Patent ID: 8132331

Claim:
A universal joint extracting tool for assisting a user to remove an existing universal joint from a fastened positioned, said universal joint extracting tool comprising: a base plate having a plurality of spaced mounting holes formed therein and extending from a top surface of said base plate to a bottom surface of said base plate respectively; a plurality of mounting bolts removably positioned through said mounting holes and being engaged with the existing universal joint respectively; a driver weldment directly attached to said top surface of said base plate and extending upwardly therefrom; and, a driver shaft adjustably penetrated through said base plate in such a manner that an external force is releasably exerted against the existing universal joint after said driver shaft passes through said bottom surface of said base plate; wherein said base plate has a planar top-most surface and a planar bottom-most surface disposed parallel thereto along an entire longitudinal length of said base plate; wherein said mounting bolts are spaced apart from left and right sides of said driver weldment; wherein said left and right sides of said driver weldment extend downwardly and away from said driver shaft, said left and rights sides of said driver weldment terminating at said top-most surface of said base plate; and, wherein a bottom-most surface of each of said left and right sides of said driver weldment remains directly engaged with said top-most surface of said base plate.