John R Borner

US Patent:

54775981, Dec 26, 1995

Filed:

Feb 7, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/192360

Inventors:

John B. Borner - Edgewater FL

International Classification:

B23P 1904

US Classification:

29227

Abstract:

A cap and spring installation and removal tool apparatus is provided for installing and removing a motorcycle spring on motorcycle front forks. The tool includes a frame having a yoke attached to the frame for engaging a motorcycle front fork spring housing and a threaded shaft threaded through a portion of the frame for compressing and expanding a spring in a motorcycle spring housing and having an axial bore extending therethrough and a handle on one end portion thereof. A rotatably mounted shaft is rotatably mounted through the bore in the threaded shaft and has a handle on one end and a spring tube cap engaging member, such as a hex head, on the other end thereof so that the rotatably mounted shaft can be rotated to remove or attach the spring tube cap while the threaded shaft is rotated to compress or release spring in the spring housing for removing and reinstalling the motorcycle front fork spring.