What's the name of this tool in english? (Tools nicknames)
Thu Nov 12, 2009 5:56 am
Got acquainted with this last Tuesday, for taking out the engine mount. It has a funny nickname in Portuguese, "O Saca", which I quite can't find an equivalent in English (something like "The Drawer"? from the cowboy verb "to draw"). Anyway, what is its proper name in English and does it also have a nickname? And are there any other tools with interesting nicknames (and, asking too much, the stories behind them)?
Thu Nov 12, 2009 6:27 am
Draw=Pull
It's called a "Puller"
"Flywheel puller", "Wheel Puller" or some variation of that..
It's called a "Puller"
"Flywheel puller", "Wheel Puller" or some variation of that..
Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:01 am
Many thanks. Now that you wrote it, it looks obvious... 
Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:23 am
a vise grip is called a "vieze griep" in dutch. kind of a phonetical translation of the English word. Translated literally back into English it means dirty flue
Thu Nov 12, 2009 9:41 am
Also "gear puller" or "harmonic balancer puller" are two more common Americanized English terms used for that type puller. The Portugese word makes sense, since it "draws" the part off its shaft.
Scott
Scott
Thu Nov 12, 2009 10:49 am
Second Air Force wrote:Also "gear puller" or "harmonic balancer puller" are two more common Americanized English terms used for that type puller. The Portugese word makes sense, since it "draws" the part off its shaft.
Scott
"O Saca" strikes a funny note to me (and that's why I asked) because it can be understood has someone who is taking something out of someone, generally not very gently...
Thu Nov 12, 2009 11:54 am
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Re: What's the name of this tool in english? (Tools nicknames)
Sun Nov 15, 2009 1:07 am
Try this one then:
Hint:
It's nickname comes from a part of equine anatomy...
Hint:
It's nickname comes from a part of equine anatomy...
Re: What's the name of this tool in english? (Tools nicknames)
Sun Nov 15, 2009 11:16 pm
Its a "Hammer with a Thyroid problem"!
Re: What's the name of this tool in english? (Tools nicknames)
Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:35 am
Hi Reis:
You have an extra Harvard exhaust?
You have an extra Harvard exhaust?
Re: What's the name of this tool in english? (Tools nicknames)
Mon Nov 16, 2009 4:17 am
A2C wrote:Hi Reis:
You have an extra Harvard exhaust?
Sorry A2C, I don't recall an extra Harvard exhaust in the Museum facilities.
Re: What's the name of this tool in english? (Tools nicknames)
Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:00 pm
It's called a gear puller, maybe also wheel puller.
Harmonic balancer," crankshaft torsional damper", better not be pulled with one of those. It may
ruin it.
Harmonic balancer," crankshaft torsional damper", better not be pulled with one of those. It may
ruin it.
Re: What's the name of this tool in english? (Tools nicknames)
Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:26 pm
noizeedave wrote:Its a "Hammer with a Thyroid problem"!
Actually it's known in the autobody trade as a "horse cock"