Inside a ratchet: How they work

[Old Hawaiian]

GREAT to see familiar faces in here!!  Awesome Pics with Tear Down and Reassembly Tips and Tricks! Hey that could be a separate Topic - one just for T&T.

Shout out 'Howdy' to GG folks.  Lets see if we can't cant push the sound barrier to 40000 views  ;) Howdy B-Man and Mr. Chuck and if i missed anyone refer to rule 1.

Rule 1 - I'm old and forgetful, feeble minded can't always see past my glasses and Ahh... I know there's one more --  oh ya, i fart a lot.

Old Hawaiian / Rick

[OkieTools]

Thanks Bonneyman.
Good idea Turnnut, for my next video ill take a few pics before I clean them up, thanks. 

[BurninBob]

Just got this this morning.
Lowell no.0,female 3/8 drive.
Appears to be extremely heavy duty,like a Plomb on steroids.
16 tooth and veery smooth action.
To reverse direction,you just turn the knob at the base of the handle.
Naturally,I had to open it up and have a peek and share here.
Lubed it up while I was there.
They are still in business,Lowellcorp.com.

[bonneyman]

Looks like a New Britain derivative mechanism. Standard traps to be avoided (flip spring in right way, don't pinch finger when reassembling with the little E-clip) and detent ball was stuck and then the spring was toast. Replaced the spring and reassembled with lube - good as new.

It seems that Stanley Tools absorbed the NB design - alot of their ratchets use it. I've seen some Blackhawk, Pro America, Proto, Matco BR8N, that are the same. So, someone needing a kit for this one could probably insert one of the other (available) kits, and it would drop right in. 45 teeth in the head, 9 teeth on the pawl.

[OkieTools]

Nice, love New Britain Rats, most of what I got is Husky marked.

[OkieTools]

I made a new rat video, it's of a vintage Thorsen 77C 1/2in. drive roundhead ratchet, disassembly and lubrication. Thanks for watching.

Link: http://youtu.be/vLSoK68KgJ0

[bonneyman]

Nice vid! 
That style of Thorsen ratchet has been explained to me as the AK47 of the ratchet world. Very tough.

[OkieTools]

Got another ratchet video, of an S-K 42470 1/2in. Drive Roundhead Ratchet Disassembly & Lubrication. Thanks for watching.

Link: http://youtu.be/B7tUOEvIEDk

[OkieTools]

Thanks Bonneyman, I believe it about the AK-47 part, this thing is built like a tank, as you can see from the video I am very impressed with the size of the teeth on it. I also have a video I'm going to put on of a 3/8in Drive Thorsen flex-head rat.     

[OkieTools]

Here is the video I was telling Bonneyman about, it is my video on a vintage Thorsen 88JNR Vintage 3/8in. Drive Flex Head Roundhead Ratchet Disassembly & Lubrication. Thanks for watching.

http://youtu.be/yLXC-MXN82s

[bonneyman]

JH Williams 1/4" drive M-52.
Single see-saw pawl, 3 teeth per wing. 45 teeth in the head. Flat coil spring with bushing rather then the 4-notch screw-in ring that I'm used to with old Williams rats.

[OkieTools]

Nice Williams rat there bonneyman. I do not have a lot of 1/4in. ratchets, but back when I was in aviation man I used them all the time, and even now I seem to always need one for something or another, on what ever car I'm working on then.

[bonneyman]

MN 400 
Single see-saw pawl, 41 teeth in head. Shorter than the average 3/8" drive ratchet, nice grip, very much like the Thorsen ratchets. Me likey!

[jimwrench]

 Got these two at auction Saturday. I know snap-on and I know wright but haven't seen both names on one ratchet and don't find this rat on collecting snap-on. Also wonder about the IH5449 on the proto ratchet. Any information would make me happy,happy,happy.

[OkieTools]

Bonneyman that Wright ratchet looks so much like a Thosen it's not funny, me likey to.
Jim those rats are nice, very interesting both Wright and Snap-on names on the same ratchet.