How To: Re-build Blue Point Ratchett (Snap On)

Blue Point ratchet handles and socket-sets are really great, but eventually they do fail. This was well used when I got in 2010 and has been used hard every day since then. About a year ago it seized up and I bought a proper Snap On ratchet handle to replace it, the one that fits into the Blue Point socket-set case.

Your Snap On dealer will usually replace the internals there and then for you, at worst you will have to send it off, but if like me you find yourself doing it yourself then here's how.

You will need the Rebuild Kit - snap on part no. RKRBPRFR938.

Turns out a single tooth had stripped off the wheel and must have fallen down into the gears. This explains why the ratchet slipped every so often, usually with some pain to follow lol, and also why it eventually seized up.

First the pall (selector-switch) goes in. Followed by the spring, which fits down the hole in the handle and the ball-bearing sits on the top of it. The forward/reverse gear slots in now. Hold the ball-bearing down against the spring using a small screwdriver and slot the gear in to one side.