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Technical Board => General Technical => Topic started by: Martin on September 05, 2005, 10:05:57 AM



Title: What is it?
Post by: Martin on September 05, 2005, 10:05:57 AM
This fits into the  In good condition - I don't know what it is - NASCO   category that we've chuckled about from time to time.

When I bought an old harmonic balancer puller, the seller threw this in, saying he didn't know what it was, but it was in his father's tool box with the h/b tool.  Well, I've had a quick flip through my workshop manual and haven't found anything like it.

It requires a 1¼" spanner, has a female ¾" thread and a hammer-hitting end.  Obviously it's a tool to instal something like a harmonic balancer but the "lttle boy" and "little girl" bits are wrong. It is about 2½" (65mm) long.

It has the marking:  Dufor 3  but no other marking.

What is it?

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v451/lewis1411/Dufor3_1.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v451/lewis1411/Dufor3_2.jpg)

And the prize for the nearest correct entry is:  my undying gratitude!!   ;)


Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: RET on September 06, 2005, 12:02:25 AM
Dunno, looks a bit like a big wheel-nut.  "Dufor" used to make all sorts of cast items, including spanners and other tools, and axles, for what that's worth.


Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: ACE on September 06, 2005, 12:23:43 AM
Martin,
I'm guessing it's a remover/installer of the front suspension upper and lower inner control arm shafts.
The Holden part number for this tool is 3A4. ;)
Regards ACE  8)


Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: nicko on September 06, 2005, 06:50:28 AM
bargain box heh,lol


Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: Al on September 06, 2005, 10:07:18 AM
Martin
 Spot on ACE it is the remover/ installer for the front susp lower control arm shafts. For years I used a BIG shifter and heaps of WD40 and a lot of heat. I came across the tool a few years ago makes it so much easier.

   Cheers Al


Title: Re: What is it?
Post by: Martin on September 06, 2005, 12:20:34 PM
Thanks, Ace and Al.  While it looks a lot like the 3A4 tool, it doesn't have the locking bolt through the top.  Therefore, it wouldn't be any good as a shaft remover because it would come undone before it turned the shaft.  It may serve as an installer, though.

Cheers,

Martin