Front suspension alignment tool
AssigneeChrysler Corporation
InventorJoseph Rayne
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Abstract
A camber adjusting tool in a strut type vehicle suspension system. The tool is in the form of a socket wrench having an eccentric cam portion defining a cylindrical cam surface having its radius of curvature offset from the principal axis of the socket. The cam surface is adapted to be positioned in cammed engagement with raised guide surfaces of a strut-clamping bracket when the head of a wheel support bolt is received in the socket recess.
Claims2
A tool comprising a cylindrical socket having its one end formed with handle attachment means and its other end formed with a bolt head receiving recess having flat wall portions adapted to drivingly engage a head of a bolt with which the tool is to be used, said recess end having an eccentric cam portion thereon, said eccentric cam portion defining a cylindrical cam surface having its radius of curvature offset a defined distance from the principal axis of said socket, said cylindrical cam surface adapted to be positioned in cammed engagement with raised guide surfaces adjacent slot means in a first structural member, a second stationery structural member having a through bore aligned with said first structural member slot means, the through-bolt adapted to extend through the first structural member slot means and the second structural member through bore, whereby upon rotation of the socket causing threaded turning of the through-bolt, the first structural member is moved along the slot means relative to the second structural member and the through-bolt to achieve selected adjustment of the first structural member relative to the second structural member within the range of movement permitted by said slot means.
A tool for adjustment of the camber setting of a vehicle strut suspension of the class including a wheel support member and an upstanding strut member, a clamp-type bracket having a jacket portion surrounding said strut member terminating in first and second clamping legs, said first and second legs including an upper set of horizontally aligned bolt receiving holes and a lower set of horizontally aligned bolt receiving slots, a portion of said wheel support means received between said legs and including upper and lower bolt receiving bores each registered in combination with a corresponding one of said upper holes and lower slots, upper and lower through-bolts extending through respective sets of said bolt receiving holes and bolt receiving slots, at least one clamping leg having opposed outwardly raised guide surfaces formed thereon adjacent one said lower bolt receiving hole, said lower through-bolt having its head intermediate said raised guide surfaces and a torque nut on its threaded end, said tool member comprising a cylindrical socket having its one end formed with handle attachment means and its other end formed with a bolt head receiving recess having flat wall portions adapted to drivingly engage said lower bolt head, said recess end having an eccentric cam member positioned thereon, said eccentric cam member defining a cylindrical cam surface having its radius of curvature offset a defined distance from the principal axis of said socket, said cylindrical cam surface being positioned in cammed engagement with said raised guide surfaces when said lower bolt head is received in said socket recess, such that upon rotation of said socket causing threaded turning of said through-bolt whereby said bracket is moved along said slots relative to said wheel support means and said lower through-bolt to achieve selected camber settings of said wheel support member within the range of movement permitted by said bracket slots.
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