Engine tilting tool
AssigneeLisle Corporation
InventorDanny Williams
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Abstract
An engine tilting tool used to tilt transversely mounted General Motors engines includes a tubular bracket member which receives a telescoping tubular member that is driven telescopically by means of a drive rod mounted on the bracket member. The bracket member is attached to the vehicle engine compartment in place of one end of the “dog bone” strut engine support and the telescoping tubular member is attached to the engine in place of the opposite end of the strut engine support. A nut is used to adjust the position of the telescoping tube relative to the tubular bracket member to thereby effect tilting of the engine.
Claims5
An engine tilting tool for mounting in a vehicle engine compartment for attachment to and tilting of a vehicle engine, said tool comprising, in combination:
- a first tubular bracket member having a depending attachment leg and a tubular throughpassage;
- a telescoping tube having a first outer end, said telescoping tube slidably mounted in the tubular bracket member throughpassage;
- an engine attachment member attached at a first end of the telescoping tube;
- a drive rod attached to the first end of the telescoping tube, said drive rod extending parallel to the tube from the first end toward the tubular bracket and extending over the tubular bracket;
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- a drive rod translation assembly mounted on the tubular bracket for engaging and translating the rod and attached telescoping tube longitudinally with respect to the tubular bracket, whereby the tool attachment leg may be attached to an engine compartment housing and the attachment member attached to an engine in the engine compartment to pivotally move the engine.
An engine tilting tool comprising, in combination:
- a bracket member having a first end for attachment to an engine compartment housing;
- a slidable link telescopically mounted in the bracket member, said link having an outer end including an attachment mechanism for attachment to an engine in the engine compartment;
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- a link control mechanism for controlling the telescopic extension of the link from the bracket member, whereby attachment of the first end of the bracket member to the engine compartment and the outer end attachment mechanism to the engine enables tilting of the engine by adjustment of the link control mechanism.
A method for tilting an engine mounted in a vehicle engine compartment for servicing of the engine said engine supported by a strut connecting a connection point in the compartment and a connection point on the engine, said method comprising, in combination, the steps of:
- positioning a tool having a first tubular bracket member with a depending attachment leg attached to the compartment connection point, said bracket member including a tubular throughpassage with a telescoping tube slidably mounted in the tubular bracket member throughpassage, an engine attachment member attached at a first end of the telescoping tube, said engine attachment member attached to the engine connection point, said tool also having a drive rod attached to the first end of the telescoping tube, said drive rod extending generally parallel to the tube from the first end toward the tubular bracket and said tool having a drive rod translation assembly mounted on the tubular bracket for engaging and translating the rod and attached telescoping tube longitudinally with respect to the tubular bracket;
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- adjusting the drive rod translation assembly to translate the drive rod and thereby pivotally move the engine with the attachment member attached to the engine and the attachment leg attached to the engine compartment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.