Snap-On FL720A Rebuild Kit - Where to purchase?

[JeffKeryk]

I inherited many of my older brother's tools from his shop when he passed away from cancer at 44.
On of the ratchets, a 3/8" long handle will slip under load.

Of course it is a pleasure using these tools.
Where is your preferred on-line source? Likely https://shop.snapon.com/ .

Thanks in advance and any tips are greatly appreciated.

 

[AutoMechanic]

Sorry about the passing of your brother at such a young age. What I would try is calling or going online and tracking down the closest rep to you and getting a rebuild kit. I know they will send you one in the mail but you have to pay shipping to send the internals back which is not great at all.

 

[AutoMechanic]

Oh yeah or if it’s just skipping first I’d try regreasing if you haven’t already done that. You can go to Harbor Freight and get some Super Lube that’s what I use in my ratchets comes in a grey tube.

 

[Trav]

Snap on, Snap on truck or ebay has them like this for example.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Snap-On-To...ir-Kit-F720-F731-F730-F735-F751-/382845174350

 

[c502cid]

I went directly to Snap-On and they sent them to me at n/c.

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U.S. 877-762-7664
Canada 866-824-0524
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[stchman]

Try taking the ratchet apart and cleaning it out. I had an old ratchet that was skipping and all it was was the teeth were caked with kind of a hard grease. I soaked all the parts in lighter fluid for a few hours, sprayed the parts down with brake cleaner, made sure they were all dry, and re-oiled them. I then cleaned the ratchet housing using the same technique. The ratchet worked like new when I put it all back together.

If you have missing or chipped/cracked teeth you will need to obviously re-build the ratchet.

 

[Firefighter1406]

Snap on honors you with full warranty being that it was an inheritance. I have had a few small things replaced due to this. So they might send you a rebuild kit or something.

 

[Carmudgeon]

Thanks to this thread, I have a gratis rebuild kit on the way for my FK720 stubby, one of my favorite tools. Looks like it's a slight upgrade to 30-teeth as well.

But I do want to make sure that when securing the locking pin for the lever, will a small mallet be ok to flatten the end? I have punches, but none without pointed tips.

 

[Soft Cars]

Thanks to this thread, I have a gratis rebuild kit on the way for my FK720 stubby, one of my favorite tools. Looks like it's a slight upgrade to 30-teeth as well.

But I do want to make sure that when securing the locking pin for the lever, will a small mallet be ok to flatten the end? I have punches, but none without pointed tips.

The proper tool for swaging the end of the switch lever is a pin punch centered on the pin. But you don't want the pin punch too sharp. The idea is to swage the pin without making the indentation too deep. Here's a vintage ratchet on eBay with a good picture of the swaged pin. Pay close attention to the dimple:

Vintage Ratchet

 

[Carmudgeon]

The proper tool for swaging the end of the switch lever is a pin punch centered on the pin. But you don't want the pin punch too sharp. The idea is to swage the pin without making the indentation too deep. Here's a vintage ratchet on eBay with a good picture of the swaged pin. Pay close attention to the dimple:

Vintage Ratchet

Gotcha, thanks.

So I guess a punch with a slight, shallow point is desirable. I think what I have might work.

 

[Soft Cars]

Gotcha, thanks.

So I guess a punch with a slight, shallow point is desirable. I think what I have might work.

Change "pin punch" to center punch. I don't know why I said pin punch that day.