Heavy duty automotive wheel hub puller
OwnerRudolph E. Johnsoninventor
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Abstract
A heavy duty automotive wheel hub puller includes a plurality of support legs extended from a support bracket. These legs connect to the wheel hub lugs and the support bracket passes over the wheel hub. A pressure screw threaded through the support bracket is directed against the axle housing at the center of the wheel hub. Turning the screw into the axle housing exerts a force which causes the hub to drift off the axle housing. The support legs provide axes of rotation for the leg bases which engage the wheel hub lugs and the legs are selectively positionable longitudinally along the support bracket. A wide variety of hub configurations and diameters are accommodated by the subject invention. Attachment to two, or with an adapter to three lugs, is available as suits the wheel hub to be serviced.
Claims14
A wheel hub puller, comprising
- an elongated bracket having a center portion;
- at least first and second support rods extending at an angle to said bracket and each having a longitudinal axis;
- means for adjustably positioning and fixing said support rods relative to said bracket at selected positions along the length of said bracket;
- an intermediate plate;
- at least first, second and third mounting bases, said first and second mounting bases being attached at one end of said first support rod through said intermediate plate, said first and second bases being connected at separate locations on said intermediate plate, said first rod being connected to said intermediate plate at a location between said first and second bases,
- said third base being attached at one end of said second support rod, means for adjustably positioning said third base relative to said longitudinal axis of said second support rod;
- an elongated pressure screw having a free end and extending substantially parallel to said first and second support rods, said screw being positioned at said center portion of said bracket;
- means for adjustably setting the distance of said free end of said pressure screw for said bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.