I know the top of it is a slide hammer or bearing tool, a Proto 4056, but I can't find anything like the bottom of it. Solid metal and about a foot long, no markings I can find on that part. Looked at a lot of kits and parts in various eBay and other posts but came up empty. Maybe it's just so old and obsolete there's no pictures online. That's a standard card table the tool sits on, to give an idea on length. My thought was maybe some kind of tool for rear axle bearings but I can't figure the length on it.
Is this the same tool? https://www.ebay.com/itm/2848371934...oc:2&msclkid=3a3bd36fc57910308a33b7535603e0ba
No, but it has some of the same parts. The large phallic portion on the right side is what I can't figure out.
It may be a type of bushing installer. Kind of the opposite of what we would use a puller to do. When you slam it forward it pushes the bushing in. Maybe for heavy equipment.
That's interesting, what if it works backwards? As in instead of sliding the weight back towards you, you actually slide it forward towards the tool end. If that were the case then it's a driver of some kind. .. .
With the tapered end you could put it in a smaller diameter tubing and use the tool backwards and put a bell mouth on the tube. It may have been something someone made up as apposes to a special factory made tool. I’ve gotten creative with stuff like that over the years.
Bushing and seal driver, for what is hard to tell. OD would determine what size, but the specific application could be for a Marine Henway 14 cylinder. Pretty handy piece for someone who needs it.
The piece on the end looks a lot like an injector cup on a heavy diesel engine. It might be used to install them.
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