Shock absorber spring changing tool
OwnerRichard M. Royinventor
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Abstract
A tool permitting the changing or replacing of a shock absorber helical spring, the tool including a base on which a shock absorber is mounted in a position parallel to the base with one end of the shock absorber being restrained, a shock absorber length adjustment shaft is positioned on the base adjacent the other end of the shock absorber, a hand lever is positioned on the adjustment shaft with strategically located pins on the hand lever being inserted between coils of the spring, and the hand lever is then moveable to cause compression of the spring sufficiently far to enable removal of a spring retainer and thus removal of the spring.
Claims16
A tool for changing the helical coil spring of a shock absorber, said shock absorber having a removable keeper at one end and a nonremovable keeper at the other end retaining the coil spring, the tool comprising a base of generally rectangular plan form, means adjacent one end of the base for anchoring the nonremovable keeper end of the shock absorber when placed on said base, means adjacent the other end of and in the base for positioning shaft means proximate to said removable keeper, lever means adapted to be positioned over said shaft means and to be pivotable thereabout, and means integral with said lever means for compressing said coil spring as said lever means is rotated about said shaft so as to permit removal of said removable keeper and removal of said spring from said shock absorber.
A tool assembly to be used to change the helical coil spring of a shock absorber, the tool including a base having side elements and end elements forming a box-like structure, supporting means on said base adjacent one end, said supporting means including means for anchoring one end of a shock absorber and means for retaining said shock absorber in place, a plurality of sets of holes in said side elements at different distances from said supporting means, shaft means adaptable to be positioned in one set of said sets of side element holes and having portions extending outward from said side elements, means for retaining said shaft in a set of holes, and lever means positionable on the outward extending portions of said shaft means, said lever means having means thereon for compressing the helical coil spring of a shock absorber.
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