I want a good air ratchet, Which one though??

[snapper]

I have had it with cheap ratchets. I like the ingersoll rand 111, knucklesaver, which is the max i will spend, i also like the 107xp. So what ratchet would yall reccomend?? I want a good one!! Thanks guys!! snapper

 

[Hoosier_Daddy]

Trying to be funny here: The nearest neighbor that has one.

 

[PineRidge]

I'm a firm believer in Craftsman. Break-it, bash-it, destroy-it they will still replace it free. Just don't lose it! /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif

 

[Junkman]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I'm a firm believer in Craftsman. Break-it, bash-it, destroy-it they will still replace it free. Just don't lose it! /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif )</font>

those days are over now..... many of the Crapman tools are no longer guarantied like they used to be.

 

[PineRidge]

I must be showing my age cause I keep taking them in and they keep giving me more. Isn't Snap-On guaranteed for life?

 

[Bird]

Snapper, of course the IR111 "knucklesaver" is an entirely different kind of tool, combining ratchet and impact action, while the moving parts and operation of the IR107XP is the same as most ratchets. The old common cheaper ratchets have the exhaust to the front on the bottom, while the 107XP exhausts to the side and you can turn it to whichever direction you want it to go (it's almost identical to Snap-On's top of the line ratchet). The 111 exhausts to the rear. They're both rated at the same torque (50 ft./lbs.) and they're both fine tools. My personal preference would be the IR111, but they ain't cheap.

You know the 111 replaced the 110 that isn't made anymore. The 110 was just a little more powerful, but I was told that the extra power caused them to wear out head kits faster so they reduced the torque a little. At customers' requests, I upped the torque on a couple of 111s simply by drilling the exhaust holes in the cylinder a tiny bit larger, but I don't recommend doing that since they do have as much torque already as most ratchets.

Of course I was working on tools for professional mechanics who used those tools daily (and sometimes neglected to oil them daily). If you're buying for personal use, and give them a little shot of air tool oil in the air intake each time after you use them before putting them away, they'll last you a lifetime.

 

[tomnky]

Bird,
Since You are giving recommendations: How about giving us the skinny on 1/2 inch Drives ?

I am considering buying one in the very near future.

 

[Junkman]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I must be showing my age cause I keep taking them in and they keep giving me more. Isn't Snap-On guaranteed for life? )</font>

I took my 1/2" drive torque wrench in for replacement because the head broke and they told me that it is no longer a lifetime guarantee on torque wrenches unless it is the beam type. Mine is a click type and the instructions that came with it clearly state that it is a lifetime warranty. The replacement has paper work that says that it is either 90 days or one year. Don't remember. I asked the department manager and he said that he would exchange it once, but the new one had the new warranty. I walked out and left the rest of what I had picked out on the counter. A lifetime warranty should be just that..... if you change your mind later, it only effects the later customers. No more Crapman tools for me!!!!!

 

[Bird]

Tom, are you asking about 1/2" drive impacts or ratchets?

 

[gsganzer]

The Ingersoll 231, 1/2" impact is still great.