What is this thing?

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What is this thing? (aussie.zone)

submitted 4 months ago by mycatsays@aussie.zone to c/whatisthisthing@lemmy.world

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Coin for scale.

This tool thing came with new door handles. There were no instructions about what to do with it, and it was not needed for the installation of the door handles.

Any ideas?

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[–] IcyEcho@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It looks like a small C spanner.

There should be a nut or something else you need to turn with a notch or series of notches cut into the outer face which this will grab onto as you pull it around the part.

[–] twelvety@fedia.io 1 points 4 months ago

Definitely a C-spanner. The sort of thing that's used to adjust a motorbike shock's preload.

This looks cheap and disposable, possibly supplied as part of a kit for something rather than bought as a standalone tool.