What tools are these?
03-26-20, 11:06 AM
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What tools are these?
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I bought a random box of tools and there are a few I'm not sure what they are. The one on the left I'm not even sure is a bike tool. I'm guessing the one that looks like a T is a tool for the chainring bolts. The one next to it I'm guessing is a key to wind up a toy?
Also, there were some chains included stamped with PC 951 on the links and K8 on some of the links. Would this be usable for my 5-7 speed rear cogs?
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I bought a random box of tools and there are a few I'm not sure what they are. The one on the left I'm not even sure is a bike tool. I'm guessing the one that looks like a T is a tool for the chainring bolts. The one next to it I'm guessing is a key to wind up a toy?
Also, there were some chains included stamped with PC 951 on the links and K8 on some of the links. Would this be usable for my 5-7 speed rear cogs?
Thanks
03-26-20, 11:29 AM
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The one on the left is a crank puller--actually a car tool, I believe, but useful for pulling off a crank that has stripped threads so you can't get the normal tool to work. And I'm pretty sure the one on the right is for tightening the cap on a modern BB/crank system like the Shimano Hollowtech stuff.
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That T-handled thing with the three prongs on the end is likely a chainring bolt driver.
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The piece with the green tape is for a Shimano hollowtech II crank preload cap and the Park tool tool is a dummy pedal to turn the crank when no pedals are installed.
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...back when they were not solid state ignitions, I used to use a three armed puller about that size and configuration to pull the flywheel off my lawnmower engines to access the stuff you needed to service. I guess you could use it to pull other stuff, like on a bike, but I never have because there are other things that work better for me.
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The Park Tool is a hamster restraint device. The veterinarian slips the wire end over the head and behind the ears of an aggressive hamster with sharp chisel-like teeth, and turns the rear disc to tighten the wire gently but firmly around the hamsters neck area. The rigid nature of the tool keeps the business end of the hamster a safe distance away from the good doctor's healing hands and helps control the hamster during a physical examination.
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Yes, the tool on the left is a universal puller. I use mine to pull the harmonic balancer off a Chevy V8, but I've also used it to pull a (bicycle) crank that has the extractor threads stripped out.
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03-26-20, 01:03 PM
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The Park Tool is a hamster restraint device. The veterinarian slips the wire end over the head and behind the ears of an aggressive hamster with sharp chisel-like teeth, and turns the rear disc to tighten the wire gently but firmly around the hamsters neck area. The rigid nature of the tool keeps the business end of the hamster a safe distance away from the good doctor's healing hands and helps control the hamster during a physical examination.
Thanks for all the replies guys. There were other tools in the bins but I could make most of them out. What exactly I'm going to do with 6 pedal wrenches, 12 pin spanners, 18 headset wrenches, multiple cone wrenches, 6 bottom bracket lock ring tools, a dozen chains that apparently are 8 or 9 speed so I can't use, and some other bits and pieces I'm not exactly sure just yet.
There was a nice big park tool stand but I didn't think I could fit it in my small car or in my wallet. Unfortunately I didn't see any truing stands or derailleur alignment tools, which I would have wanted. Or maybe I should have looked in that third bin she had for sale. I didn't want to overplay my hand by digging through it and looking too interested. Well, I got what I could get.
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03-26-20, 02:02 PM
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Usually called a "gear puller" in the auto world....
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Ah a multi purpose tool. Fantastic. I have a cousin who's a vet I might be able to sell it to her.
Thanks for all the replies guys. There were other tools in the bins but I could make most of them out. What exactly I'm going to do with 6 pedal wrenches, 12 pin spanners, 18 headset wrenches, multiple cone wrenches, 6 bottom bracket lock ring tools, a dozen chains that apparently are 8 or 9 speed so I can't use, and some other bits and pieces I'm not exactly sure just yet.
There was a nice big park tool stand but I didn't think I could fit it in my small car or in my wallet. Unfortunately I didn't see any truing stands or derailleur alignment tools, which I would have wanted. Or maybe I should have looked in that third bin she had for sale. I didn't want to overplay my hand by digging through it and looking too interested. Well, I got what I could get.
Bye.
Thanks for all the replies guys. There were other tools in the bins but I could make most of them out. What exactly I'm going to do with 6 pedal wrenches, 12 pin spanners, 18 headset wrenches, multiple cone wrenches, 6 bottom bracket lock ring tools, a dozen chains that apparently are 8 or 9 speed so I can't use, and some other bits and pieces I'm not exactly sure just yet.
There was a nice big park tool stand but I didn't think I could fit it in my small car or in my wallet. Unfortunately I didn't see any truing stands or derailleur alignment tools, which I would have wanted. Or maybe I should have looked in that third bin she had for sale. I didn't want to overplay my hand by digging through it and looking too interested. Well, I got what I could get.
Bye.
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03-26-20, 04:26 PM
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This thread reminded me.... If you lose your wind up key to your toy train, try your spoke wrench
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The Park Tool is a hamster restraint device. The veterinarian slips the wire end over the head and behind the ears of an aggressive hamster with sharp chisel-like teeth, and turns the rear disc to tighten the wire gently but firmly around the hamsters neck area. The rigid nature of the tool keeps the business end of the hamster a safe distance away from the good doctor's healing hands and helps control the hamster during a physical examination.
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For the Park Tool, the answer is Yes. However, gerbils run a bit smaller than hamsters and the smallest of them can sometimes slip out of the loop.
In those cases it helps to place small diameter polyethylene tube around the loop. A used IV line works well. The smaller gerbils seem to tolerate the loop better and are more calm with this modification.
It's been said the purpose of the threaded end is to serve as the point of attachment for a 12" extension rod to allow its use in human hospital emergency rooms as a gerbil extraction tool.
But I really can't confirm that and, quite frankly, don't believe a single word of it.
I've never checked into VAR, but I bet you're right.
I'm sure CYCLUS would make a very nice one too, but I never looked into them either.
Man, I wish I had saved my responses for April 1.
In those cases it helps to place small diameter polyethylene tube around the loop. A used IV line works well. The smaller gerbils seem to tolerate the loop better and are more calm with this modification.
It's been said the purpose of the threaded end is to serve as the point of attachment for a 12" extension rod to allow its use in human hospital emergency rooms as a gerbil extraction tool.
But I really can't confirm that and, quite frankly, don't believe a single word of it.
I've never checked into VAR, but I bet you're right.
I'm sure CYCLUS would make a very nice one too, but I never looked into them either.
Man, I wish I had saved my responses for April 1.
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The one on the left is a crank puller--actually a car tool, I believe, but useful for pulling off a crank that has stripped threads so you can't get the normal tool to work. And I'm pretty sure the one on the right is for tightening the cap on a modern BB/crank system like the Shimano Hollowtech stuff.
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It's been said the purpose of the threaded end is to serve as the point of attachment for a 12" extension rod to allow its use in human hospital emergency rooms as a gerbil extraction tool. But I really can't confirm that and, quite frankly, don't believe a single word of it.
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