Thank you, I'm 16 and my dad asked me to loosen some bolts and I had to figure out how a socket wrench worked 🤣 After 40 minutes of finding the right sizes and your video, I figured it out
After sifting through 10 different videos from experts to average Joes you sir alone gave me the exact information I needed about the direction dial functionality. Thanks a bunch!
I am not ashamed at the fact that I didn't know how to use a wrench properly. I knew the motion and how to properly out on any attachments but I never knew what the switch was for. Thank you for this simple and clear video
The only video I found that explains how to actually use a socket wrench lol. Thanks for the nice and slow video!!! Helped a lot visualizing the socket + wrench with the orange marking!!
an animation that shows the part that clicks ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-xSByIjvcyUk.html someone taking a real ratchet apart and showing the ratcheting ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lqDnv5Ydwvc.html
Instructions tell me after hand tighten use socket wrench about two to three turns only to prevent overtightening and crack the toilet tank. How much would you say is considered a turn? One turn. I'm not sure
I was hoping you'd show me what I'm doing wrong, if I don't get the clicky noise. There has to be some proper way to hold the tool, or to apply pressure to it, that gets a consistent ratchet noise when winding it back without moving the wrench and nut. Something in my application of the tool is off, and I'm just tightening then loosening, tightening then loosening. If I am in a position to actually hold onto the wrench bit when I'm in the winding back part of the stroke, I get nice consistent clickety sounds. For example, right now I'm opening up hose clamps. But once I've got the hose clamp on the bit it's supposed to tighten, I can no longer get fingers in to hold onto the wrench fitting. Which, y'know, I know I shouldn't even have to do if I could just get the right pressure or grip or whatever. Funny how things that are natural and obvious to so many folks are difficult for others of us, isn't it.
you're not doing anything wrong. i know exactly what you're talking about. unfortunately, this is a place where socket wrenches could improve. if the nut is completely loose, then the socket does not tighten it. i have to hold it until it's at least a little tightened before the clicky sounds take over
Hi, I know that this is an old video, but if you see this, I’m new with dealing with all of this, I bought a socket wrench but it has ON and OFF with the switch in the middle. If I set it to OFF does that mean I”m loosening it (like taking the bolt off) and ON meaning that I”m tightening it (putting it on)? Either way, thanks and nice video.
i think so. i haven't seen that kind of socket wrench before. but it seems likely that "on" means "put the nut *on* the bolt" and "off" means "take the nut *off* the bolt"
+dj bell tl;dr incorrect medium: you still need to turn the correct way to turn the nut. but you can also turn the other way and not undo. large: the ratcheting of the socket wrench allows you to turn one way to move the nut, and the other way to get back to starting position. you can tell when you're moving the nut because it will be more difficult to turn the wrench, and it will be quiet. you can tell when you're just going back to start position because it makes clicky sounds and be easier. which direction the nut moves in, and which direction is clicky and lets the nut stay still is decided by the switch.
the wrench does get harder to turn when the nut is tightened. exactly how much to push on the wrench depends a lot on what is being tightened. but in cases like this, there will be a significant jump in difficulty and that will be when the nut is tight enough.
Dave GB i doubt you will break threads by tightening unless you have old, weathered nuts and bolts. I'd be more worried about crushing whatever is between the nut and bolt.
ok does the vid make the pic opposite cause i looked at my tools and the left is on the right and the right is on the left and its soo opposite cause i get confused when working on my car witch way the nuts come off and i have broke alot of bolts like that
same in video as in real life. when i hold my socket wrench up to the screen and do what is shown in the video, it works the same way. it's totally possible that for your socket wrench things are reversed. that seems unlikely given how they are made. see ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BkCBI9o7fi0.html
no worries. no one was born with innate knowledge of how a socket wrench works... or a million other simple-once-you-know-it things. glad this was helpful.
this is true. other comments have pointed this out too. some wrenches have the direction of the switch for tighten/loosen exactly opposite of what's shown in this video.
@@midnightmc3096that’s stupid right. It should be the same for all of them. I use wrench at tyre shop by my own (because they had a lot of work so they borrowed it) and I wasn’t sure if I did it right. Anyway I thought it was switch to the right. So I back to them and they do it for me. But as you said they put this switch to the left this time. I thought it is wrong but it wasn’t clicking when they were tightening I don’t get it
ozzloy thank you but I realized I don’t have the same ratchet . Mine doesn’t have that button it just had the little arrow to switch which side to pull from.. :/
could you elaborate? do you mean that there is incorrect information in the video? i could make an annotation on this video or redo the video with corrected information. but right now i'm not sure which part is wrong. thanks for watching!
