Disk brake wheel stud insertion and removal tool
AssigneeTiger Tool International Incorporated
InventorMichael Andrews
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Abstract
A wheel stud press assembly comprising a frame assembly comprising a frame member and a drive system comprising a drive rod. The drive system is supported by a shoulder portion of the frame member to displace the drive rod along the drive axis. The frame member is configured such that, when and anchor member is detachably attached to the frame member, the drive axis is offset from the main portion of the frame member. When the drive rod engages the wheel stud to force the wheel stud out of the wheel opening, at least a portion of the anchor member engages wheel flange adjacent to the wheel stud to allow the wheel stud to be forced out of the wheel opening, and the anchor portion is offset from the drive axis to allow the wheel stud to be displaced out of the wheel opening.
Claims12
A wheel stud press assembly for displacing a wheel stud relative to a wheel opening in a wheel flange comprising:
- a frame assembly defining a drive axis, the frame assembly comprising a frame member defining a main portion and a shoulder portion and an anchor member detachably attached to the frame member;
- and
- a drive system comprising a drive rod, where the drive system is supported by the shoulder portion of the frame member to displace the drive rod along the drive axis;
- whereby
- the frame member is configured such that, when the anchor member is detachably attached to the frame member, the drive axis is offset from the main portion of the frame member;
- and
- when the drive rod engages the wheel stud to force the wheel stud out of the wheel opening,
- at least a portion of the anchor member engages wheel flange adjacent to the wheel stud to allow the wheel stud to be forced out of the wheel opening, and
- the anchor portion is offset from the drive axis to allow the wheel stud to be displaced out of the wheel opening.
A method of displacing a wheel stud relative to a wheel opening in a wheel flange comprising the steps of:
- providing a frame member defining a main portion and a shoulder portion;
- detachably attaching an anchor member to the frame member;
- providing a drive system comprising a drive rod;
- supporting the drive system on the shoulder portion of the frame member to displace the drive rod along a drive axis, where, when the anchor member is detachably attached to the frame member;
- and
- engaging at least a portion of the anchor member with the wheel flange adjacent to the wheel stud such that the drive axis is offset from the main portion of the frame member and at least a portion of the anchor member;
- and
- operating the drive system to displace the wheel stud out of the wheel opening such that the drive rod engages the wheel stud to force the wheel stud out of the wheel opening.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.