Wright Ratchet help

[jflores]

I have a few Wright ratchets that I've bought, but I want to know how to maintain them.

I've read that people have taken theirs apart and put WD40 or other lubricant in them to really smooth them up, anyone willing to give me the basics on what is best to use, or how to do that without messing the thing up?

I've got the 1/2 drive, 3/8 drive, with contour handles, and two of the tiny 1/4 drive contour bodies although one of them has the 3/8 ratchet head on it. Great little tool.

Edit: I've never taken apart a ratchet.

 

[SMKS]

Any light oil should work. That's what I use in my dual pawl Wright ratchets. I believe they're even stamped "oil only" or something like that.

I don't think I'd use WD40. I don't think it has great lubricating properties.

 

[Hiball]

I use 3-1 Oil on all my Wright Ratchets.

 

[bcradio]

I've got the 1/2 drive, 3/8 drive, with contour handles, and two of the tiny 1/4 drive contour bodies although one of them has the 3/8 ratchet head on it. Great little tool.

Edit: I've never taken apart a ratchet.

I cant seem to find the 1/2 and 1/4 contour handles for wright. You have the part numbers for these? I want the dual pawl ones.

Thanks muchly.

 

[GoBlue]

****** fluid works great for me in my duals.

 

[kippieland]

I'm sure you don't have any of this laying around, but I have found Motocross suspension oil works really good. It very thin and slippery. I use it in all my high tooth ratchets, including dual pawl. The course ones don't respond as well. But its not something most guys have around.

 

[dayid]

jflores: Check out this thread it's got a lot of great information about the basics of opening most ratchets.