Wizard Brake Spoon 4H2527

[Kris Evans]

Anybody know what this spoon might have been used on? Cannot find any reference to this particular spoon # on the internet anywhere, not even ebay.
Thanks.
New guy in WNY

[skipskip]

seems like a generic drum brake tool

  sold by Western Auto

[mikeswrenches]

I'm with skip. One end to take the spring off the other to put it on.
I never could justify buying  one as a pair of channellocks or vise grips and a screwdriver would do about as well. I didn't do it enough to buy a specialty tool.

Mike

[Kris Evans]

Kind of what I was thinking. Never used one myself. Like you said, a pair of pliers to push the spring and turn.......
Thanks for the reply.

[amecks]

Yeah I have worked on brakes without special tools and it makes the job a lot easier to use the correct tools.  These days of course drum brakes have become uncommon.  Still, many disc brake vehicles have drum style parking brakes and a tool like this is still applicable.
Al

[turnnut]

 left end used to take off spring

 right end used to put back on, hook on the spring would slide onto the round handle and the spoon end would
 go against the spring stud to guide the spring into position.

[john k]

Having used pliers, and a tool exactly like this, can tell you one of these works better, at least you get away without that blood blister in the palm of your hand when the pliers slipped.   Have 5 specialty brake tools, used them all, and found they were worth the money.   One like this now can be found in the pawn shop junk boxes for a buck or less.