The DIY thread - DIYourself

[qclabrat]

Unfortunately, we engineers here do write some of the manuals. Mine are always "perfect". Can't say that for some of the others.

Spoken like a real engineer, have you actually admitted being wrong? If so, did you instead try to explain why you weren't wrong...

 

[JDurk]

Spoken like a real engineer, have you actually admitted being wrong? If so, did you instead try to explain why you weren't wrong...

Did I say I was wrong or needed to explain I wasn't? I just said mine are always "perfect". If something's wrong, I fix it. The others I speak of go on the defensive and blame others.

 

[Patrick]

40yo Craftsman 3/8 ratchet maintenance

It stopped ratcheting. Pulled it apart, cleaned, lubricated, reassembled. Gotta be good for another 10.

 

[ekuhn]

40yo Craftsman 3/8 ratchet maintenance

It stopped ratcheting. Pulled it apart, cleaned, lubricated, reassembled. Gotta be good for another 10.

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-V- good stuff.

 

[serviceguy]

40yo Craftsman 3/8 ratchet maintenance

It stopped ratcheting. Pulled it apart, cleaned, lubricated, reassembled. Gotta be good for another 10.

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-V- good stuff.

A few years back I was able to locate a repair kit for a 3/8 Craftsman round head ratchet and fix it. Good stuff indeed!

 

[Red Mosquito]

40yo Craftsman 3/8 ratchet maintenance

It stopped ratcheting. Pulled it apart, cleaned, lubricated, reassembled. Gotta be good for another 10.

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I have a craftsman set I bought myself 20 years ago after I graduated college. Its been sticky for a while, guess this is the motivation I need to pull it apart!

 

[Patrick]

I have a craftsman set I bought myself 20 years ago after I graduated college. Its been sticky for a while, guess this is the motivation I need to pull it apart!

relatively easy - just be mindful of the ball & spring in the switch area.

I bought this for my Dad when I graduated - cause I broke his inexpensive one....and maybe lost a socket or two.

 

[Red Mosquito]

relatively easy - just be mindful of the ball & spring in the switch area.

I bought this for my Dad when I graduated - cause I broke his inexpensive one....and maybe lost a socket or two.

Thanks for the heads-up.

My brothers and I have bought a few sets for my dad in our adulthood. Turns out he loses and breaks just as much of the tools as we did growing up.

 

[qclabrat]

Have two which need a similar service. Was going to Lowes to swap for a replacement until I saw how poorly they are now made. Mine are about 25-30yo

 

[Santapez]

Have two which need a similar service. Was going to Lowes to swap for a replacement until I saw how poorly they are now made. Mine are about 25-30yo

It hurt my inside when I swapped my 25yo ratchet at Lowe's a few months ago.

 

[Patrick]

It hurt my inside when I swapped my 25yo ratchet at Lowe's a few months ago.

I think you mentioned it, which is why I went this way

 

[serviceguy]

It hurt my inside when I swapped my 25yo ratchet at Lowe's a few months ago.

Have you tried not to put them inside?

 

[iman29]

relatively easy - just be mindful of the ball & spring in the switch area.

I bought this for my Dad when I graduated - cause I broke his inexpensive one....and maybe lost a socket or two.

Bet I know which size got lost …

 

[qclabrat]

Swapping a faucet and never had this piece too short. I have standard thickness granite tops and the previous faucet was a quarter inch longer. Is there a workaround or just need to find one with a longer piece?

 

[serviceguy]

Swapping a faucet and never had this piece too short. I have standard thickness granite tops and the previous faucet was a quarter inch longer. Is there a workaround or just need to find one with a longer piece?
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Are those pieces threaded in or welded? You maybe able to replace them.

or you could buy an extension kit.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/MOEN-Th...aded-Mounting-Shanks-100818/202857430#overlay

 

[qclabrat]

Are those pieces threaded in or welded? You maybe able to replace them.

or you could buy an extension kit.

https://www.homedepot.com/p/MOEN-Th...aded-Mounting-Shanks-100818/202857430#overlay

Welded. Also looking for a thinner locknut. The plastic ones included are over a 1/2 inch thick

 

[Red Mosquito]

F the detent ball on the 3/8, can’t get it back together. The 1/2 was no trouble.

 

[Red Mosquito]

Been thinking of how I can hold that ball in place, was having no luck with my smallest flathead. I wonder if using the c-clip and letting the ball rest in the hole will help. Post-turkey problem, so I can shoot it across the basement and never find it again.

 

[Patrick]

Been thinking of how I can hold that ball in place, was having no luck with my smallest flathead. I wonder if using the c-clip and letting the ball rest in the hole will help. Post-turkey problem, so I can shoot it across the basement and never find it again.

I used a little bit of grease to hold it in position on the spring

 

[Red Mosquito]

I used a little bit of grease to hold it in position on the spring

I can’t get the toggle part in there without compressing the spring.