Can anyone help identify this part found on Crete ?

[rnzaf]

I found this pulley at Maleme in Crete in 2011 poking out of some freshly moved earth,can anyone help me identify what it is and possibly what it was off ? there are no stampings that i can see.

many thanks

Mike

 

[FLYBOYJ]

A guess but it looks like an auto pilot servo pulley

 

[chuter]

... or a trimmer.

 

[buffnut453]

Yeah, I was thinking a trimming wheel.

 

[tyrodtom]

Or possibly something not aviation related. I've seen mechanism like that used as window risers, inside of car and truck doors.

 

[stona]

It's not a trim wheel. As already pointed out, it is servo driven and not designed to be turned by hand.
I have no idea what it is or even if it comes from an aircraft...so not particularly helpful
Cheers
Steve

 

[tyrodtom]

A back view would help. And something to scale it by.

 

[Kai Stemm]

This side of the part looks to me like it would not be seen in what ever machine it was a part of

 

[rnzaf]

Here is the opposite side .

Mike

 

[tyrodtom]

That view makes me even more sure it's a window riser mechanism out of a old truck or car. Those countersunk phillips screws look mighty familiar for the inside of a door, under the interior upholstery. Right to the left of the rightmost screw is the shaft ( the end is broken off ) that the window riser handle attaches to.

Back when the side windows weren't so big and curved a lot of the smaller vehicles just had a cable mechanism to wind the windows up and down.

I've seen them in old Nissans, Toyotas, Opels, VWs, etc. 50's 60's.

The P-39 had roll up door windows, I wonder what it's mechanism looked like ?

 

[mickykl3]

I have no idea of it.

 

[Capt. Vick]

A Ju 52 part? A lot of them were destroyed there during the German invasion.