Re: [CR]tool identification, please

(Example: Framebuilders:Tony Beek)

Date: Sat, 08 Nov 2008 13:39:31 -0500
From: "Steven Willis" <smwillis@verizon.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]tool identification, please
To: "Tom Hayes" <hayesbikes@gmail.com>, "CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <779093150811080914t63dac7e0j8f381d09f9f13bd6@mail.gmail.com>
reply-type=original

I love this game. My first thought was a puller but then I figured with the arms so long I am guessing it holds onto something that you would need to twist off. Steven Willis The Bike Stand 1778 East Second Street Scotch Plains NJ 07076 908-322-3330 http://www.thebikestand.com


----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Hayes
To: CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS
Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 12:14 PM
Subject: [CR]tool identification, please



>I recently purchased a number of tools from a list member. One of the
> tools, shown at this site:
>
> http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/hayesbikes/unidentified/
>
> I cannot figure out what it is used for, if indeed it is bicycle tool. I
> appears to be the kind of tool used for pulling cranks after you have
> stripped the threads on the inside of the crankbolt hole. The t-handled
> bolt appears to thread into a "normal" crankbolt hole, but the two jaw
> like
> pieces have nothing to grab onto. The jaw devices do not move close
> enough
> to each other to latch onto the back of the left arm, nor do they separate
> far enough from each other to slide behind a chainwheel. Perhaps the tool
> is not designed for bicycles; after all, I one time asked for tool
> identification when Jamie Swan informed me that it was used for skate
> sharpening, and me coming from Minnesota. But if anyone recognizes the
> tool, I would appreciate him or her telling me what it is. It does appear
> to be a tool for removing something by forcing the bolt against whatever
> the
> jaws have secured and the long handle allowing leverage to yank it off.
> It
> also does not have a manufacturer's identification on it.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Tom Hayes
> Chagrin Falls, Ohio USA