via internet, they should warranty what they sell. But non-off-the-truck buyers are such a small percentage of their business, I guess they dont care.
kythri
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Yeah, I've seen the threads - not attempting to rehash those, was just curious about the whole service kit for a "permanently sealed" ratchet. Wasn't thinking about it breaking.
jimmycrackcorn
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I have read an article guys going off shore to service and recondition planes, boats and other type of equipment. The guy had a huge "CrapOn" box full of "Crapon" tools. And for every ratchet they owned they had two service kits, just incase they took a ****. Seems to be a smart idea if your trying to get a boat running in a third world country, instead of having to stop work and waiting weeks to service a ratchet.
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jimmycrackcorn
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I wonder what the military does when their "Crapon"ratchets take a **** in the middle of Iraq?
george4
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I am an amateur so all my tools are not Snap On and I do not use a truck. However, any time I have had a problem with a SO tool, I just called the guy with the local route, he told me where he would be and when so I could meet him there to take of the problem. Seemed like a pretty reasonable way to deal with it.
chad s
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I am an amateur so all my tools are not Snap On and I do not use a truck. However, any time I have had a problem with a SO tool, I just called the guy with the local route, he told me where he would be and when so I could meet him there to take of the problem. Seemed like a pretty reasonable way to deal with it.
It depends on the dealer, you are lucky.
I am an amateur so all my tools are not Snap On and I do not use a truck. However, any time I have had a problem with a SO tool, I just called the guy with the local route, he told me where he would be and when so I could meet him there to take of the problem. Seemed like a pretty reasonable way to deal with it.
My local Snap On driver out of Redwood City is the same way; give him a call on his cell and he will meet up with you somewhere on his route ...
Thanks so Much Kind Sir!!
I will get to use when I'm building my motor for my camaro.
list.Yah it does depend on the dealer for sure. It seams everyone has stories about the ***** tool dealer. But if they will not warraty a tool, Get their name and call the respective tool company and you will be taken care of. I have had to do this twice. Both times were S O dealer's. different one's at that.
Deafautotech
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i have snap on guy come to my dealership once a week. he said if i have problem with FLF80 then he will warranty it for no charge. Even i just bought ball hex head hex set (sae) for work on my harley if i need to do. then i take it to my garage after work, i just broke 1/4 hex because someone make engine drain plug being too tight. next day, which is friday that snap on guy come every friday. i show him the broke ball hex socket and he dont have replacement hex so he just hand me a new ball hex socket. he is very good snap on guy!
Deafautotech
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I will put my Snap on FLF80 to against other ratchet in market. i would like to have it locking flex ratchet but i just use screw to tight it up little then it work good....
george4
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Why? I am pondering which one to get right now.
george4
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I hope you are right, I just ordered one.
Deafautotech
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I hope you are right, I just ordered one.
WHY??
I did break loose the nuts off the jeep where my craftsman long handle will jump off itself. so i used my FLF80 and it will not jump off or slipping. it have more teeth to grip it.
no worry about it. if you use right tool for right job then no problems!!! 
Uncle Buck
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Actually I would disagree with the statement of not being able to get warranty if you did not buy from a truck. Most anyone who has been around here for awhile know, or may remember that I am generally not a fan of the warranty service I have received from S/O in the past. However I would not go as far as to say I have not been able to get any service from a route guy. As an example, some years back a S/O deadblow hammer that I had bought new literally fell apart so bad the plastic fell off of the hammer and the shot even fell out of the head! I was new in town and just looked up Mr snappys number in the yellow pages and he came by my work address and replaced the hammer no questions asked. That was an example of excellent service, so it can happen for home wrenchers like me, but in my case those instances have been too few and far between when I factor in the price I paid for the tools.
Merkava_4
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Is the head still the same size as the 36 tooth ratchet it replaces? I'm hoping it's not bigger.
Deafautotech
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it is similar head and handle of 36 tooth ratchet... but it is more clean and sealed head...
DavidtheDuke
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I wonder how other ratchets would hold up. I have put a huge cheater bar on that (well, that's the F80, FLF80 was what I used, same diff tho) before and didn't phase it at all.
That's pretty impressive ...
Got my first F80; this ratchet is NICE .. very smooth .. I think this is going to be my favorite ratchet real quick; brand new on Craigslist for $50
Merkava_4
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I sure wish I could get some spy photos of the inside of that thing; I'm not asking you to take it apart; I'm just saying. . .
DavidtheDuke
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I sure wish I could get some spy photos of the inside of that thing; I'm not asking you to take it apart; I'm just saying. . .
It's actually not that unusual. I think the 'secret' they figured out was instead of having the pawl's force direct towards the directional changer, there is a separate metal 'spring', if you will, that keeps the pawl from affecting it, and rather hits the inner wall of the ratchet housing. That way the curved backside of the pawl taks all the force, and it doesn't attempt to shear/work/whatever against the teeth as much.
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Uncle Buck
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I wonder how other ratchets would hold up. I have put a huge cheater bar on that (well, that's the F80, FLF80 was what I used, same diff tho) before and didn't phase it at all.
I do not see it as that stunning an accomplishment; in fact I think many brands of ratchet could do the same thing........probably even an ol HF POS!
DavidtheDuke
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I agree, I wonder if it could handle that force at the end of the ratchet, since it'd be about doubled.
johnny1290
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Just got an F80. Real nice. Can't wait to break it in.
TNToy
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FYI, the dry weight on that box is roughly 700 pounds. I forget the exact model, but it's the one they used 6 of to park a Peterbilt dump truck on.