Finally at my price

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ACE Hardware had there "by 10am" sale to day. They had the 6 piece metric and 6 piece SAE ratchet wrenches on sale for $9.99 a set. Yepper, went through the line twice. Now they are on the wall nice and shiny. Lifetime warranty to boot.
I can finally sleep tonight.

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good deal. Ratcheting wrenches come in handy. I have them all the way up to 24mm.
I remember when the modern versions first showed up on tool trucks....they were pretty expensive back then.

Wife started shopping Thursday evening at 8 PM....
She was up and back at it before I even got out of bed this morning.
She is really into Christmas....and always goes way overboard.
For example, I believe she spend a couple hundred bucks on my sons new girlfriend...whom I don't think she has even met.
She made me look at a bunch of "great deals" that she got this afternoon.

[brock]

Ratcheting wrenches are a modern marvel - won't replace sockets - but
with an open end on the other end.......the common combination wrench
seems obsolete. Heck of a deal you got there Bob!!!

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I got to use the mm set today to replace my rotors. I love'em

Hey Tom, if she spends that much on someone she does not know you must be in for a big surprise.

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Nov 30, 2013 17:48:16 GMT -5 Bob said:

Hey Tom, if she spends that much on someone she does not know you must be in for a big surprise.

I forgot/was wrong. My wife did meet Greg's GF a couple weeks ago. They were both sick and met at the urgent healthcare place down the road.

Big surprise? Maybe.....but that's not necessarily a good thing.
My tastes are fairly limited, but quite well defined. I like getting tools, Charger stuff, and Steeler stuff. Anything else is pretty much useless to me.

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Back to the ratcheting wrenches....I pretty much just use them when and where I really need them.
For the most part, they are not built for daily use type abuse.
To the best of my knowledge, the ones I have (Gearwrench) don't have lifetime warranty....and the mechanisms can be kind of fragile.

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I have them and use them in more roomy areas. They are craftman with a slight angle. The metal surrounding the center is a bit excessive. Still very handy when the situation arises .

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Heck, in roomy areas...about all I use is my IR 3/8 impact gun.
Light weight...and plenty of power.

Reassembly....I use a worn out air ratchet to run bolts down, then tighten to feel with a long handle 3/8 ratchet.
Other than head bolts and lug nuts, I almost never use a torque wrench.

I did get my gear wrenches out a few weeks ago when taking the front valance off one of my 71 parts cars.
In that case, it was the best tool for the job.
Some of those 7/16 headed bolts are not real easy to get to. Not with the 3/8 impact anyway.

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Nov 30, 2013 19:53:09 GMT -5 @tom said:

Back to the ratcheting wrenches....I pretty much just use them when and where I really need them.
For the most part, they are not built for daily use type abuse.
To the best of my knowledge, the ones I have (Gearwrench) don't have lifetime warranty....and the mechanisms can be kind of fragile.

Just for reference, Gearwrench wrenches are guaranteed if you can find someone who will do it. My Cornwell dealer warranties mine. He couldn't do anything about the one I left on the bumper bolt of a Ford truck. I'm sure its still there though ,jammed up against the frame.

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Jul 20, 2014 8:50:06 GMT -5 1ol74charger4me said:

Nov 30, 2013 19:53:09 GMT -5 @tom said:

Back to the ratcheting wrenches....I pretty much just use them when and where I really need them.
For the most part, they are not built for daily use type abuse.
To the best of my knowledge, the ones I have (Gearwrench) don't have lifetime warranty....and the mechanisms can be kind of fragile.

Just for reference, Gearwrench wrenches are guaranteed if you can find someone who will do it. My Cornwell dealer warranties mine. He couldn't do anything about the one I left on the bumper bolt of a Ford truck. I'm sure its still there though ,jammed up against the frame.

I left my 7/16 on a 72 charger about a month ago.