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Classic Auto and Motorcycle Tools => Classic Auto and Motorcycle Tools => Topic started by: william_b_noble on October 26, 2012, 01:00:54 AM

Title: anyone with old auto tool catalog? J5223-13
Post by: william_b_noble on October 26, 2012, 01:00:54 AM
can anyone look up what car this pinion setting gauge is used with - it's a J5223-13

it may (or may not) be used on Hudson Teraplane, see http://hudsonterraplane.com/tech/1953/1953HudsonJetShopManual.pdf figure 16 on page 113

I suspect there is a little cap part that is missing, I could make the missing part, but I probably won't - but first I'd like to find out what car it actually is intended to be used with - maybe the -13 is just there to confuse me? the current production part is Kent Moore J-5223-20a, that one shows up easily in a web search. Here is a photo of the exact part I have. If you have an older (1950s?) Kent Moore catalog, maybe it's listed???? I don't have one of those catalogs.

(http://www.wbnoble.com/mysteries/j5223-13.JPG)
Title: Re: anyone with old auto tool catalog? J5223-13
Post by: rusty on November 09, 2012, 08:58:59 PM

The highest J number on Nov 1, 1950 was J5091, Need a *slightly* later catalog.....
Title: Re: anyone with old auto tool catalog? J5223-13
Post by: william_b_noble on November 10, 2012, 12:49:28 AM
well, that's good info - so early 50s is probably about right - now..... if only someone with the right catalog can confirm..... or of course if someone wants these - I just want them to find a new home that is not a scrap....I suspect there is a piece missing.
Title: Re: anyone with old auto tool catalog? J5223-13
Post by: Lostmind on November 10, 2012, 08:32:07 AM
I put just the number in google, comes up Jeep
Title: Re: anyone with old auto tool catalog? J5223-13
Post by: rusty on November 10, 2012, 09:04:13 AM
Could be both, generally, KM tools , when they are kits (a set of tools for a certain task) the base numnber is the kit, the suffix is for the particular tool in the kit.
The base number seems to be for a pinion tool of some sort, so I assume it is for repairing a differential. Given that rear axles were made by a few companies and widely supplied to various auto makers, it is possible the tool is appropriate for multiple vehicles....

PS: Axle data says the Jet and Willys (and others)  used Spicer Hypoid rear axles...pinion depth , however is different, so some of the tools in the kit will be only for certain vehicles..)