The kind to be careful about is the flat type that you turn over to
reverse.  For example if you were using one of those to loosen the
radiator bleed bolt on a wbx radiator, you might find that when you
went to tighten it again, the bolt head was too close to the radiator
mount for you to remove the wrench and flip it.   I guess you don't
have to ask me how I know...

Larry A.
 now I buy the ones with the little reversing lever

On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 8:12 PM, craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com> wrote:
> I love em!
> They make some jobs really great, but beware.....they don't always work. The
> thicker side walls sometimes don't fit into tight places and the ratcheting
> motion may not go far enough to get a complete "click".
>
> Wonderful tools none the less!
>
> Sincerely,
> Craig Cowan
> (who got jeweler's pliars for christmas)
>
> On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Sears gift certificate for Craftsman tools.
>>
>> Those ratcheting wrenches are one of those things I wouldn't have
>> given you two cents for until I owned a couple. They are just about
>> the most useful things in the box.
>>
>> Drooling over the prospect of a 17 and 19 mm pair to go with the ones
>> I already own.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Rob <becida@comcast.net> wrote:
>> > Ratcheting wrenches, for those times when a standard box end will
>> > take about forever... I must have mentioned that one day when one of
>> > the kids were around to hear me <g>.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Rob
>> > becida@comcast.net
>> > Western WA state with a Subaru powered '84 Westy
>> >
>>
>