Comments on: Finds: GearWrench’s 1/4″ XL Pass-Thru Ratchet Set http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/09/finds-gearwrenchs-14-xl-pass-thru-ratchet-set/ All tools. All the time. Your source for news, information, and reviews of hand tools, power tools, and tools of all kinds. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 08:43:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Chuck Cage http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/09/finds-gearwrenchs-14-xl-pass-thru-ratchet-set/#comment-20513 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 16:42:33 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/09/finds-gearwrenchs-14-xl-pass-thru-ratchet-set/#comment-20513 Chris: Absolutely. If you get a chance, check out our hands-on with the 3/8" drive version. The 1/4" is exactly the same, just smaller. (It's linked in the post above.) Personally, I think the locking mechanism is one of the features that really makes the difference with the XL pass-thrus. Between the short-sweep ratchet (you have to turn in significantly less to get a "click"), the pass-thru feature (it replaces deep sockets), and the locking flex mechanism, this thing just won't go back in the drawer. You know how sometimes you *want* to have a certain opinion of a tool, but the tool just forces a different one on you? This is one of those situations. We love this thing, and it wasn't by choice. <grin> Chris: Absolutely. If you get a chance, check out our hands-on with the 3/8″ drive version. The 1/4″ is exactly the same, just smaller. (It’s linked in the post above.)

Personally, I think the locking mechanism is one of the features that really makes the difference with the XL pass-thrus. Between the short-sweep ratchet (you have to turn in significantly less to get a “click”), the pass-thru feature (it replaces deep sockets), and the locking flex mechanism, this thing just won’t go back in the drawer.

You know how sometimes you *want* to have a certain opinion of a tool, but the tool just forces a different one on you? This is one of those situations. We love this thing, and it wasn’t by choice.

]]> by: Jeff T http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/09/finds-gearwrenchs-14-xl-pass-thru-ratchet-set/#comment-20500 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 15:36:07 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/09/finds-gearwrenchs-14-xl-pass-thru-ratchet-set/#comment-20500 I think that little button is the lock for it. I think. I think that little button is the lock for it. I think.

]]> by: nrChris http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/09/finds-gearwrenchs-14-xl-pass-thru-ratchet-set/#comment-20373 Sat, 10 Feb 2007 03:48:11 +0000 http://toolmonger.com/2007/02/09/finds-gearwrenchs-14-xl-pass-thru-ratchet-set/#comment-20373 I am in the market for a pass through set. Does the hinge have a locking mechanism for use as a traditional ratchet? I am in the market for a pass through set. Does the hinge have a locking mechanism for use as a traditional ratchet?

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