SHOOTIST357
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Any help on this one? I've had it awhile and have never had a use for it. Someone used it hard because there is a divot where the end of the bolt cut into the surface from pressure. No markings on it anywhere.
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Can anybody identify this spreader thingy ....
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SHOOTIST357
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No forked ends on it -- has cups like you would insert between a coil spring to spread them.Ball joint separator?
Not reversible, 9" long, and that is a 5/8" diameter bolt. Agree on coil spring but why....?Kind of looks like it might be reversible and maybe fit a coil spring. Can you put a size reference in the pic? It does look a lot like a ball joint separator.
Debcrow
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Proctology tool????
My first thought was possibly a split rim spreader, just a guess. How big is it?
My first thought was possibly a split rim spreader, just a guess. How big is it?
vssjim
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It is a spring spreader for coil springs MOOG used to sell them so you could put in plastic spring spacers they sold. It was a way to get height back in to a chassis with out putting in new springs. I haven't seen the spacers in many years. The sprig spacers used to come in blister pack cards as an assortment for sellers. I found some NOS on Ebay to show what they looked like. The tools was not always needed but sometimes you had to have one.
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SHOOTIST357
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I remember using the old twist in spacers--never used that type.It is a spring spreader for coil springs MOOG used to sell them so you could put in plastic spring spacers they sold. It was a way to get height back in to a chassis with out putting in new springs. I haven't seen the spacers in many years. The sprig spacers used to come in blister pack cards as an assortment for sellers. I found some NOS on Ebay to show what they looked like. The tools was not always needed but sometimes you had to have one.
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SHOOTIST357
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Too bad I haven't come up with a good use for it yet -- as beefy as it is, I'm sure it would make a great little lift, or mini "jaws of life" to spread stuff.
RTM
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I put a set of those in my '69 Impala. Even with that beast jacked way up, putting a pair into each rear spring was a real effort, would have loved to have that tool, and known what it was.I remember using the old twist in spacers--never used that type.