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How to Repair a Round Head Ratchet

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Round head ratchets are useful and robust tools, but can sometimes need repair. The techniques covered in this guide will enable you to maintain and also repair ratchets that are stuck, frozen, or neglected. This guide covers the disassembly, lubrication, and reassembly process of a Craftsman 43175 ratchet, but can be used as reference for many other round head ratchets as the designs are all very similar.

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    • Remove the direction selector dial by turning it counterclockwise with a T15 screwdriver.

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    • Lift up on the direction selector dial to remove it.

    • Be careful to keep the heart spring in place during removal.

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    • Lift up on the heart spring to remove it.

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    • Remove the pawl and anvil by sliding them out of the ratchet handle.

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    • Clean all the old grease and dirt off the parts with a rag.

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    • Lubricate the pawl and the teeth in the head of the ratchet handle with a light coat of multi-purpose grease.

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    • Reinstall the anvil and pawl by sliding them into the ratchet handle.

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    • Reinstall the heart spring by sliding the end of the spring into the hole in the pawl.

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    • Reinstall the direction selector dial, being careful to place the stud on the dial within the loop of the heart spring.

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    • Reinstall the direction selector dial screw and tighten in a clockwise direction with a T15 screwdriver.

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