Can you identify these tools?

[Bricago]

I bought some tools on CL, mostly craftsman =v= series wrenches, ratchets, and sockets, and these three pieces were included.

1. Round metal rod 8" long, 3/8" diameter, with a small semicircular bearing on one end.

2. L-shaped square cross-section metal piece. 3.5" x 2" bent just beyond 90 degrees.

3. Tool marked "Kar-Tools 269"

Thanks for your help with what these are.

 

[jim1987]

Last thing is a drum brake tool.

 

[Zeke]

First one appears to be a cross bar for a large socket extension like 3/4". Second one I have seen at some point but don't know other than It appears to be missing an end.

So, how is that drum brake tool used?

 

[The Cobbler]

2nd one might be a lathe tool

 

[Lassen Forge]

3rd is used to hook up brake springs...

 

[bluebolt]

The second one looks like something used to tighten piston ring compressors I have seen.

 

[Gmonkee]

The first is a crossbar for a breaker bar, the 2nd is a wrench to tighten up a piston ring compressor. The 3rd is indeed for use on drum brakes.

 

[jim1987]

First one appears to be a cross bar for a large socket extension like 3/4". Second one I have seen at some point but don't know other than It appears to be missing an end.

So, how is that drum brake tool used?

Its for the retainer clips.

 

[Handyfarmer]

the brake tool
on brake drums there is a spring that holds the shoe in place, there is a pin with a nub on it that goes through the backing plate and then a small coil spring is put on and then a clip or holder/retainer that has a slot in the center that will fit over the pin and a quarter turn and It locks the retainer on, the tool allows one to push on the retainer, and then turn the retainer either removing or putting it on,

http://www.billswebspace.com/TJDrum.htm picture 17 show it being used,

a picture of the retainer and spring and pin, http://www.firebird67.com/images/brakes28.jpg

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and I agree with the sliding t bar handle as possibility
http://assets.suredone.com/1742/med...-socket-wrench-1-2-sq-drive-10-long-usa-5.jpg

it is possible it could be a flaring tool handle
http://www.mytoolstore.com/sk/90443a.jpg

or any small tool that could use a sliding handle even a tap wrench,
http://www.irwin.com/uploads/products/large/two-in-one-tap-wrenches-939.jpg
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and the spring compressor wrench,
http://www.parkinplant.com/images/piston ring compressor.jpg

It is possible it could be a key for some thing else, but if is not for a piston ring compressor,

depending on size it would be a key or wrench for square headed drain plugs,

 

[Plombob]

The first one is a pin handle. It fit into the handle of breaker bars, extensions and sockets back in the day. It has a ball on one end to keep it from sliding out of the hole in the other tool.

 

[woody 73]

Sliding bar (no longer made they came in different sizes for your craftsman tools 1/4,3/8 1/2 etc.).

Ring compression tool see bluebolt's #6

Brake tool

You guys are fast...

 

[Bricago]

Thank you, everyone. That's just the info. I was looking for.

 

[rlitman]

the brake tool
on brake drums there is a spring that holds the shoe in place, there is a pin with a nub on it that goes through the backing plate and then a small coil spring is put on and then a clip or holder/retainer that has a slot in the center that will fit over the pin and a quarter turn and It locks the retainer on, the tool allows one to push on the retainer, and then turn the retainer either removing or putting it on,

http://www.billswebspace.com/TJDrum.htm picture 17 show it being used,

a picture of the retainer and spring and pin, http://www.firebird67.com/images/brakes28.jpg

Yep. That second picture shows the retainer off the pin. You would rotate it so that the oblong hole in the center (not visible) fits over the squished end of the pin. The push the retainer down with the tool, and rotate the tool to rotate the retainer 90 degrees so that when you let go, the pin will not come out of the hole. The ribs inside the tool catch on the retainer to help it grab and rotate.

 

[Zeke]

Wish I had known about the brake tool. It would have saved my fingers from the agony.

(Actually I used Channellocks.)

 

[rlitman]

Fingers?!? OMG. Even the SnapOn one is cheap.