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69elf
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Open ended spanners with a ratchet
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It exists.
Theyre crap.

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Theres a link,
http://www.craftsman.com/shc/s/p_10155_ ... ockType=L1

I find they dont have a good enough angle to make them useful. And if the nut/bolt is rounded off they just keep slipping round.

Your local Bunnings may have some, were on special a while ago.

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There are also ratchet shifters.
Again.....crap.
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Harley wrote:
There are also ratchet shifters.
Again.....crap.

I will back that up. A bit like those crescent 'undo anything' tools that all dads get for fathers day.
The gear in them is too coarse so everything slips out.

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How about a crowsfoot wrench on a normal rachet handle?

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69elf wrote:
Open ended spanners with a ratchet


Whenever i use these, my knuckles always end up second best! there dodgy and crap, most of the time they end up rounding the bolt or nut head
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How about a crowsfoot wrench on a normal rachet handle?

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I would have thought the reason for using a ratchet spanner was because space is at a premium.. a ratchet on that thing would never fit :lol:

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Warren and Brown have the better openended ratching spanners arround!
http://www.warrenandbrown.com.au/Includ ... Wrench.pdf
Not cheap though!
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wobbles_55 wrote:
Warren and Brown have the better openended ratching spanners arround!
http://www.warrenandbrown.com.au/Includ ... Wrench.pdf
Not cheap though!


30 degrees ratchet is pretty average, and once youve got it in the tight spot 9 times out of 10 youll have put it in backwards. Im not a fan.

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wobbles_55 wrote:
Warren and Brown have the better openended ratching spanners arround!
http://www.warrenandbrown.com.au/Includ ... Wrench.pdf
Not cheap though!


I have those exact wrenches, and they are useless.
Need too far to swing and that's if you can get a grip.
I may have used them once successfully.

Ratcheting ring spanners though are worth their weight in gold.
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kirby wrote:

Ratcheting ring spanners though are worth their weight in gold.


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adamstuart wrote:
kirby wrote:

Ratcheting ring spanners though are worth their weight in gold.


Favourite tool in the world!

The straight ones are pretty useless in confined spaces, I've hardly used my Gearwrench ones.

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