Patent ID: 6817270
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
A drumbar apparatus for use in removal and replacement of brake drums mounted on a spoked wheel of a vehicle; the spoked wheel having a frontside, a backside and an axle housing extending therethrough; said drumbar apparatus comprising:an elongated intermediate portion for insertion thorugh the axle housing of the spoked wheel and having opposite ends; a wrench end portion at one end of the intermediate portion and extending at an angle of about 102 degrees therefrom; an anti-slip handle at the other end of the intermediate portion and extending in the opposite direction from and substantially parallel to the wrench end portion; a socket mounting member having a spring-urged detent, the socket mounting member being mounted at a distal end of the wrench end portion and extending perpendicular thereto in a direction toward the handle; a socket on the socket mounting member; and the wrench end and intermediate portion constructed and arranged for insertion through the axle housing of the spoked wheel for engaging the socket with a nut or bolt head on the backside of the spoked wheel so that a user can hold the nut or bolt head while utilizing another wrench at the frontside of the spoked wheel to remove or retighten a bolt to remove and replace a brake drum mounted on the backside of the spoked wheel.