Patent ID: 7836571
Filing Date: 2010-11-23
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for installing a piston and connecting rod assembly in a cylinder of an engine block comprising, in combination, a frame including a pair of parallel members for disposition on an engine block, a connector engaged with said frame and said engine block; an installation rod including a resilient pin for engaging a threaded aperture in a connecting rod, and an installation guide engaged with said frame and defining a channel for receiving said installation rod, said channel of said installation guide having a pair of side walls spaced to non-rotatably and slidably receive said installation rod and a pair of surfaces defined by said pair of side walls configured to align a bearing surface of a connecting rod into engagement with a crank surface of a crankshaft as said connecting rod translates toward said crankshaft wherein said installation guide has a bearing surface opposing a first of said pair of parallel members.