Snap On TF36 Ratchet Refresh Adventure! Had to build a tool to fix a tool. My stubbornness pays off!

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I picked up a used Snap On TF36 Ratchet with they hope it just needed a good cleaning, But in order to refresh it, I embarked on an hours long adventure. I didn't want to invest more money into this ratchet a new rebuilt kit, but I just couldn't get it back together. A tiny steel ball had to be balanced on the end of an equally tiny spring while compressed and while the rest of the ratchet's guts were inserted back into its belly. Turns out it is impossible without a tool.
So after finally giving up and heading to RU-vid, I found one video that helped, but there was a special tool needed that I didn't have. So I built one.
Overall it was a lot of fun as long as frustration can be enjoyable. But I wanted to avoid buying both a tool and/or a rebuild kit.

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14 янв 2022

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@tooltechreviews 5 месяцев назад

Your copper wire method saved me a lot of frustration. Great idea and great video 👍

@jsb025 2 года назад

I’ve rebuilt all of my ratchets over the last few years and I’ve found that an old blackhead removal tool works exceptionally well for this task.

@drengskap 2 года назад

Seconded! I've made just the same discovery, though I actually had to buy a new blackhead remover because I didn't have one. Works like a charm.

@madmodder123 2 года назад

Thanks for the suggestion, after 30 mins of messing around with other stuff it took 30 seconds with the blackhead remover tool

@collisionz7938 2 года назад

1ST.SNAP-ON TOOLS SINCE 1920 👍

@brianmellard5886 2 года назад

That’s genius. I wish I would have seen this video a year ago. I had the exact same problem. I happened to have a rebuild kit sitting around and I just used the newer style captured spring out of the spare rebuild kit.

@felixf5211 2 года назад

Super Lube is a GJ favorite! I work with tiny parts more often than I like. If anything at all drops on my shop floor, it's essentially gone forever. So, I lay down a lightly colored microfiber towel - naturally sticky - to catch anything falling out of the tool. Helps. BTW, I dig the Stanley awl. Have a couple, myself.

@radek5690 2 года назад

I use Vaseline as a lube and glue. Vaseline also works. Take it easy.

@radek5690 2 года назад

Cool solution! I tried this on one of my old Craftsman. I got it back together, but on my first use it failed. I returned it for a replacement. Thanks Doc.

@marcshankin9327 Год назад

I’ve been using an X-Acto knife to depress the ball and spring on a batwing style ratchet as these are called, but it’s a inconvenience because the blade is straight although this method usually works I’ve had a few of those balls fly across the garage, never to be seen from again. After watching your video I will make a copy of your home made tool thank you sir.

@dwhallon21 2 года назад

Doc, good to see you taking time to use your tools to make new tools to fix an old classic tool. Glad it turned out well, without the superlube and your special tool, you might have been chasing the ball bearing across the floor

@georgeferlazzo7936 2 года назад

Hello again Doc Thank you for another Great Video. Nicely done my friend. Again thank you

@drengskap 2 года назад

Oh, those loose ball bearings drive me crazy. Snap-On used to make a little tool for precisely this purpose (SPP 744), but they don't seem to be available any more - why oh why oh why? Like another commenter, I found that a blackhead remover works really well - it has a tiny spoon shape at the end which holds the BB down without letting it ping off into oblivion.

@LilasTools 2 года назад

Great video Doc, I have a repair kit on the way for a older Snap on 20 tooth 1/4 drive ratchet. I’ll make a video on it if it’s difficult to put together like this one.

@knighthawk86855 Год назад

Great video, I used a medium sized safety pin, the circle end, and some grease to hold the ball bearing on it, and pushed the spring in with the safety pin and ball bearing and lowered the Paw mechanism into place, and slowly pulled the safety pin out while keeping pressure on the Paw mechanism, worked like a charm.

@harveysmith100 2 года назад

That was a very valuable video. Anyone who thinks up and makes tools is a level above. An excellent cheap tool. My brain would have totally over engineered that. It maybe worth measuring the ball bearing size. $20 if you loose one because you have to buy the whole kit again verses $3 for a bad of one hundred. Go one stage further, measure the spring as well.

@felixf5211 2 года назад

I use G25 ball bearings to gage parallelism. For those who don't know, ball bearings are graded as 3-2000, with the number being indicative of the bearing's tolerance in microns. Inexpensive ball bearings typically aren't round with a variance of 1-2 thou. No idea whether this is important for such a project, but it may be something to keep in mind.

@iraqirestoration2991 Год назад

Hey what’s up from the Middle East ! Today I grabbed two of these old style ratchets (body only) f936,fl936 from the flea market for only 4 dollars both I know they go for over 70$ each in my area so im excited to do the rebuild for them thanks for the information

@3vil3lvis 2 года назад

That repair was difficult enough without filming it. The added difficulty didn't go unnoticed, Thanks for making the video.👍

@lastbesttool 2 года назад

I might make a video of outtakes.

@frankblack5129 2 года назад

Done similar clean outs on many Craftsman “panel” ratchets, l cut an aluminum can and form a U shaped curve to depress the spring and bearing then just drop the pawl in and wiggle the aluminum up and out

@beyond2600 2 года назад

Ingenuity at its finest!

@lastbesttool 2 года назад

I can see why the village blacksmith was so valuable. Being able to pound out almost anything from soft metal is what broke us out of the Stone Age.

@nordicpride9708 Год назад

Snap On would approve. They use SuperLube Grease from the factory! Stuff is amazing.

@avernvrey7422 Год назад

Thanks, that's good to know.

@xinjin3815 2 года назад

I am also a big fan of your bracelet

@gregc9220 2 года назад

That's awesome! And the ball detent tool you made is Snap On green 😂

@lastbesttool 2 года назад

How did I miss that?

@bluefj-wc3vz 2 года назад

Nice on custom bearing holder. If you want another challenge, rebuild an S77A breaker bar ratcheting adapter.😂 I lost both pins at light speed on the first one I did forcing me to buy new kit.

@robertcasey3528 Год назад

Use a dab of Grease for the ball bearing to stay on the spring

@hjohn2 Год назад

If you call Snap-On customer service, they will send you repair kits, free of charge and shipping. I rebuilt all of my ratchets (circa 1988) within the last year... at no cost to me.

@ericaswofford4231 2 года назад

I have one of those bearings rolling around somewhere in my garage from it flying away when I cleaned mine out. I hate this design. I took the bearing out of an old c man pro 1/4” ratchet. Funny enough both ratchets now work.

@readyme 2 года назад

Time for me to hit up the pawn shops.

@lastbesttool 2 года назад

I come across an affordable Snap On ratchet in good condition and modern enough to use about once every four months. Lately the supply of used premium tools at reasonable prices has all but dried up. In the before days, I could shop around and find almost whatever I needed/wanted in used condition within a month. Now it's exciting just to find something in ballpark.

@NathanNathanMan123 2 года назад

Could you check out the Channellock Speedgrip tongue and groove pliers? I'd be interested to see what you think of them.

@lastbesttool 2 года назад

I’m trying to find a pair.

@josephr2766 2 года назад

I just use a cut down index card and slip everything together

@jcoul1sc 10 месяцев назад

i used a Pick, with a magnet behid the ratchet head

@Toyotas_n__Tools 2 года назад

Striking picks? You mean a nail punch? ;)... btw Midwest Tool Reviews may have one of those tools he may part with.

@lastbesttool 2 года назад

More than the nail punches. I would like to be able to tap on the sides of picks as well as on axis. Maybe a whole new tool direction, but would need more reasons in order to direction the evolution of a striking pick set.

@sweepphreak Год назад

I will catch shit for this opinion I prefer the screw through design but I like the head shape of the mid 2000s t72 I like symmetry and the newer t72 is 43 thousands small as it tapers into the shaft but the screw through deign adds way more longevity if you strip the screws out of the body then you need a whole new ratchet or you need to make your own backing plate and drill through the ratchet and counter sink new screws to use the body again can this be done absolutely would I want to have to do it NO WAY

@malan828 Год назад

Which super lube is it? The grease or oil?

@lastbesttool Год назад

Grease.

@anthonyanderson5310 2 года назад

You know if you email snap on they will just send you the kit and if they don't make it anymore they will replace it with a current version all for free

@lastbesttool 2 года назад

Thanks. I’ll check with the Snap On mothership.