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10-22-2012, 08:39 PM
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What is this thing?
I was cleaning out a cupboard where the PO had stashed some odds and ends and came across this... thingy. It says "perfection" and seems like it might be cast aluminum. It appears to be a handle and has a square hole inside a round hole in the bottom, but we can't figure out what we're supposed to turn with it.
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10-22-2012, 08:54 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TinCanCookie
I was cleaning out a cupboard where the PO had stashed some odds and ends and came across this... thingy. It says "perfection" and seems like it might be cast aluminum. It appears to be a handle and has a square hole inside a round hole in the bottom, but we can't figure out what we're supposed to turn with it.
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It is an insert for a coil spring. These were used in pairs as either boosters or to correct a sagging car or truck suspension. You stick the flat end between the couls, then twist it in with a half inch drive breaker bar and extension.
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10-22-2012, 08:55 PM
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That appears to me to be a device used to spread the coils in a truck/MOHO coil spring used to attempt to raise ride height. If that is what I think it is, it is a band aide fix to a more serious load/suspension issue which should be addressed otherwise. Not sure I am seeing it right though.
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10-22-2012, 09:07 PM
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So, in that case I can toss it? It sounds like it would have only been for the TV and not the trailer?
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10-22-2012, 09:08 PM
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Ditto the coil spring spacer comments.
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10-22-2012, 09:10 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by TinCanCookie
So, in that case I can toss it? It sounds like it would have only been for the TV and not the trailer?
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Yes, or sell it along with it's mate to someone who doesn't understand the proper way to correct suspension issues.
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10-22-2012, 09:28 PM
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 Hi, recycle it with your aluminum cans.
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10-22-2012, 11:07 PM
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Originally Posted by ROBERTSUNRUS
Hi, recycle it with your aluminum cans. |
Perfect! I hate throwing anything out and I didn't find it's mate.
Thanks everyone
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10-22-2012, 11:31 PM
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it'd make a cool paperweight.
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