We were sent the new Craftsman Overdrive 121-piece set. The wrenches and sockets include the Overdrive technology that will loosen fasteners that are up to 70% rounded.
Our new craftsman overdrive tools they Seem to be Childproof Craftsman sent us a box Unsolicited and just ask us hey will you Take a look at our new overdrive series Of tools uh the overdrive series is Available in their wrenches as well as Their sockets and ratchets and we're Digging the new uh gunmetal look here so That darker chrome finish looks really Good anyway and they had a pretty cool Way of actually packaging this up let's Dive Right In and then we'll come back And talk about pricing and warranty if We take a closer look at this Fastener We will see that it's pretty much Rounded off they've rounded off the Corners of all six points of that Fastener so we've got the rounded Fastener we're going to take the Milwaukee Wrench and no grab whatsoever on the box End which has a 12o design on the open End you see it's got the uh little teeth Right there let's see if we get any grab There no if I if I slide it back a Little it grabs a little Bit but that's It going get to grab just a little bit But Nothing it's going to turn that Faster Go to the Husky there are no teeth on That open end and then again a 12-point
Design obviously nothing there same on The Uhoh Nope I will say that was Tighter But Yeah nothing all the way in even slid Part way out it does not grab enough to Turn the Fastener which I'm impressed They've got it pretty tight they've got A nut welded on the back side by the way So let's go to the Craftsman Wrench there we go and by the way if you Look Here you see the little teeth there Looks like kind of a wave Pattern Wow okay I thought it was going to I Thought it was going to slip there for a Second but it turned a bit and then Grabbed and same Thing might have but nope there we go Again I'm sliding on the tightening I Don't know it grows a little bit and Then grabs pretty good there I'm curious On this side box in looks like a Sixpoint Design yeah turns that Too now let's turn it Around let's get this one on the box end So it's not loosened yet this one has Not been touched yet and yeah that backs Side off no Problem and tightens it pretty
Well okay let's take these off and take A closer look at all the Tools Okay let's get this brace off of here And you'll see the nuts welded on the Back Side and let's get this open looks like We have some side clamps as well Clips tools on the base tools on the lid As Well good looking gunmetal or gunmetal Chrome whatever you want to call that Fairly heavy feel on the ratchet which You want some decent weight in your your Ratchet 180 teeth in these Ratchets we'll take those apart here in A Moment and then these sockets are Supposed to have that same gripping Technology yep they do so you can see in There looks like every other flat so one Flat is flat and the next flat has the Uh the gripping teeth in there if you Will so the same technology in the Wrench see it on a bigger wrench right There is that same technology in the Sockets as Well so in this 12 one piece kit uh Looks like we get metric and SAE Wrenches from 3/8 of an inch all the way Up to 5/8 and then in the metric side we Get everything from 10 mm to 15 mm uh we Get some Allen wrenches and then looks Like 38
Sockets in long and short in both s a And Metric uh we're going as high as 17 Mm and as 5/8 of an inch and down as low As 10 mm and 3/8 and then we get Into the 3/8 drives so we got the 3/8 Deep socket here and then we have the 1/2 in sockets which it looks like we Only get those in that uh that shallow Well or maybe a midlength almost but I Would call it shallow well uh so that's In the/ in here and that goes from half In all the way up to 7/8 and then from 15 mm up to 22 mm and then we get into The 3/8 side of things from a 5/16 all The way up to 3/4 of an inch and in Metric from 10 mm up to 9 mm in the Shallow well 3/8 drive we get the 1 Half-in drive ratchet we get the 3/8 Drive ratchet and the quinch drive Ratchet as well all of these in the 180t So looks like both of our spark plug Sockets are in SAE because we have 5/8 And 1316 with both of them with the uh the Rubber plug to grab onto the ceramic of The spark Plug then it looks like we get a 6in 38 Drive Extension a uh 3in 1/ in Drive Extension and looks like a probably a 3in or 4 in/ quarin Drive extension and And a 38 Universal uh some bits and the Bit driver right Here I do want to take these ratchets Apart in fact we're about to take these
Ratchets apart because I want to see how They designed the Paw on this paw being PA awl I'll explain in just a moment uh But I did want to weigh these three Wrenches that we got with the Kit and we'll make sure we're in grams Yeah we're in Grams and then we'll go with the Husky First 105 G Milwaukee 115 G and this is the Craftsman that felt Heavier 125 G so 10 GRS heavier however It is a little bit longer than the Milwaukee so I would say these are Probably equal in weight if this was you Know not as long as as this is but Anyway it just felt heavier it felt good In the Hand by the way and I like beam Design you know it's got rounded edges On it it still feels pretty good uh Nothing rough or anything to cut into Your hand and not too bulky Either so a couple of things here uh We're going to take Apart this ratchet here we'll take apart The 1/ inch because that's the largest We'll get a better eye view I think and Uh once we take this apart and once we Get this apart then I'm going to pull Apart this Craftsman right here this is A crafts USA made half in Ratchet that's probably I don't know probably maybe mid 80s uh Early 90s
Maybe so we'll take this one apart after We get this one apart just kind of Compare the Two so once you loosen those these Plates will come out the back side or This plate will come out the backside And then don't Lose this Screws so we kind of get a flush mount Design on the front side other than the Switch and then push button detent that Operates uh that ball bearing right There see how that pushes in once that's Pushed up Let it back out it pushes back Out and once we pull this out this Little this PW right here this is the PW I'm talking about you see if I can wipe It clean looks like it says 4B now that I'm Assuming there's a dual paw design I Think there is another paw just like This down below it and I bet it's Probably labeled 4 a so help me to Remember 4 a is going to go toward the Top side of the ratchet and 4B is going To be facing me and so when I pull this Out so there's your Anvil with the teeth On it And by the way 180 teeth if you divide 360° by 180 teeth and you got it you get A 2 degree swing Arc which means you Only have to move this 2 degrees before It engages the next tooth so as I was
Mentioning get a dual Paul design so we Have a 4 a man how did I get guess that So 4 a right there and 4 B here and I Believe they go this way like that in There and if you look down here you have Two of These These are Springs and that's Keeping pressure in that detent area or In that uh concave area curved area of That paw and if I pull these Out don't lose those Springs Either so once I pull those out then I Should be able to get this directional Lever out and now I can rebuild my Ratchet you know what's interesting not Much grease in there at all just a Little grease on those teeth there and Quite frankly a ratchet doesn't need a Lot of grease in fact sometimes it'll Get you stuck especially when you get in A a he tooth count like this if you put A really sticky grease in there Sometimes it will actually uh have that Ratchet stick a little bit and not Really engage all those teeth um so They're doing well by not putting a ton Of grease in there in fact there's some People that just uh literally lay their Ratchets in oil or use motor oil to lube Them not even use grease so not Recommending that I'm just saying that's The case so I like the build quality on This ratchet I do I do I like the Dual Paw design because what that enables you
To do is really have a larger tooth That's engaging Uh That Anvil but being able to kind of Skip a tooth if you will with that dual Paw design and engaging every other Because these things probably sit off Off just a little bit offset of one Another and engage at different times Let's put it back together and actually See but before we put that one back Together let's take this one Apart and instead of two T10 screws this Has a snap ring Hopefully I won't get these mixed up and That slides out you see more of a used Up grease There thinner plate here as Well and then for the lever action here You see the PW design it's basically one Large tooth that's engaging on forward And one large tooth on the on the Opposite side I bet this is probably a 32 tooth uh maybe maybe a 48 uh and then You have just a little tent ball in There that's engaging that should be Able to just slide this out but I bet That ball might shoot out no it didn't Shoot out Okay so there's the little ball bearing That pushes against the Anvil or the uh The Paw and then there's a little spring In There so quite different design design
There so let's start counting again so I'm going to start right here at the Ball uh so 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 nine and I'm Already to this flat so 9 * 4 this is Probably a 36 to Ratchet and the grease has just kind of Crusted over not much grease left on There I really should uh probably clean This up and regrease it I'm not going to Do that let's get it back together and Get the other back together Now we've got our dual PW back in and as I mentioned if you look down inside here I hope that my camera can get that you Can see that those two PS are not Exactly in line with one another that One is kind of offset in there and in Fact without this back in Here see there's 4 a it rides on this Side of the Anvil and 4B rides on this Side and you can see what I'm talking About here they don't engage the teeth At the same angle they're different Paws So you can see if I go one more tooth Over you can see we can't exactly line These up on the Teeth so one paw is Different than the Other so again you can see down in there Those PS don't Exactly line Up And you can hear when I Rotate one will engage in the other
One kind of like a click clack click Clack pretty cool Design so you see in a quarter turn How many clicks There quarter turn Here much Less and as we said before right here on The open end of the wrenches you see Those teeth machined into the open end And kind of a wave pattern on the bottom Jaw so kind of teeth on the top and wave Pattern on the bottom jaw and then on The closed end or boxed end Side and then on the boxed inide of Things uh the same as the socket one Flat is flat and the next flat has the Grooves in it to Bite and they also have the reliefs cut In each one of the corners as Well again really liking that gunmetal Chrome nice finish there is very little Doubt and it's pretty obvious that the Overdrive r did a great job at removing Those fastters that were supposedly 70% Rounded off I don't know how you Actually compute 70% but regardless the Husky and the Milwaukee wouldn't even Touch it hardly I think the open end of The Husky would try to grab at it but Just really wouldn't do anything with it And uh on the Craftsman actually on the Open end uh one time we did it actually We did this a few times and then would Tighten them back up when we initially
Got the package and we tried the Wrenches again the Milwaukee nor the Husk would open either one with either Side of the wrench and the open end of The Craftsman would loosen those bolts After we used it a few times we kept Putting it back together and taking it Back apart uh then I guess we tighten it Enough to where the open end would not Open or loosen those Fasteners but the Box end always was successful at Loosening those Fasteners so it does a Great job we haven't really use the Sockets in the same manner so we can't Speak for those uh and on the ratchets We were pretty impressed with the 180 Tooth or 180 teeth uh Paul design there So that every 2° you're actually Engaging a new tooth and you're able to Actually uh get a better bite of the Fastener with very little movement in The actual ratchet itself and that dual Paw design is a pretty cool way of being Able to lessen that Arc swing and still Get the same amount of grab now we Definitely wouldn't call this a full Review at all just kind of a first first Look into the overdrive uh series of Tools from Craftsman we'll definitely Take a deeper dive into these as more Are released uh this 121 piece kit will Run you $149 and they have a lifetime warranty Just like always with the Craftsman
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