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What's-It Forum => What's-It Forum => Topic started by: stanley62 on May 28, 2012, 12:11:18 PM

Title: What is this set for
Post by: stanley62 on May 28, 2012, 12:11:18 PM

Found this set a little while back.  It is marked Owatonna Tool Company.  Set 818.  It is a set to punch or press something?  I am thinking to press in bushings, but I'm not sure.
Any ideas?
Jim

Title: Re: What is this set for
Post by: rusty on May 28, 2012, 12:20:51 PM

Typical bearing press kit. Don't have an OTC catalog tho...

Title: Re: What is this set for
Post by: Billman49 on May 28, 2012, 12:37:59 PM

Looks more like punches to knock bearings out of their housings, e.g. motorcycle crankcases - similar looking sets of tool were also used to align clutch plates between the flywheel and the pressure plate...

Title: Re: What is this set for
Post by: Papaw on May 28, 2012, 06:19:37 PM

Bearing and seal driver set, very useful at times.

Title: Re: What is this set for
Post by: v8garage on May 29, 2012, 04:04:06 PM

It is a cam bearing installation set. If you decide to sell it, I would be a buyer.
V/8

Title: Re: What is this set for
Post by: rusty on May 29, 2012, 04:31:17 PM

Wow, with all those different sizes i wouldn't have thought something that specific...

Title: Re: What is this set for
Post by: v8garage on May 29, 2012, 04:38:13 PM

Considering that not all the cam bearings in any given engine are the same size and the thousands of different engine designs that have been made that is not very many cam bearing tools. This set would not be enough to install all cam bearings in all engines but would probably do most older american made engines, which is what I work on exclusively.
V/8

Title: Re: What is this set for
Post by: JessEm on May 30, 2012, 11:15:05 AM

Is it "Owatonna" and not Owatonno? There was a Owatonna Tool Company right here in Minnesota. I think they were Lesota Tool before that but that's going back a ways...

Title: Re: What is this set for
Post by: jimwrench on May 30, 2012, 12:44:18 PM

 Yes they are Owatonna Tool Co located in Owatonna, Mn. Since I recently acquired an Owatonna tool box and I already owned a Owatonna punch I'm actively (not too actively) collecting Owatonna tools. They have a good reputation and are not cheap on the secondary market. (around here)

Title: Re: What is this set for
Post by: scottg on May 30, 2012, 12:54:04 PM

I never had an OTC marked tool that wasn't splendid!
  Kind of a quiet company, they seem to rely on word of mouth between mechanics.
They sure have my vote of confidence, tell you that.
 yours Scott

Title: Re: What is this set for
Post by: stanley62 on May 30, 2012, 08:03:49 PM

Sorry about the misspelling...yes, it is Owatonna.
Jim

Title: Re: What is this set for
Post by: wvtools on June 01, 2012, 09:10:01 PM

It is listed in my OTC catalog (No. 49-J, but no date) as a bushing driver with 13 driving collars and 2 handles in metal case.

Title: Re: What is this set for
Post by: stanley62 on June 04, 2012, 11:14:48 AM

Looks like I only have 11 out of the 13 drive collars.  The other 2 should be no problem finding...Ha!
Jim

Title: Re: What is this set for
Post by: humber2 on June 14, 2012, 05:57:26 PM

My 49J catalog is dated 1-52