Patent ID: 7178880

Claim:
A wheel centering pin assembly comprising: three wheel centering pins at selected circumferentially spaced positions on a hub, having a plurality of circumferentially spaced bolts, having external threads, each said pin including, a hollow main body portion having an exterior surface of uniform diameter and sized to slide into one of a plurality of apertures on a wheel when said wheel is mounted on said hubs said main body portion having a radial dimension sufficient to substantially fill a space between the outside of an associated bolt and the inside of an associate wheel aperture, said main body portion terminating in an open first end, said main body portion having internal threads that are complementary to and mate with said external threads to enable said main body portion to be threaded on one of said bolts and, a tool engageable portion at a second end of said main body portion opposite said first end that is engaged by a tool for rotating said tool engageable portion to thread and un-thread said main body portion, whereby upon the installation of said three pins on selected of three of said circumferentially spaced bolts said wheel is centered on said hub and a nut is tightened on each remaining of said bolts to fasten said wheel to said hub after which said pins are removed.