Wheeled vehicle kingpin bolt removing tool
OwnerJoshua Oliverinventor
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Abstract
A wheeled vehicle kingpin bolt-replacement tool is disclosed manufactured from a rigid material, which facilitates bolt removal. The tool allows a baseplate to be inserted along two perpendicular intersection channels. A first channel engages the baseplate to prevent movement upon application of force while the second channel allows sufficient clearance for the kingpin bolt that is bound to the baseplate to be forcefully struck and removed from the base plate. A method is also disclosed for using the tool of the present invention to remove a kingpin bolt from a baseplate upon application of force.
Claims14
A wheeled vehicle kingpin bolt replacement tool, comprising:
- a rigid device having two perpendicular intersecting channels formed on a first end and having a depth extending towards an opposite second end;
- the first channel adapted to receive a truck baseplate;
- the second channel adapted to receive a kingpin mounted onto the truck baseplate and having an opening on at least one end of the channel extending along a predetermined depth of the channel.
A method of replacing a kingpin bolt from a wheeled vehicle baseplate, comprising the steps of:
- providing a rigid device having two perpendicular intersecting channels formed on a first end and having a depth extending towards an opposite second end;
- the first channel adapted to receive a truck baseplate;
- the second channel adapted to receive a kingpin mounted onto the truck baseplate and having an opening on at least one end of the channel extending along a predetermined depth of the channel;
- inserting a baseplate having a kingpin bolt inserted therein into the device with the threaded end of the kingpin facing the opening along the second channel;
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- applying force to the threaded end of the kingpin until removal from the baseplate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.