Tool for mounting a motor-vehicle wheel on a wheel hub
AssigneeFCA Italy S.p.A.
InventorsStefano Lucà, Renato Badino
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Abstract
A tool for mounting a motor-vehicle wheel on a wheel hub includes a tubular body having a coupling portion arranged for coupling to the wheel hub, and a carrier portion for supporting the motor-vehicle wheel during a centering phase of the wheel on the hub. The tool has an inner tubular member and an outer tubular member rigidly connected to each other so as to be coaxial. At the coupling portion, the inner and outer tubular members are spaced apart so as to define a space arranged to receive an end portion of the wheel hub, in such a way that, in an operating condition, the end portion of the hub is interposed between the inner tubular member and the outer tubular member.
Claims9
A tool for mounting a motor-vehicle wheel on a wheel hub, having a tubular body defining a coupling portion arranged for coupling to the wheel hub, and a carrier portion for supporting the motor-vehicle wheel during a centering phase of the wheel on the hub, said tool comprising:
- an inner tubular member defined by a first circumferential wall and an outer tubular member defined by a second circumferential wall, wherein said inner and outer tubular members are rigidly connected to each other so as to be coaxial,
- wherein said inner tubular member is sized to be mounted axially within the hub, and said outer tubular member provides said carrier portion to support the motor-vehicle wheel during a centering phase of the wheel on the hub,
- wherein, at said coupling portion, said inner and outer tubular members are spaced apart so as to define a space arranged to receive an end portion of the wheel hub, in such a way that, in an operating condition, said end portion of the wheel hub, is interposed between said inner tubular member and said outer tubular member.
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