RE: New theory of mine (humor, hoping to start a fun thread)

[Chris Kantarjiev <cak@dimebank.com>]

> > That tool should obviously be called a "pickle fork"......
> 
> I stopped in the local Northern Tools b/c they had a full set of ball-joint
> separators on sale. "Can I help you?..." asked the kid near the automotive
> tools. "Sure" I said, "Where's that set of pickle forks?"  The confused look
> on his face was priceless.

I call a pickle fork a pickle fork. I call the other style - an overgrown
C-clamp - a ball joint separator...

> 
> There's a tool for which I once learned the name but now can't remember it.
> It's used for honing a cylinder, but rather than mounted stones it has
> "dingleberries" along a flexible shaft. Does a great job of cleaning up a
> marginal master cylinder. What's that thing called?

Flexible cylinder hone, trade name "flex-hone".