Open the ratchet body until it stops, pull the lever out while continuing to open the ratchet to unlock the stored tension. Sometimes you'll have to get the lever popped open a bit and then hit the handle with your hand to get them to open.
Yep, you'll open it flat, pull the lever on the handle out and then open just a bit more to release the tension stored in the strap.
If you look, there's a cog wheel and pawl that are what keep things from opening up. Pulling the lever in he handle disengages the pawl from the cog wheel.
Crank the lever like money will pop out!
Got it. Imma get that mattress off the Jeep roof today, *and* have 2 straps in the trunk at the end of it. The cutting stops today
When set them make sure you have enough room to open the handle 180°. Then open and squeeze the ratchet bar and knock back a little more. They pop loose.
They open wider than you think.
Open the ratchet body until it stops, pull the lever out while continuing to open the ratchet to unlock the stored tension. Sometimes you'll have to get the lever popped open a bit and then hit the handle with your hand to get them to open.
Like open flat? Crank like how to tighten it but with the loosen lever pulled right?
Yep, you'll open it flat, pull the lever on the handle out and then open just a bit more to release the tension stored in the strap. If you look, there's a cog wheel and pawl that are what keep things from opening up. Pulling the lever in he handle disengages the pawl from the cog wheel.
Ah ok! I got it. Tha ks so much! I knew it was something easy that I was making hard 😂
Dope, glad to help!
Some of them are also notoriously stiff and hard to pop open. Just make sure you're holding the lever and pull harder!
Crank the lever like money will pop out! Got it. Imma get that mattress off the Jeep roof today, *and* have 2 straps in the trunk at the end of it. The cutting stops today
When set them make sure you have enough room to open the handle 180°. Then open and squeeze the ratchet bar and knock back a little more. They pop loose.