Originally Posted by
3alarmer
...I actually do not recall, but as stated, the
#1 and the
#2 are threaded differently.
It proved impossible to come up with a bolt for the
#2 , but the specialty fastener guy here took the old handle and driver from my
#1 into the back and came out with several of them pretty quickly. Why park went to an impossible to replace threading on the
#2 is grounds for speculation.
#conspiracy
So you couldn't easily use the simple bolt idea! I'd be interested in knowing what your two handle threadings measure. I measured my old tool, and came up with the 9/16 X 24, which is nearly impossible to find. But it looks like, viewing JDT's pics, that they changed the spec through the years, for some reason. No idea how old my tool is.
I guess the threads per inch on the bolt will affect how the tool works and how "quickly" it extracts the crank, of course. I wonder if there is any mechanical, or safety advantage, to the finer threaded bolt.