Patent ID: 6308593
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: B25B,B62D

Abstract:
In an apparatus for adjusting a tie rod built in a steering mechanism of a vehicle, said tie rod having a rod main body and a tool engaging portion formed in hexagonal cross section in the rod main body;an open end wrench having a wrench main body and having a rod rotating portion at a top end portion thereof, said rod rotating portion being adapted to be engaged with the tool engaging portion to rotate the rod main body in normal or reverse direction of rotation for adjustment of the tie rod;a carriage for moving said open end wrench toward and away from the tie rod from a lower side of the vehicle staying at a predetermined position; anda supporting mechanism for supporting said open end wrench on said carriage, said supporting mechanism having a freedom of four axes and supporting said open end wrench so as to be movable in a vehicle width direction and a vehicle longitudinal direction, tiltable in the vehicle width direction, and rotatable about a longitudinal axial line of said open end wrench, the improvement comprising:said supporting mechanism having a tilting member for tilting said open end wrench in the vehicle width direction said tilting member being constituted such that said open end wrench is tilted in the vehicle width direction by an arcuate movement of said tilting member, a center of an arc of the arcuate movement being coincident with the top end portion of said open end wrench.