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what am I

This topic has 12 replies, 9 voices, and was last updated 21 March 2018 at 22:30 by Bramhp.

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12 March 2018 at 21:41 #25878
Bazyle
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thing and guess
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12 March 2018 at 21:41 #345754
Bazyle
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@bazyle
Couple of what is it?
This looks familiar but can't make it out. The bit on the end of the thread is slightly curved. Looks like it would grip a 1/4 in bar but not tightly as the wheel doesn't have much to push against.. Could it be smoething for getting tyres onto rims?

size is about 2 inches across the V.
12 March 2018 at 21:43 #345757
Old School
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It's to take the slack out of stretched brake cables etc
12 March 2018 at 21:44 #345758
roy entwistle
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It's a brake adjuster for cable brakes on older cars

Roy
12 March 2018 at 21:48 #345759
Bazyle
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@bazyle
You're too quick off the mark!

Number 2 photo a bit cluttered but it is clamped onto a bit of wood in the vice instead of a thin bench. There is a lever on the front to clamp the thin horizontal jaws together.
12 March 2018 at 21:53 #345760
Martin King 2
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@martinking2
Saw setting vice

Martin
12 March 2018 at 22:11 #345764
Bazyle
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@bazyle
You guys are too good. Next time I;m only giving part of the picture.
13 March 2018 at 21:06 #345932
Dod Mole
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@georgeclarihew
The answer for all unidentified object question has to be " its a thing for thinging things "
14 March 2018 at 09:42 #346012
Gordon W
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@gordonw
I think the brake adjuster used to called "a squirrel". Might well be wrong.
14 March 2018 at 19:38 #346106
Kenneth Deighton
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@kennethdeighton43272
In my younger days working on cars with cable brakes we called them butterflies, unfortunately they are now illegal to use them on vintage cars.

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15 March 2018 at 22:05 #346295
Brian Lamb
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Aren't the brake cable adjusters still o.k. on handbrakes? I'm sure there's one on my M.G.
16 March 2018 at 10:53 #346336
Kenneth Deighton
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Hello Brian, the only way that you can be sure is to have your MG tested or speak to an M.O.T tester, we accepted them in my day as a tester.
21 March 2018 at 22:30 #347016
Bramhp
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@bramhp
Hi Brian, yes adjusters are allowed. MOT testing guide section 5.3 mechanical brake components. Information section “It is acceptable to fit cable expanders to reduce maladjustment.” Although it doesn’t mention in the current guide I’m pretty sure that the older guide used to say “no more than one adjuster fitted per cable”
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