Patent ID: 6412161
Filing Date: 2002-07-02
Classification: F01D,F05D,Y02T,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for removing a dovetail shim from a rotor fan disk blade with a tool, the blade including an airfoil portion and a dovetail portion, the shim including an exterior surface and first and second pressure faces clamped to the dovetail portion, each of the pressure faces having a flared lip extending therefrom, the tool including a clip having a release edge configured to engage the flared lip of the shim, and a handle inserted into, and extending from, the clip, the handle separated from the release edge and having a longitudinal axis, said method comprising the steps of:inserting the release edge of the clip between the flared lip of the shim and the dovetail; and rotating the handle about the longitudinal axis of the handle so that the handle tangentially contacts the exterior surface of the shim and the release edge separates a pressure face of the shim from the dovetail.