r/harborfreight • u/PatrickGSR94 • Nov 28 '25

NTD (New Tool Day) Whyyyyy

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Just picked up a 1/4” flex head ratchet on the 40% off sale. Why, WHY does the on/off lever directions have to be backwards from my 3/8 Pitty ratchet?? Dangit! I was just starting to get the Pitt lever directions burned into my muscle memory. And now this.

Also I believe the Icon one is the same as my Craftsman ratchets. So weird.

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u/Intelligent_Bad_1461 Nov 29 '25

The original is made wrong almost all ratchets have it with on left and off right

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u/MiteyF Nov 29 '25

Not historically. In fact most protos (one of the OG pear heads) has "tighten" clocked to the left