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Suggestion: Buy quality "long handle" 3/8" and 1/2" ratchets that will take the extra torque/leverage, forget the breaker bars.I used my new ratchet too, but I really would have liked to have used a breaker bar, or a 1/2 ratchet with 3/8" adapter, but I don't have a 3/8" breaker bar
Suggestion: Buy quality "long handle" 3/8" and 1/2" ratchets that will take the extra torque/leverage, forget the breaker bars.
By most accounts, I was already "Ratchet Crazy"; but starting several years ago I did it up right. Bought all sorts of goofy ratchets from eBay; new or lightly-used, but heavily-discounted. And two, more recently, direct from the Snappy truck; at horrendous prices (but I REALLY like them.)
I've had the "normal" non-flex long-handle Snap-On 3/8-drive (#9) and 1/2-drive (#10) ratchets since the '80s. That was when Snappy was "expensive" but not "batshit crazy expensive". The 3/8 version has been my favorite ratchet up to the point that I bought the even-longer (about 12") FHNF100 (#8) swivel-ratchet. If it was quick-release, it'd be PERFECT.
There's several companies making 3/8 ratchets with 18" long handles...I think they'd be more trouble than they're worth--but I could be wrong.
The 24" SLF80A flex handle (#11) is also recommended; although I wish it also was quick-release, and "maybe" the locking flex-head version.
The "best" stubby 3/8 ratchet is the oddball Snappy FZ80 or the older equivalents like my #4. Usable as-is, or can be plugged-into extensions and secondary ratchets to make a "crowfoot adapter" for unusual clearance-limited situations. However, for some applications, it's tough to beat a 1/4 ratchet body with a compact 3/8 drive square repair kit crammed into it. I've got a couple like that, one of them is a Mac/Proto "Spinflex" #5.
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The "best" stubby 3/8 ratchet is the oddball Snappy FZ80 or the older equivalents like my #4. Usable as-is, or can be plugged-into extensions and secondary ratchets to make a "crowfoot adapter" for unusual clearance-limited situations.
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3/8" drive, not 1/2". Not apparent in the photo is that there's a square-drive in the end as well as the visible hole through the handle. A breaker-bar or extension could get crammed into the end-hole for more leverage.What is #4? That looks like a 1/2" drive extension would plug into the "handle".
From their website they are stamped as well as etched. I believe they started doing this more recently. Heard on another forum that it was a recent change to counter loosing the other markings.My only issue with tekton is the markings on the black impact sockets become hard to see. Overall they are great, i rank them up there with grey phuematic