Mystery wrench

[Blt2Lst]

Does anyone have any idea what this was used for?

 

[HalfTonTom]

Bear nuts, I assume...

 

[Beerhippie]

2 1/4" AF fasteners.

 

[T444e]

1-1/2" hex nut or bolt

 

[bowtie57]

Dodgeball practice?

 

[The Cobbler]

something with a large hex on it that doesn't need a lot of torque . maybe a lathe chuck spindle wrench or something along those lines

 

[Beerhippie]

Or, possibly, a saw set.

I'll just see myself out....

 

[Blt2Lst]

I wonder if it was specific to a certain machine and maybe came with it.

 

[RTM]

3A pipe fitting? Dairy or brewery type service.

 

[Schurkey]

I have a Bear brake lathe pair; although nothing on that set needs a 2 1/4" wrench. Bear also made alignment, tire-changing, vehicle lift, and other auto-service equipment

 

[four.cycle]

Not a clue and I have yet to figure out WHO this particular "Bear" was.

(note that @3baygarage's specimen sports the same part number and logo.)

(it is NOT the same as "BearGRIP" from the Netherlands)

 

[Milton Shaw]

Probably a Bear Truck Brake Lathe. The car lathe has a 1" shaft and the truck lathe I think is 1 1/2 inch shaft so the bigger nut for that wrench.

 

[NUTTSGT]

As rusty as it is, the name is appropriate ...bear wrench, no paint.

 

[four.cycle]

Probably a Bear Truck Brake Lathe.

OH?
I just shot a note to Bear Automotive Equipment in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

see next post:

 

[four.cycle]

just received this:

"BEAR" engines - used in the Pennsylvania oil fields -- don't know if they got used in other areas with oil / gas industries later on. [ https://books.google.com/books?id=5J0ICPlVY1AC&pg=RA6-PA39 ]. Regards, Stan S.

 

[lolaetype]

There is a patent for a tie rod adjusting tool with a similar BEAR logo.

Pardon Our Interruption...

The patent number on that tie rod tool is assigned to the Bear Manufacturing Company, Rock Island, Ill., a corporation of Delaware Application September 22, 1953, Serial No. 381,657

So I'm guessing the wrench is a tool for use with Bear automotive maintenence equipment.

 

[four.cycle]

There is a patent for a tie rod adjusting tool with a similar BEAR logo.

I think what you are seeing as "LOGO" is actually "9/16"

 

[lolaetype]

I think what you are seeing as "LOGO" is actually "9/16"

I was referring to the look of the word "BEAR".

 

[Milton Shaw]

OH?
I just shot a note to Bear Automotive Equipment in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

see next post:

That wrench is too short to be adequate to tighten a bolt that size in a engine or building construction so it must be for something that needs to be snug but not torqued , which a brake lathe would be a typical use.

 

[engineer2]

Assuming this is Bear Automotive: I have a lot of Bear info, but nothing that old.
Bear started in 1917 and made all sorts of equipment and tools in the early days, mostly to do with suspension service and wheel alignment. It could also have been a tool for their own equipment.