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what is this tool? - encantotom - 12-31-2018

this was in the 99 newell i just bought.  it looks kinda like the thing that steve has made to do the bay door struts, but it didnt really fit in there when i looked.  

looks professionally made

any idea what it is?

tom


RE: what is this tool? - folivier - 12-31-2018

Kinda looks like a support arm to hold something.


RE: what is this tool? - Georgeb - 12-31-2018

I think it is a tool to check brake slack travel


RE: what is this tool? - Fulltiming - 12-31-2018

Nope, that is the tool provided with a Roadmaster Falcon 2 tow bar to release the lock pins. I have one just like it. You will likely not get the Classic tow bar to release without it. The non-binding tow bars do not need anything like that. I would like the convenience of the more expensive non-binding tow bars but my Falcon 2 has worked flawlessly for 13 years.


RE: what is this tool? - Fulltiming - 12-31-2018

In the last photo, if you redirected the arm 180 degrees so it curves up when the C shaped piece is oriented the way you show it, then the flat part of the arm next to the bolt will rest on top of the release pin and you push down on the arm which will be elevated. Works well.

http://roadmasterinc.com/pdf/85-4503.pdf


RE: what is this tool? - WRVAlpine - 12-31-2018

(12-31-2018, 04:14 PM)Fulltiming Wrote:  Thanks Michael! Bought our Falcon bar in 2005.  Found that very same bar in the MH the other day and had no idea what it was. So, I put it back in the MH Big Grin .  I always used a rubber mallet if stomping it didn't work.



Nope, that is the tool provided with a Roadmaster Falcon 2 tow bar to release the lock pins. I have one just like it. You will likely not get the Classic tow bar to release without it. The non-binding tow bars do not need anything like that. I would like the convenience of the more expensive non-binding tow bars but my Falcon 2 has worked flawlessly for 13 years.



RE: what is this tool? - encantotom - 12-31-2018

there was also a couple of tow bars in the coach. i will go see if it is one of them

ha i knew someone would know.

tom


RE: what is this tool? - encantotom - 12-31-2018

sure enough. there is a roadmaster falcon 5250 towbar.

tom