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Back in the saddle again
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Central TX west of Houston
Posts: 56,715
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Originally Posted by pwd72s
Found a Snap on Catalog I had in a pile here. Date on the accompanying price list was 2001.
One thing I found interesting was the tooth count on their ratchets was 36, only a 10 degrees arc swing. Many ratchets being sold today, even the cheap harbor freight stuff, brag in advertising about 72 to 90 tooth counts with tiny little arc swings.
This made me chuckle a bit...since my old USA made "Craftsperson" ratchets are 36 tooth. Yet, I can't really recall a time where a smaller arc swing would have made the difference of doing or not doing a project. They all still function well, so I'm not about to toss them and buy higher tooth count ratchets.
Golly gee, How did those guys wrenching at the turn of the century accomplish anything with such archaic ratchet technology?  |
I have been in situations where a smaller tooth count would have been nice. More modern vehicles occasionally have bolts in VERY tight spaces.
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Steve
'08 Boxster RS60 Spyder #0099/1960
- never named a car before, but this is Charlotte.
'88 targa  SOLD 2004 - gone but not forgotten
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