Patent ID: 6199253
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: B25B,F01L,Y10T

Abstract:
A tool for removing and installing a valve spring from an engine, said valve spring being held in position about a valve stem by a valve spring keeper lock, and there being a rocker arm stud or bolt adjacent to said valve spring, said tool comprising:a. a body member having a pair of prongs on one end;b. a shaft rotatably mounted between said pair of prongs;c. a perpendicular bore in said shaft for receiving the rocker arm stud or bolt, said shaft and said pair of prongs being configured such that when a rocker arm stud or bolt is passed through said bore in said shaft, said pair of prongs centrally engage the valve spring with an opening sufficient to allow the valve spring keeper lock and valve stem to pass therethrough; andd. a means for applying a force to the body member sufficient to compress the valve spring.