[Back Order] GEARWRENCH 1/4" Drive 90-Tooth Teardrop Ratchet, 5" Length $31.58 + Delivery ($0 Prime/ $49+) @ Amazon UK via AU

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crankyjay on 29/01/2023 - 16:22 amazon.com.au (939 clicks)
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Saw this a couple of weeks ago and ordered one; price is back down again on Amazon UK. Usually $40+ locally; good deal if you have prime and don't mind waiting. Usually dispatched within 4 to 6 weeks.

Don't bother with cheaper ratchet drives; I have the same one in 3/8", made me want to bin my other 2 ratchet drives when I first got it.

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  Hydralyte on 29/01/2023 - 17:25

  1/4" are so rarely used.

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    MickyJ87 on 29/01/2023 - 17:32

    +2

    I use my 1/4" ratchet 97% of the time, 1/2" 2% of the time, and 3/4" 1% of the time. It's really up to the person using it.

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      Hydralyte on 29/01/2023 - 17:34

      -6

      on 10 mm bolts? lol

      Most people use wrenches and ratchets on cars.

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        slipperypete on 29/01/2023 - 18:04

        +4

        wrong!!! as with the above, I use a 1/4" heaps.

        There's a big wide world out there of tool uses!!

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    crankyjay on 29/01/2023 - 17:57

    +3

    yea agree, i use 3/8 sockets most frequently by hand; 1/2 sockets with impact

    1/4 is for when everything else is too big to fit in a space; that’s when you need a really good ratchet to not hate your car

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      Cyan9 on 29/01/2023 - 18:03

      +2

      Or trim fasteners you don’t want to destroy with a 3/8 or 1/2.

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        bargone on 29/01/2023 - 18:49

        How's your gas mileage?

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          Cyan9 on 29/01/2023 - 19:11

          @bargone: Better, after I used my 1/4 & 3/8 drives to install a new MAF. Thanks for asking!

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      Nom on 29/01/2023 - 19:13

      … and when this happens, you usually need a ratchet with a swivel head. The flex model has this, but it's close to $60.

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      garage sale on 30/01/2023 - 03:22

      on the car it’s usually 3/8 …..on bicycle it’s 1/4” …..depends how much leverage you need to tighten or loosen something ……find 1/4” too short for leverage on the car ….

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    Russ on 30/01/2023 - 01:28

    1/4" are so rarely used.

    There are lots of places, e.g. disassembling a washing machine, where the diameter of a 3/8" socket is too large to fit. And the extra torque you can unintentionally apply with a larger drive, due to the increased length of the handle, makes it too easy to shear the head off a screw. It's exceptionally difficult to remove an M5 screw after the head shears off, easy-outs don't really go that small.

    It just depends on what you disassemble, as to what size drive you normally use.

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    zombie hunter on 30/01/2023 - 07:45

    Only for model cars or k class cars from Japan