Method and apparatus for shock absorber removal
AssigneeChrysler Corporation
InventorsRichard A. Smith, Darren Mauldin
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Abstract
A removal device for a front shock absorber of a vehicle and method of using the same. The device comprises a first portion having first and second ends and a second portion connected to the first end of the first portion. The second portion includes a substantially rounded head and interacts with inboard and outboard surfaces of the front shock absorber to pry the absorber from the vehicle.
Claims13
A method of removing a shock absorber of a motor vehicle circumferentially surrounded by a coil spring, the shock absorber attached to the motor vehicle through a bracket having first and second legs, comprising the steps of:
- providing a removal device having first and second ends, said second end including a pair of flat sides connected by a pair of rounded sides, the flat sides upwardly tapering to a rounded edge;
- inserting said removal device substantially within said coil spring;
- engaging the bracket with said removal device;
- releasing the bracket with said removal device by wedging the second end between the first and second legs;
- and
- releasing the shock absorbers from said vehicle.
A method of removing a shock absorber of a motor vehicle suspension having a coil spring surrounding the shock absorber and a clamp with first and second legs engaging the shock absorber, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a removal device having an elongated portion and a head, the head including a pair of flat sides connected by a pair of rounded sides the flat sides upwardly tapering to a rounded edge;
- inserting said removal device substantially within the coil spring;
- and
- unclamping the clamp with said head of said removal device by wedging the head between the first and second legs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.