Patent ID: 6085398
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: B25B,B60T,Y10T

Abstract:
A dual disk brake pad spreader tool for use with a disc brake assembly having a caliper body, a pair of pistons, and at least one brake pad, the caliper body having a pair of piston cylinders and a side wall, the piston cylinders being spaced apart from the side wall of the caliper body to define a channel for positioning the brake pad, the side wall having a pair of openings therethrough into the channel, said opening being aligned with an associated piston cylinder, each of the pistons being disposable in an associate piston cylinder of the caliper body, the piston being extendable into the channel of the caliper body, said disc brake assembly tool comprising:a plate being generally rectangular and having first and second surfaces, a pair of end edges, a pair of side edges extending between said end edges, and a plurality of corners, said surfaces of said plate being substantially planar;said plate having a plurality of spaced apart holes being extended between said surfaces of said plate, one of said holes being positioned towards one of said end edges of said plate, another of said holes being positioned towards another of said end edges of said plate;a pair of nuts being associated with each of said holes of said plate, each of said nuts having a threaded opening therethrough, one nut of each said pair of nuts being coupled to said first surface of said plate, another nut of each said pair of nuts being coupled to said second surface of said plate, each threaded opening of said nuts being generally coaxially aligned with its associated hole of said plate;a pair of elongate threaded bolts each having a threaded end and a head end, each of said bolts being associated with a hole of said plate, each of said bolts being threadedly inserted through their associate hole and its associated pair of nuts; anda pair of tabs, each of said end edges having an associated tab being extended therefrom.