Just rolled into the shop

lethe · April 17, 2013, 09:08:49 AM

Quote from: Slide Panda on April 17, 2013, 08:49:37 AM
Someones funny at Matco

flipping the wrench over is hard

Skybarney · April 17, 2013, 05:24:10 PM

Neat! So what they really is that for only $39.00 more dollars I can have an extra piece that will increase the likelihood of a failure. Brilliant marketing there

hbliam · April 18, 2013, 03:07:12 AM

Reversible? Don't you just flip over the regular ones to go the opposite way? What am I missing?

Slide Panda · April 18, 2013, 06:07:46 AM

I was more about finding humor in
"Bust that nut"

Monsterlover · April 18, 2013, 07:10:14 AM

Quote from: hbliam on April 18, 2013, 03:07:12 AM
Reversible? Don't you just flip over the regular ones to go the opposite way? What am I missing?

They ratchet

Rameses · April 18, 2013, 11:30:28 AM

The reversible ratchet wrenches serve an important purpose.

When some short-sighted jackass fails to check and see of he has enough clearance to back a bolt all the way out of the hole it's in, the reversible wrench has the ability to turn it back in far enough to get the wrench off.

A non-reversible ratchet wrench would just be stuck on the bolt.

zooom · April 18, 2013, 12:28:21 PM

Quote from: Rameses on April 18, 2013, 11:30:28 AM

The reversible ratchet wrenches serve an important purpose.

When some short-sighted jackass fails to check and see of he has enough clearance to back a bolt all the way out of the hole it's in, the reversible wrench has the ability to turn it back in far enough to get the wrench off.

A non-reversible ratchet wrench would just be stuck on the bolt.

I've been that short sighted jackass because I had no clue how long the actual bolt was and had to do exactly that and grab a different tool to then remove and go from there...trying to remove coils on my Subaru and running into the frame rail.

Rameses · April 18, 2013, 12:30:35 PM

Quote from: zooom on April 18, 2013, 12:28:21 PM
I've been that short sighted jackass because I had no clue how long the actual bolt was and had to do exactly that and grab a different tool to then remove and go from there...trying to remove coils on my Subaru and running into the frame rail.

I've been there too.

hbliam · April 18, 2013, 05:03:45 PM

Quote from: Rameses on April 18, 2013, 11:30:28 AM

The reversible ratchet wrenches serve an important purpose.

When some short-sighted jackass fails to check and see of he has enough clearance to back a bolt all the way out of the hole it's in, the reversible wrench has the ability to turn it back in far enough to get the wrench off.

A non-reversible ratchet wrench would just be stuck on the bolt.

That makes sense.