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Depends on what type of ratche, snap on uses onnthier ratchets and includes in thier rebuild kits superlude which I use on pear head ratchets or I use Lucas assembly lube it’s green on my round heads but sometimes use it on pearheads with fine teeth as the super lube makes them jam. Another thing you can do is trim the spring that pushes on the paw it works wonders for stiff ratchets like craftsman and other ratchets that have low teeth count or stiff mechanisms. Good luck
Choose both because craftsman has a more complete tool offering but choose husky for sockets and wrenches at least some and the new 100 position ratchets are not bad I have one in my mix. Get craftsman pliers they are sweet some are rebranded knipex cobras which are nice but high dollar, I like kobalt more right now with ratchets also but don’t like anything else. Craftsman has alot to offer its just mostly Chinese tools but most are as the husky tools are made by stanley and kobalt is made by rotor and craftsman danaher, just cherry pick bottom line .
21 is 13/16 used for lugs on f150s 24 is used on suspension bolts 27 same but usually trucks if you own a small car hou won’t use many big sizes as most all are smaller like my wife’s focus biggest bolt or nut is the axel nut which is usually 32-34-36 ,alot of sets skip sizes in the 20s as alot have an sae equivalent you can substitute but most sizes are not used in autos that they skip. My 3/8 set is cornwell and it skips as well and go to 27 ,I do have a blue point chrome set that skips no sizes in the 20’s even has 20mm snap on skips them in theirs as well blue point is Asian made and in Asia they use sizes we dont.
You don’t have to be so accurate on suspension bolts but over torquing the axlenut on some stresses the bearings but you should be fine 214 is an odd number my 1/2 torque wrench goes up to 300+ can’t remember exact but it’s a wright rebrand from CDI got it new as someone didn’t use it for $50 just torque it close as you can and tighten it the rest of the way and don’t grease the nut or you will over torque it, believe it or not that causes this just most don’t know but it’s proven rusty, clean,and greased effects torque. Remember this also 7.2 ft pounds = 1nm and 12 inch pounds = 1 ft pound , if you put 200 pounds on a 24″ breaker bar it equals to 400 as its multiplied by foot.