Bosch Automotive Service Solutions Inc.

Spx Corporation

Robert Boschgmbh

Service Solutions U.S. LLC

Otc Division of Spx Corporation

Otc Div. of Spx Corporation

Services Solutions U.S. LLC

Larry W Betcher

Robert Jensen

Jacob Hanson

Jose Barrios

Michael White

Dirk Charles Skogerboe

James M Lundgreen

Robert Kochie

Thomas E KraMer

Dennis Hanson

Gerald E Barry

Charles L Mosher

Scott E Jirele

George Lesche

C P Emerson

Pamela Lesche

Michael Kawell

James Gwilt

Dirck Skogerboe

A wire installation tool for installing a wire through an existing wiring harness includes a handle configured to be manually grasped by a user, an elongated shaft extending from the handle, and a wire engagement feature disposed at the free end of the shaft. In one aspect, the wire engagement feature is a generally flat elongated plate defining two openings sized to snugly receive the wire and spaced apart a distance sufficient to receive the wire bent to a curvature between the openings. In another aspect, the wire engagement feature includes a pig-tail element about which the wire is wound and held by friction between the wire and the pig-tail element to hold the wire in engagement with the wire installation tool as the tool and wire are pulled through an existing wiring harness.

Wire installation tool

A tire removal tool for removing a tire from a dual wheel assembly has a handle having a gripping portion configured to be manually gripped, a head configured for introduction into the space between the wheels, and an intermediate portion connected between the handle and the head. The intermediate portion has a bent configuration so that the tool can extend over the outermost wheel with the head in contact with the inside of the wheel and the handle manually accessible at the outside of the wheel. The head includes an engagement surface arranged to simultaneously contact the sidewall of the innermost wheel to act as a fulcrum for transmitting an upward force applied to the handle to a force at the distal end of the head sufficient to dislodge the tire bead from the rim.

Tire removal tool

A tire spoon may be provided. The tire spoon may include: a bar; and a spoon portion at one end of the bar, the spoon portion having two outer side edges and a middle portion located between the two outer side edges, and at a given cross section of the spoon portion, the middle portion cross sectional thickness is greater than a cross sectional thickness of the two outer side edges. A method of forming a tire spoon is provided. The method may include: providing a spoon portion on an end of a bar; and forming the spoon portion to have middle section that has a thicker cross section than either side portion of the spoon portion.

Tire spoon surface profile and method of making

A wire handheld tool including a handle contiguous to a shank with a wire securing portion. The wire securing portion may be a relatively flat portion with one or more wire passageways used to secure one or more wires thereto. The wire handheld tool can be used to insert, remove, and/or replace wires contained in wire harness conduits. Some embodiments can include a plurality of passageways traversing the relatively wire securing portion in non-parallel diagonal directions relative to each other. In some embodiments, one wire passageway can be included and configured for a wire to traverse a length of the wire securing portion securing itself thereto. The handle of the tool can be ergonomically designed for comfort and practicality, and additionally, may include non-conductive components or coatings to prevent electrically shocking a user.

Tool for installing wires in a wire harness conduit

Apparatus and methods for the removing of a spark plug, or portions thereof, from a cylinder head are disclosed. The apparatus includes a lower socket with a longitudinal bore therethrough, a radial compression member disposed in the longitudinal bore of the lower socket, and a shaft disposed on a first end of the radial compression member. The radial compression member includes an internal surface defining a concavity that faces a longitudinal axis of the lower socket. The method includes compressing the radial compression member in a radial direction toward a longitudinal axis of the spark plug terminal, thereby decreasing an outer dimension of the radial compression member in the radial direction.

Spark plug removal and extraction tool

A puller tool and method for pulling a component from another component are provided. The puller tool can include a cross bar, a pair of puller legs that are movable along the length of the cross bar and a forcing screw. The puller legs can be quickly positioned anywhere along the length of the cross bar through a quick release mechanism. The cross bar can include notches on its outer surface to ensure that the puller legs are equidistant from each other during use.

Puller tool

A slide hammer may be provided. The slide hammer may include: a body defining a through hole and a first attaching surface; an auxiliary weight having a second attaching surface configured to attach to the body at the first attaching surface, the auxiliary weight having a through hole located to align with the through hole in the body when the auxiliary weight is attached to the body; and a shaft located in the through holes in the body and auxiliary weight. A method of constructing a slide hammer is provided.

Slide hammer for a tire spoon and method of construction of the same

A crimping tool having an angled crimping portion and a method to use the crimping tool are provided. The angled crimping portion can be angled relative to the crimping tool handle or pivoting portion. The angled crimping portion can also be replaceable with various angled crimping portion having various angles. The angled crimping portion is also adjustable at different angles as needed by the user.

Angled wire crimping tool

The mobile stand is generally L-shaped in side elevation, having a horizontally extending base and an upright mast adjacent the rear of the base. The base is somewhat H-shaped in top plan, having a pair of widespread, parallel, horizontal legs that extend slightly rearwardly beyond the mast, and a crossbar that rigidly interconnects the legs adjacent their rear ends. The mast is fixed to the crossbar midway between the two legs. Four rubber stabilizer feet project downwardly from the base at its four corners to space the base a short distance above the floor. Transport wheels at the rear ends of the legs project downwardly from the base but do not engage the floor when all four of the feet are touching the floor, thus rendering the wheels ineffective at such time. When the stand is tilted back about the rear set of feet, the wheels are brought down into supporting engagement with the floor, such that further tilting back of the stand results in completely raising the feet off the floor and placing the entire load on the transport wheels so as to adapt the stand for transport to a new location.

Mobile stand for strut spring compressor

A hub puller device to simplify the removal of the hub from the wheel bearing on front wheel drive cars when maintenance is required. In the preferred embodiment, the device includes a U-shaped frame, a forcing screw, traveling nut and a pushing piece. A maintenance technician installs the forcing screw to extend through the open cylindrical section of the hub and mounts the pushing piece and the traveling nut on the forcing screw adjacent the cylindrical section. Next, the technician installs the frame to wrap around the spindle housing such that one member abuts the front surface of the spindle housing. The other frame member braces the receiving end of the forcing screw and prevents linear movement of the forcing screw. With the setup completed, the maintenance technician rotates the forcing screw and prevents rotation of the traveling nut. The rotational motion of the forcing screw is translated to linear movement of the traveling nut, which pushes against the pushing piece to eject the cylindrical portion of the hub from the wheel bearing.

Hub puller for front wheel drive vehicles

A strut spring compressor (20) having a support frame (22), a plurality of pivot arms (24, 26, 28, 30), a plurality of spring clamps (32, 34, 36, 38), and an actuating mechanism (40) is utilized to compress and expand a spring (42) of a strut assembly (44) whereby maintenance can be performed on the strut assembly (44). Each of the pivot arms (24-30) is pivotally attached to the support frame (22) by ball joints (74) which permit the arms (24-30) to pivot independently and three-dimensionally to compensate for a variety of spring sizes, and the spring clamps (32-38) are pivotally attached to the arms (24-30) to compensate for a variety of spring pitches. The actuating mechanism (40) includes a forcing screw (116) pivotally joined to a top trunnion assembly (118) and threadably engaging a middle trunnion assembly (120) and a bottom trunnion assembly (122). The forcing screw (116) includes a middle threaded portion (136) threadably engaging the middle trunnion assembly (120) and a lower threaded portion (138) threadably engaging the bottom trunnion assembly (122). The lower thread pitch is twice the middle thread pitch, so that the arms maintain substantially the same magnitude of angle with respect to the support frame (22).

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Northfield, MN, United States of America

Larry W Betcher