- 1). Look at your ratchet and determine if it is a quick-release model. If your ratchet has a button on the top of the end where the socket attaches, you have a quick-release ratchet. Depress the button to release the socket and pull it off.
- 2). Pull hard on the socket to remove it, if your ratchet is not the quick-release type.
- 3). Clamp the socket and wrench in a vise, if your socket is still stuck on -- on either a quick-release or a regular ratchet -- with the socket coming in from the side and the ratchet handle parallel to the floor.
- 4). Hold the end of the ratchet handle and hit middle of the ratchet handle with a hammer until the ratchet releases.
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