Patent ID: 6134764
Filing Date: 2000-10-24
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
A tool for pushing a caliper piston of a brake caliper into a piston housing of the brake caliper to widen a brake pad space of the caliper to permit installation of a brake pad into the brake pad space, said tool comprising:a housing having proximal and distal ends, and an inner surface defining an interior cavity in said housing;an elongate shaft being slidably extended through said distal end of said housing into said interior cavity of said housing to permit slidable extension and retraction of said shaft in and out of said interior cavity of said housing;a plunger being disposed in said interior cavity of said housing and being coupled to a proximal end of said shaft;a backing plate being coupled to said distal end of said housing;a pushing plate being coupled to a distal end of said shaft;a passage extending through said proximal end of said housing and being adapted for connecting to an air supply to permit passage therethrough of air into said interior cavity; andwherein said distal end of said housing has a tubular distal extent outwardly extending therefrom around said shaft, wherein said distal extent connects said backing plate to said distal end of said housing.