Thread: Does the quality of the sockets you use matter?
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Old March 9th, 2016, 09:41 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by HoneyBadgerRy View Post
I have no idea how you would breaker a Mac ratchet. I had a 3/8" Mac ratchet with a 24" cheater bar on it on a lug but that was frozen. I jumped up and down on the cheater bar, and it got the but off, I still use the ratchet to this day.
Work on bigger stuff... Semi's and bulldozers. Just like cars and such, they put bolts in some of the darnest places that take some serious torque to remove. A 4ft breaker bar on a 3/4 ratchet will fail when you put 2tons of force against it (via floor jack) to break loose an old crusty bolt from a case cover on a CAT D11. Stuff breaks , you buy another or get it replaced under the lifetime warranty.
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