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Bazyle12/03/2018 21:41:01
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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?

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size is about 2 inches across the V.

Old School12/03/2018 21:43:47
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It's to take the slack out of stretched brake cables etc

roy entwistle12/03/2018 21:44:59
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It's a brake adjuster for cable brakes on older cars

Roy

Bazyle12/03/2018 21:48:18
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You're too quick off the mark! cheeky

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.

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Martin King 212/03/2018 21:53:04
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Saw setting vice

Martin

Bazyle12/03/2018 22:11:37
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You guys are too good. Next time I;m only giving part of the picture.

George Clarihew13/03/2018 21:06:10
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The answer for all unidentified object question has to be " its a thing for thinging things "

Gordon W14/03/2018 09:42:43
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I think the brake adjuster used to called "a squirrel". Might well be wrong.

Kenneth Deighton14/03/2018 19:38:12
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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.

Ken.

Brian Lamb15/03/2018 22:05:16
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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.

Kenneth Deighton16/03/2018 10:53:49
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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.

Bramhp21/03/2018 22:30:47
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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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