It never fails. You’re trying to swap out a part held on by the four longest bolts in your car. You can’t spin them by hand and there’s so much stuff in the way, you can only get an eighth of a turn ...

It goes without saying that you're going to need a ratchet in your tool kit if you plan on doing mechanical work. Ideally, you'd have at least three, since ¼-inch, ⅜-inch, and ½-inch are all commonly ...