Patent ID: 7021113

Claim:
A wheel rim expanding tooling apparatus adapted to produce an expanded finished wheel rim, the expanded wheel rim having an inboard tire bead seat retaining flange, an inboard tire bead seat, a generally axially extending well, and outboard tire bead seat, the wheel rim expanding tooling apparatus comprising: an inboard wheel rim expanding tooling assembly including a plurality of segmented inboard wheel rim press members, each of said segmented inboard wheel rim press members including an outer surface having a desired profile which is adapted to engage an inner surface of the wheel rim and expand the wheel rim to a desired final profile; an outboard wheel rim expanding tooling assembly including a plurality of segmented outboard wheel rim press members, each of said segmented outboard wheel rim press members including an outer surface having a desired profile which is adapted to engage an inner surface of the wheel rim and expand the wheel rim to a desired final profile; and at least one stripper pin device installed in at least one of said segmented inboard wheel rim press members or said segmented outboard wheel rim press members, said at least one stripper pin device installed in said at least one of said segmented inboard wheel rim press members or said segmented outboard wheel rim press members from said outer surface side thereof; wherein said at least one stripper pin device is provided with an outwardly facing internal socket which is accessible from said outer surface side of said at least one of said segmented inboard wheel rim press members or said segmented outboard wheel rim press members to thereby enable the position of said at least one stripper pin device to be adjusted from said outer surface side after said at least one stripper pin device is installed.