Patent ID: 6618920
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
A tool for installing a wheel stud in a vehicle wheel without requiring the removal of the wheel from the vehicle axle comprising:a) a clamping bracket having an inner side, an outer side and a bridge section that connects said inner and outer sides, said inner side to be positioned between a vehicle axle and a vehicle wheel such that the inner side of the clamping bracket is in contact with a wheel stud that is positioned in a hole in the vehicle wheel for installation into the vehicle wheel, said clamping bracket also having an opening through said outer side of the bracket; b) a threaded pressure rod, which passes through the opening in said outer side of said clamping bracket, said pressure rod having an inner end and an outer end, said pressure rod capable of being rotated in order to move the pressure rod in the direction of the vehicle wheel and thereby decreasing the distance between the inner end of the pressure rod and the vehicle wheel; and c) a spacer, being hollow with an inner end and an outer end, said inner end of said spacer being open to allow for the extension of the wheel stud into the hollow spacer, said inner end of said spacer being in contact with the vehicle wheel at the location of the positioned wheel stud and said outer end of the spacer being solid and in contact with said inner end of said pressure rod such that when said pressure rod is rotated pressure is created on the inner side of the clamping bracket that is in contact with the wheel stud such that the wheel stud is pressed in the direction of the spacer and securely into the vehicle wheel.