Inner tie rod tool

• US 5,287,776 A
• Filed: 06/26/1992
• Issued: 02/22/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/1992
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Lisle Corporation
• Original Assignee: Lisle Corporation
• Inventors: McKim, Gerald A., Williams, Danny L.
• Primary Examiner(s): MEISLIN, DEBRA S
• Application Number:
  US07/904,852
• Time in Patent Office: 606 Days
• Field of Search: 81/124.6, 81/124.2, 81/124.4, 81/124.5, 81/176.1, 81/177.1, 81/177.2, 81/177.85, 81/180.1, 81/185.1, 81/185.2, 81/119, 81/121. 1
• US Class Current: 81/124.2
• CPC Class Codes: B25B 27/0035 for motor-vehicles wrenches for mounting or dismounting wheels B60B29/003

Abstract

An inner tie rod tool includes a hollow tube which fits over the rod and includes a socket at one end for cooperation with a socket tool. The opposite end includes a retainer which is cooperative with C-shaped wrench discs of various size and configuration that cooperate with the nut associated with the inner end of the inner tie rod.

Claims

1. A tool for removal of inner tie rods comprising in combination:

(a) a nut engaging, C-shaped wrench disc having spaced arms for engaging a nut, and outwardly projecting tabs for cooperation with a retainer; and

(b) a hollow tube for placement over a tie rod, said tube having a retainer at one end and at least two slots for cooperatively engaging the tabs of the wrench disc and means for cooperation with tube rotation means at the opposite end, said retainer being detachably cooperative with the tabs to rotate the disc and a tie rod engaged therewith.

2. The tool of claim 1 wherein the means for cooperation with tube rotation means comprise a socket.

3. The tool of claim 1 wherein the disc includes first and second tabs radially projecting outwardly in opposite directions from the center of the disc.

4. The tool of claim 1 wherein the retainer includes slots therein for receipt of the tabs.

5. The tool of claim 1 including a plurality of discs each cooperative with the retainer, each disc being separately cooperative with a different size nut.

6. The tool of claim 1 wherein the retainer includes a rotatably sleeve, the slots of the retainer being disposed on said rotatable sleeve and being L-shaped for rotation of the sleeve for locking receipt of a tab.