Patent ID: 6418617
Filing Date: 2002-07-16
Classification: B25B,F02F,F02M,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of assembling a fuel injector with an engine head where the injector is one that is hydraulically actuated and has seals at a plurality of locations for confining fuel and for confining pressurized oil that enters the injector from a direction that is transverse to a center line of the injector, comprising the steps of:aligning an injector with an injector aperture of an engine head; placing a driver tool in a position on the injector, in which position one or more ends of one or more posts of the tool fit within respective apertures of the injector; striking a striking surface of the tool to drive the injector into assembled position in the engine head aperture; removing the tool from the injector after the injector is in the assembled position; and fastening the injector to the head after the removing of the tool.