Unusual C-man rat on Ebay...Anyone Knowledgable??

[dimwittedmoose51]

Thought I'd seen them all, BUT  auction 281300528149  says differently.  What say you C-man gurus??

TIA

DM&FS

[wvtools]

Here is a link to the listing.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/281300528149?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_sacat%3D0%26_udlo%3D%26_udhi%3D%26_ftrt%3D901%26_ftrv%3D1%26_sabdlo%3D%26_sabdhi%3D%26_samilow%3D%26_samihi%3D%26_sadis%3D200%26_fpos%3D%26_fsct%3D%26LH_SALE_CURRENCY%3D0%26_sop%3D12%26_dmd%3D1%26_ipg%3D200%26_nkw%3D281300528149%26_rdc%3D1

[Ken W.]

I have seen those ratchets before. Maybe on one of these forums.

[oldtools]

Wow!!  That is a beauty!!

[Nolatoolguy]

Don't think I have ever saw one before. They look good thoe.

[bonneyman]

That looks like a Quik Clean ratchet. Stanley-made, from the 80's I believe.

[fflintstone]

That looks like a Quik Clean ratchet. Stanley-made, from the 80's I believe.

that's what I think it is.

[eddie hudson]

I believe the "EE" series is indeed Stanley made.

Lauver would know for sure.

[Chillylulu]

I have one of those.  I'll dig it out.

Is there one on the ratchet thread yet?

Chilly

[bonneyman]

The guts are shown in the ratchet thread.

The idea was by pushing in hard on a release button, the gear assembly pops out quick and easy for cleaning. Nice idea, but the head is kinda big for the drive size. I had a 1/4", but it was just too big a head.

[mrchuck]

Bonneyman is correct. It is a quick takedown model.
I have all 3 sizes. Nice tooth count also.
I have heard that they were discontinued because of strength problems.
I don't use them, as I prefer others to use on a daily basis.
They are rare these days to find "out there" at garage sales and "flea markets.

[dimwittedmoose51]

Thanks all.  he other one I found on Ebay wanted $40 BIN and I'll spend some omoney on other stuff for that.......

DM&FS

[Chillylulu]

Here is mine. It cost me $8.00  I bought it onEbay and received it February 7th.

Chilly

[lauver]

Gang,

These Craftsman/Stanley made ratchets are not uncommon, and certainly not rare.  I have a few of them in 1/4 drive.  I've past up many of them.

The Quick Clean models were sold for several years at the tail end of Stanley era at Sears.  These quick Clean ratchets were just a minor change from the earlier Crafty Tri-Wing ratchets that were also made my Stanley.  The most interesting aspect of these ratchets is that Stanley Works got hauled to court by the FTC for misrepresenting the COO.