Abstract: In a ratcheting torque wrench of the I-type in which an axially movable locking cup is mounted on and around a shaft and an end of a housing from which the shaft extends and in which the shaft is mounted for rotation and limited axial movement. The shaft having stubs projecting diametrically from it, stop members are provided on an outer face of the locking cup to engage the stubs when the locking cup and shaft are moved apart axially to a place at which the stubs clear the cup and the shaft is rotated relative to the cup in the ratcheting direction.