It's the fork you use to get the pickle out of the bottle without
getting your fingers wet!
On 7/13/06, Ned Smith <smithn00@kitepilot.net> wrote:
> What the hell is a pickle fork? (relative to auto mechanics)
>
>
> Ned Smith
> BJ8
> near Chattanooga, TN
> N34.98 W85.5
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of Steve B. Gerow
> Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 7:46 PM
> To: Healeys
> Subject: lower front suspension pin removal observations
>
> Had a stuck lower suspension pin and couldn't get it out after a week of
> soaking it in Kroil. Didn't want to use the burn-the-hell-out-of-it
> procedure, so what's a mother to do?
>
> I used the expanding-bolt-in-the-hole method to push out one of the pins,
> but the second came out about 1/8" then started to distort the frame mount
> toward the front.
>
> After trying this for a week, I used first one then two pickle forks
> together and it came right out.
>
> FWIW--Harbor now sells a fixed single pickle fork for $2.99. I already had
> their 3-piece fork which was used in combo with the above.
>
> Also noticed they sell 2 different 555-pc assortments of cotter pins for
> about $6 each.
>
> PS--got a great deal on hyphens if anyone wants to borrow some. :-)
> --
> Steve Gerow
> Pasadena CA
> 59 BN6
>
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