28-06-2021, 09:14 AM
(This post was last modified: 28-06-2021, 09:26 AM by Bob Culver.)
It is for the rear hub bearing nut. But he may have just had the steering wheel off to see where the black grease comes from.
That style of spanner was so universal they and all copies were known as Crescents. (although jaws seem thick for a true Crescent) A lot of American equipment, as with cars, came here.
It is very sad that so many American firms noted for uniform quality as these have gone. Old Practical Mechanics are very nostalgic (General, Starett, Cushman, South Bend, Stillson, Slocombe etc etc although some live on in name only.. But were expensive I paid 30s about 1963 for a 12 in Crescent when a tradesmans wage was about L750 p.a Now near 50X that but chinese replicas just $30 or so (L15). Now Americans buy Chinese and do opiates and other drugs to while away the time.
Is that a Dodge 4 with drum headlamps and distinctive radiator in the background?
His clothing is now quite fashionable again.
And as for the photo of the pinion shaft can tell it is an amateur workshop; vice clamps are in use. Those wooden handlede tools not so common now.
(it is remarkable how often the pinion nuts are slack.I wonder if assemblers forget to finally tighten)
That style of spanner was so universal they and all copies were known as Crescents. (although jaws seem thick for a true Crescent) A lot of American equipment, as with cars, came here.
It is very sad that so many American firms noted for uniform quality as these have gone. Old Practical Mechanics are very nostalgic (General, Starett, Cushman, South Bend, Stillson, Slocombe etc etc although some live on in name only.. But were expensive I paid 30s about 1963 for a 12 in Crescent when a tradesmans wage was about L750 p.a Now near 50X that but chinese replicas just $30 or so (L15). Now Americans buy Chinese and do opiates and other drugs to while away the time.
Is that a Dodge 4 with drum headlamps and distinctive radiator in the background?
His clothing is now quite fashionable again.
And as for the photo of the pinion shaft can tell it is an amateur workshop; vice clamps are in use. Those wooden handlede tools not so common now.
(it is remarkable how often the pinion nuts are slack.I wonder if assemblers forget to finally tighten)