Bahco Ratchet (Possibly Faulty) ???
Discussion
Can anyone please tell me whether they receive the following behaviour with their Bahco ratchet? I talking about the 60 tooth one such as the one that comes in the s138 kit.
Specifically the 1/2 and 3/8 my 1/4 doesn't seem to do it, (or the bits are just to small to test).
After you put a socket on the ratchet, can you remove it without pressing the button with a half decent amount of force?
I've just bought this set and am trying to rule out if my ratchets are faulty or whether it is as designed, very strange.
I can also force the socket onto the ratchet without pressing the button.
Surely it isn't normal? I have a Halfords set and theres no getting the sockets off the ratchet without pressing the button.
Can anyone with this ratchet please test this with theirs if possible. I honestly cba sending it back to get it exchanged.
Specifically the 1/2 and 3/8 my 1/4 doesn't seem to do it, (or the bits are just to small to test).
After you put a socket on the ratchet, can you remove it without pressing the button with a half decent amount of force?
I've just bought this set and am trying to rule out if my ratchets are faulty or whether it is as designed, very strange.
I can also force the socket onto the ratchet without pressing the button.
Surely it isn't normal? I have a Halfords set and theres no getting the sockets off the ratchet without pressing the button.
Can anyone with this ratchet please test this with theirs if possible. I honestly cba sending it back to get it exchanged.
Can't speak for the Bahco specifically but I've found the degree of retention varies across brands of ratchets and then when you are mixing and matching sockets from other kits it varies again.
Personally I've found the retention to be more of a pain that an aid. The simple sprung ball has always seemed adequate to me without a lock and it's an extra fiddly thing to mess with.
Personally I've found the retention to be more of a pain that an aid. The simple sprung ball has always seemed adequate to me without a lock and it's an extra fiddly thing to mess with.
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