Tool

A tool for removing threaded fastening elements with a variety of different configurations is described, which fastening elements are used, for example, to fasten a shock absorber for a vehicle to an assigned cylindrical casing. The tool contains a main body having two oppositely arranged handles. The main body is designed substantially in the form of a box and has a multiplicity of engaging devices on the four sides on which the handles are not arranged. Each of the engaging devices has a different configuration to permit engagement with a specific fastening element. The main body has at least one key groove or similar guide, which extends along one part on one of the outer sides of the main body. An insertion channel for a piston rod extends through the main body and ends in the key groove. Two separated slides are arranged slidably in the key groove. Each of the slides has an engaging device, which permits engagement with fastening elements of different configuration.