Disc brake pad spreader
View Patent ↗An improved brake pad spreader tool has a screw rod separating an impingement plate and an impingement cap. An actuator is affixed to the proximal end and has a polygonal handle portion forming a hand grip and a female receiving socket at a rotational center point of the hand grip. The female receiving socket forms a rectangular recess adapted for attachment to a drive rod of a ratchet wrench or pneumatic impact tool. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
1. A brake pad spreader tool comprising:
a screw rod extending perpendicularly through a threaded receiving coupling and forms a linearly extended shaft having and exterior male threaded sidewall along a linear length between a proximal terminus and a distal terminus;
a first impingement plate forming a rigid rectangular body having a lateral planar surface;
a second impingement cap formed at the proximal terminus and supporting a flanged surface;
an actuator affixed to the proximal end, said actuator further comprising:
a polygonal handle portion forming a hand grip; and
a female receiving socket at a rotational centerpoint of the hand grip, said female receiving socket forms a rectangular recess adapted for attachment to a drive rod of a ratchet wrench.
2. The brake pad spreader tool of claim 1 , wherein said threaded receiving coupling forms a female threaded collar through which the screw rod is fitted traversing the plate at a planar midpoint of the plate.
3. The brake pad spreader tool of claim 1 , wherein said flanged surface is formed as an attachment rotatable and slightly pivotable.
4. The brake pad spreader tool of claim 1 , wherein said rectangular recess receives a ⅜″ drive socket.
5. The brake pad spreader tool of claim 2 , said female receiving socket forms a rectangular recess adapted for attachment to a drive rod of a ratchet wrench.
6. The brake pad spreader tool of claim 5 , wherein said rectangular recess receives a ⅜″ drive socket.
7. The brake pad spreader tool of claim 3 , said female receiving socket forms a rectangular recess adapted for attachment to a drive rod of a ratchet wrench.
8. The brake pad spreader tool of claim 7 , wherein said rectangular recess receives a ⅜″ drive socket.