Patent ID: 7313988
Filing Date: 2008-01-01
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
1. A tool for removal of inner tie rods having a generally cylindrical inner end, said tool comprising, in combination: an elongate, hollow cylindrical tube having a center axis of rotation, a generally uniform internal diameter, a first butt end and a second tie rod engagement end; a separate butt plate attached to the butt end with a polygonal socket co-axial with said tube; a separate annular collar attached to and extending from the tie rod engagement end of the hollow tube co-axial with the tube, said collar having a cylindrical throughbore formed by a first counterbore of lesser diameter than the outer diameter of the hollow tube, said first counterbore connected to a second cylindrical counterbore of greater diameter than the outer diameter of the hollow tube, said hollow tube fitted into the second cylindrical counterbore and attached to the collar, said portion of said collar extending from said tube including three generally identical radial, threaded, through passages extending outwardly from the first counterbore, said passages forming an array spaced 45°±5° generally equally apart; and a generally identical headless set screw in each passage.