Abstract: An implement including a first tool having a first tool end in the form of a pig tail. The first tool includes an inwardly extending tab. A second tool is adjacent the first tool and has a second tool end adapted to receive a pin and includes a curved finger carried by the second tool end. A third tool is adjacent the second tool and has a third tool end which includes a sliding surface. A fourth tool is adjacent the third tool and has a fourth tool end which provides a ribbed interior surface adapted to engage a cap. Each tool is pivotally connected to a cylindrical retaining means, the tab selectively engaging the third tool, wherein when the tab engages the third tool, relative rotation is prevented.

Abstract: A measurement tool for determining a position of a pinion gear in a differential assembly includes a mounting member configured to contact an end face of the pinion gear and an elongated arm member extending outwardly from the mounting member. The arm member has an arm portion configured to overlie one of the bearing seats of the differential assembly and an aperture formed in the arm member configured to receive a measurement gage therethrough. The measurement gage is used to measure a distance between a surface of the bearing seat and a reference surface of the arm member from which the position or “pinion depth” of pinion gear can be determined.

Abstract: A pliers has specifically configured elongate jaws of about rectilinear construction with multiple position adjustability to variously operatively engage a plurality of slack adjustment services of diverse commercial air brakes to check the slack.

Abstract: A tool assembly is provided for mending a puncture in a tire. The tool assembly includes a needle and a power tool. The needle includes a diverged tip for carrying a patch for mending the puncture and a connective end. The power tool includes a driving element for releasable engagement with the connective end of the bit so that the power tool can drive the bit.

Abstract: The present invention is a Truck Inspection Tool. The tool is comprised primarily of a hollow steel cylindrical rod that is filled and weighted at one end and attached to a hub seal puller and at the other end has a pliant material and flashlight inserted within it. The tool as used is attached to an adjustable forearm strap and should include additional items such as a tire pressure gauge and a tire depth gauge. This tool is designed to decrease the time and difficulty of a truck inspection.

Abstract: A wheel brake cylinder adjuster includes a gas in a gas chamber, a piston, a push rod, a positioning portion, a stop plate, a control module, and several relief holes. They are connected so that the gas pushes the piston to move the push rod. A gas adjusting module is employed to relieve the gas. The invention achieves the goals of having a simple structure, a lower cost, and the function of re-positioning the push rod.

Abstract: A computer implemented method for matching paint on a vehicle, having the steps of receiving in a central computer, from a remote terminal, vehicle identifying information relating to a specific vehicle and a first set of paint color data from a portion of the body of the vehicle. The central computer includes a processor, an electronic storage means in which a database is stored. The database includes vehicle identifying information for a plurality of vehicles, paint color data associated with respective vehicle identifying information, and paint formulations associated with paint color data. A first process by software in the computer determines a first best match paint formulation which relates submitted vehicle identifying information and submitted paint data to a paint formulation. The software in the computer determines a first best match paint formulation which is transmitted to the remote terminal.

Abstract: An escape hammer for breaking reinforced glass or other barrier screen material to enable personnel to escape in an emergency, for example, from a high rise building or from a vehicle or other enclosure and comprising a handle (10) and enlarged head (11) with a pointed striking tip (12). The handle is ridged (as at 13) to provide a grip, has a chisel-end (15) to act as a levering tool, and a formation (17, 18) to assist in the removal of broken glass pieces. The whole tool is of steel or of a material of like mass.

Abstract: A multi-purpose trucker's power puller tool with a hook rod that slides in the bore of a handle, and a weighted head at an end of the handle. The weighted head provides momentum to the hooked end for yanking free stuck objects, such as a truck's fifth wheel pin. The slidable rod also allows the tool to be locked in extended or collapsed positions. The invention also allows interchangeable hook rods to be used, so that the tool may be adapted to different purposes, such as grabbing and pulling eyelets of truck load covers, or pulling chains.

Abstract: A device for facilitating the separation and removal of an engine cover from a sealing surface on an engine. The engine cover puller may reduce or eliminate the deformation of an engine cover during its removal and allows for its potential reuse. In addition, the engine cover puller may reduce or eliminate the damage to the sealing surfaces between the engine cover and the engine that may occur during an engine cover removal.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for installing and removing a recessed spark plug to and from an engine without a component thereof becoming disengaged. The spark plug tool is long enough to reach a recessed spark plug and includes a first housing member having an opening fitted with an elastomeric sleeve for receiving a spark plug, a shaft that may be integrally connected to the first housing member, and a second housing member which may be integrally connected to the shaft. The second housing member can be coupled to a torque member.

Abstract: A bladed spoke wrench device used to retain the orientation of a bladed bicycle spoke to prevent unnecessary torsional displacements from being applied to the spoke during spoke tensioning and adjustment. The bladed spoke wrench includes two spoke retention slots of different widths to accommodate the most common bladed spoke thicknesses. The spoke retention slots extend both through the thickness of the tool on both sides and along one face of the tool, allowing the user to orient the tool in any of several ways that the user finds comfortable and efficient during use. The tool also includes one or more hook shaped areas that are adapted to open a bottle and further includes an opening at one end that defines a ring useful for attachment of the bladed spoke wrench to a peg on a tool board, a key ring or other hook.

Abstract: A vehicle authenticates a prospective component for use in the vehicle by obtaining from a certification authority a certification that an authentic component is associated with a cryptographic key. The certification certifies that the cryptographic key is bound to information identifying the authentic component. The vehicle utilizes the cryptographic key obtained from the certification authority in cryptographic communication with the prospective component, and determines whether the prospective component is the authentic component based on whether the cryptographic key is successfully utilized in the cryptographic communication.

Abstract: A combination tool comprising a hammer head portion, a pipe wrench, a crescent wrench and a handle, wherein the pipe wrench and crescent wrench are located on opposite ends of the tool. The pipe wrench comprises an adjustable jaw and a fixed jaw, and the fixed jaw of the pipe wrench lies directly on top of the hammer head portion. The handle optionally comprises finger grips that can be formed out of the same material as the handle or a separate piece of material, such as rubber, that is wrapped around the outside of the handle. In the preferred embodiment, the length of the handle is in the range of four to ten inches, and the overall length of the tool is in the range of ten to twenty-four inches. The tool is preferably made of chrome-plated forged steel.

Abstract: A vehicle lifting and wheel removal combination system includes a hydraulic pump mounted on a vehicle. Each of a plurality of hydraulic jacks is fluidly coupled to the hydraulic pump. Each of the hydraulic jacks is mounted to a frame of the vehicle. A plurality of actuators is operationally coupled to the hydraulic pump for selectively positioning each of the hydraulic jacks in an extended position or a retracted position. A plurality of air compressors is mounted to the vehicle and each is operationally coupled to the power supply. Each of a plurality of air lines is fluidly coupled to one of the air compressors. Each of the air lines has a free end having a first mating portion coupled thereto. A pneumatic impact gun for removing lug nuts has a second mating portion for selectively coupling to one of the first mating portions of the air lines.

Abstract: An improved life-saving hammer structure. The structure mainly includes left and right housings, a hammer head, a counterweight block, and a blade wherein the left and right housings are counterparts to be engaged for the hammer head and the counterweight block to be encased thereto via a pair of left and right transverse arc coupling heads disposed at the upper section thereof. The left and right housings also include a middle section with a multiple of equidistant engaging holes disposed thereon, and a staged lower section with a left and a right handles of unequal lengthy extending downwards at the bottom thereof respectively. The left and right handles are equipped with staged stop flanges for left and right cover bodies to be engaged therein respectively.

Abstract: A tire changing kit for quickly changing tires on a vehicle. The tire changing kit includes a power supply being adapted to be disposed in a vehicle and including a motor having a rotatable shaft and being adapted to be connected with wires to a power source of the vehicle and also including hoses; and also includes a jack being detachably connected to one of the hoses for raising and lowering the vehicle; and further includes an assembly of removing lugs from a tire of the vehicle including an air gun being connected to another one of the hoses.

Abstract: An automobile escape hammer gun includes a body, a striking hammer and a lever. The body has a front and a lower passage formed in the body at the front. The striking hammer is movably mounted in the lower passage, is spring-loaded and has a bottom tip extending out of the body and an annular lip with a bottom formed in the body. The lever mounted pivotally in the body and has an inside end abuts the bottom of the annular lip and an outside end extends out of the body. Therefore, when the lever is pivoted, the inside end of the lever moves the striking hammer into the body. The bottom tip of striking hammer will impact rapidly a window of a vehicle to break efficiently the window when the annular lip escapes from the front end of the lever.

Abstract: A tool assembly includes a main body having two sidewalls. Two sets of tools are, respectively, rotatably mounted between first ends and second ends of the sidewalls. Each sidewall has an outwardly facing recessed section for detachably receiving a tire repairing tool in the preferred form of a tire lever. Tire patches are received in at least one of the tire levers for proceeding with tire patching when required. At least one of the tire levers includes a driving column for adjusting the bolts to which the tools are rotatably mounted. The tools include a chain repairer that may engage with the driving column of the tire lever for proceeding with chain repair.

Abstract: A spoke wrench for a bicycle comprises a body, at least two driving members and a screwdriver bit. The body includes a driving seat having a slide way formed therein. A slot way is integrally formed on the body. The body has at least one depression for engaging with the driving member. A positioning portion which is integrally formed with the body has a receiving chamber, a opening is formed through the positioning portion for communicating with the receiving chamber, a steel ball is then retractably defined in the opening of the positioning portion. At least two driving members are detachably received in the slide way of the driving seat and the depressions of the body. A screwdriver bit is detachably received in the receiving chamber of the positioning portion of the body for engaging with a workpiece to tighten or loosen it.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved lug wrench. In one embodiment, the lug wrench includes a first arm connected to a mounting member, two foldable arms connected to the first arm, and a fourth detachable arm capable of attaching to the mounting member in a first and second positions. The lug wrench can form a cross-shape by extending the foldable arms such that they are substantially perpendicular to the first arm and attaching the fourth detachable arm to the mounting member in the first position such that it is substantially perpendicular to the foldable arms. The size of the lug wrench can be minimized by folding the foldable arms and attaching the fourth detachable arm to the mounting member in the second position such that they are substantially parallel to the first arm. Other embodiments include ratcheting without folding and optional tire cover removal and hammer head attachments.

Abstract: The present invention is directed toward a road side lug nut removal and tightening tool, which may also be used to lift a tire back onto the axle of a car, or truck. The tool comprises a frame, with a slideable plate having apertures arranged in a circular configuration. The apertures are aligned with the configuration of the lug nuts on a wheel, enabling a lug wrench to be coupled to a lug nut and corresponding aperture of the plate. A hollow extension bar may be connected to the lug wrench to apply additional leverage. By laying the frame horizontally on the ground, the hollow extension bar may be placed under lift brackets attached to the frame, enabling the frame to be used as a lever to lift a tire onto the axle of a car, or truck.

Abstract: A scraper has an arcuately contoured elastomeric molded over plastic ergonomic handle. The scraper handle has a proximate end slot and recess. A permanent rare earth magnet is fixedly disposed at the bottom wall of the recess. A ferro-metallic file is slidably disposed and seated in the recess with the file contactingly engaging the magnet. The handle is formed with a vertically disposed through hole so that the user can access the file and forcibly slidably remove the file to sharpen the scraper blade edge. The scraper has a 4-way blade, formed with two spoon shaped blades for fine scraping and two flat folded edges for rough scraping. All four edges are ground to the same large radius. The scraper is a pull scraper.

Abstract: An emergency tool for automobiles includes an elongate body, a rear cap resilient and pivotally connected to a rear end of the elongate body, an upper cover closing on an open upper portion of the body, a knife device combined with a front end portion of the body for cutting a seat belt in case of emergency, and a hammer combined sidewise with an projection formed in the front end portion of the body for breaking open a window glass. Two different screwdrivers and a connect rod of a screwdriver set are deposited inside the body, possible to be taken out for use in case of an accident by opening the rear cap and the upper cover.

Abstract: A tool assembly includes a main body having two sidewalls. Two sets of tools are respectively, rotatably mounted between first ends and second ends of the sidewalls. Each sidewall has an outwardly facing recessed section for detachably receiving a tire repairing wrench. Tire patches are received in at least one of the tire repairing wrenches for proceeding with tire patching when required. At least one of the tire repairing wrench includes a driving column for adjusting the bolts to which the tools are rotatably mounted. The tools include a chain repairer that may engage with the driving column of the tire repairing wrench for proceeding with chain repair.

Abstract: An emergency tool for automobiles includes an elongate body, a rear cap resiliently and pivotally connected to a rear end of the elongate body, an upper cover closing on an open upper portion of the body, a knife device combined with a front end portion of the body for cutting a seat belt in case of emergency, and a hammer combined sidewise with an projection formed in the front end portion of the body for breaking open a window glass. Two different screwdrivers and a connect rod of a screwdriver set are deposited inside the body, possible to be taken out for use in case of an accident by opening the rear cap and the upper cover.

Abstract: An emergency hammer includes a handle unit and a hammerhead. The handle unit includes a handle and a rotary rod. The rotary rod has a pivot end connected pivotally to the handle, and a free end connected fixedly to the hammerhead. The rotary rod can be turned relative to the handle between an unfolded position, where the total length of the handle unit is equal to the sum of the lengths of the handle and the rotary rod, and a folded position, where the total length of the handle unit is approximately equal to the length of the handle.

Abstract: An oil filter installation and removal device is provided to remove an oil filter canister from an engine whereby any leaking oil is captured thereby. The device is substantially cup shaped having an open end and a closed end thereby forming a reservoir therein, wherein a handle extends from said closed end. An attaching member having a small diameter than the open end is maintained within the open end by equidistantly spaced binding means which provide an aperture therebetween. Attaching member receives a bottom end of a canister therein and when torque is applied to the handle it removes the canister from the engine block. Any excess oil which escapes passes through the apertures and is captured within the reservoir.

Abstract: A tool for measuring and adjusting slack movement related to operating components of an air-brake assembly has an elongated lever portion for enabling leverage force to be applied to a rocker-arm component of the air-brake assembly, an abutment fixture fixedly attached to the first end of the lever portion, the abutment fixture providing a fulcrum point against the rocker-arm component for application of leverage force, and an engaging member fixedly attached to the first end of the lever portion at a point substantially inward from the attachment position of the abutment fixture. The engaging member is for engaging the rocker-arm component on an edge of the rocker-arm component opposite an edge engaged by the abutment fixture. A socket mount is fixedly attached to the second end of the lever portion at a position substantially inward of the outer edge of the second end, the socket comprising a socket for fitted engagement of a slack-adjustment nut of the air brake assembly.

Abstract: A fluid catch device is adapted to prevent spills when used during removal of a drain plug located in an area of limited access. The fluid catch device is particularly well-suited for use on motorcycles or other vehicles wherein access to an engine fluid drain plug is limited by a glide plate or other obstruction. The fluid catch device comprises an elongated fluid receptacle, a fluid port, and a tool tube. The fluid receptacle has an open end and an opposite end. The fluid port is in fluid communication with the fluid receptacle and is adapted to drain fluid from the fluid receptacle. The tool tube extends at least from the opposite end of the fluid receptacle toward the open end of the fluid receptacle. The tool tube has a proximal end that opens outside of the opposite end of the fluid receptacle and a distal end directed toward the open end of the fluid receptacle. The tool tube is adapted to receive a drain plug loosening tool.

Abstract: A quick-connect hand tool for use in automotive repair and other repair/manufacture needs comprising a handle, a quick-connect attachment device coupled to the handle and at least one tool accessory dimensioned to releasably couple to the quick-connect attachment device. Preferably, the handle portion is hollow, and permits the storage therein of a plurality of tool attachments.

Abstract: The present invention concerns that of a new and improved apparatus which would allow a user to more easily raise and lower a jack of a vehicle. Presently, it is awkward for most people to use the jack handle that comes as a standard part of all vehicles. The jack handle that presently comes with vehicles can be turned a little over 180 degrees, at which time, the handle of the jack handle must be brought back toward the person's body, at which time, the jack handle is attached to the jack again and the motion is repeated. A traditional jack handle must be constantly used, detached, reattached, and used again approximately 20-30 times before the jack would be an appropriate level for a user to change a tire or perform other desired car repairs or alterations.

Abstract: A windshield remover knife is described. The knife is principally comprised of a straight, elongated shaft having a pivotal neck portion securing a cutting blade for cutting through the adhesive, elastomeric bond holding the windshield in place. When the shaft is held by an operator in a horizontal position, the neck portion can be secured in the same identical plane as the shaft with the cutting edge of the blade facing downward. In this horizontal position, the neck portion can also be pivoted and secured in pivotal alignment to the left or right of this plane of the shaft at any angle up to 90°. In this manner the neck portion of the knife can be configured to even extreme windshield curvatures while maintaining the shaft portion in a comfortable position for rapid and efficient cutting of the adhesive bond.

Abstract: A hitch cover for the hitch tube of a vehicle includes a bottle opener. One illustrated hitch tube cover includes a wire form attached thereto for being inserted into the hitch tube and securing a face plate across the open end of the hitch tube. A lock or pin extends through the conventional hitch tube openings, passing through the wire form to prevent removal of the hitch cover. Also illustrated are face plates which have the bottle opener as an integral part thereof or an insert formed as a part of the face plate.

Abstract: An engine oil filter socket wrench with built-in spillage cup contains the oil that normally spills out when an oil filter is removed from an engine. The device consists of a smaller first cylinder for gripping an oil filter base and a larger second cylinder built concentrically around and above the smaller cylinder and forming a cup shaped reservoir capable of containing oil spillage. Protuberances projecting radially inward from the inside surface of the larger cylinder terminate in loose contact at the filter surface to provide alignment of the device about the filter and to provide a second means to grip the filter. The larger cylinder can be constricted of flexible material capable of being squeezed by hand to create a frictional grip on the oil filter body for the purpose of initially loosening the filter from its mount.

Abstract: A tire repair plug installation tool that can be used from the outside without requiring the tire to be removed from the rim upon which it is mounted. An all-in-one tool which contains all of the various parts required to effect a repair in a tubeless tire. The objectives are accomplished by providing a handle including a compartment defined therein for storing extra plugs, a shaft drivingly engaging the handle with a plug hook means incorporated therein and a reamer at an end of the shaft opposite from the point where the shaft attaches to the ratchet means.

Abstract: A surface treating article including a hub. The surface treating article and hub provide an improved mechanical interlock to each other. Preferably, the unitary surface treating article is molded to the hub.

Abstract: An oil filter wrench having adjustable serrated jaws that incorporate a hollow piercing jaw tooth that is connected to a drain hose via an internal oil channel through the oil filter wrench handle and jaw portion. The piercing jaw tooth includes an "O"-ring seal which seals when the piercing jaw punctures the oil filter housing. The drain hose includes a valve and a nipple that is attachable to a squeeze type drain bulb that can be used to provide a suction for sucking the oil filter during use. Use of the oil filter wrench allows the mechanic to drain the oil filter prior to removing the oil filter from its mount thereby preventing oil from draining onto the mechanic's hands and onto the vehicle parts.

Abstract: A soft elastomeric disc for removal of polymeric compositions from an underlying substrate. The disc is useful for removing decorative decals, stripes, graphics, emblems, protective moldings, paint and adhesive and is made from a filled elastomeric composition. The elastomeric composition is filled with a system that combines an organic lubricant and a non-abrasive particulate.

Abstract: A rigid elongated member with a first end and a second end has a handle disposed at the first end. A substantially straight shank portion protrudes from the handle and can either be notched or smooth. The elongated member extends past the shank to further form an arcuate segment near the second end of the tool. The tool terminates at the second end with a straight segment which is coaxial with the shank.

Abstract: A tool for use as an aid in emptying waste fluid from a reservoir to a waste container. This tool is a funnel shaped device having a large circular opening for entrance of waste fluid. A funnel wall extends from the larger opening to a smaller opening, preferably offset from the larger circular opening. Access to the funnel interior is provided through the funnel wall, serving as a guide and seal for passage of a wrench extension. The end of the extension is preferably a standard 3/8" square drive plug for mounting an appropriately sized 3/8" drive socket or plug for removal of the reservoir drain plug. The choice of socket or plug to be mounted to the extension depends on the configuration of the drain plug. The opposite end of the wrench extension has a socket for adapting to a preferred 3/8" driver. In operation, the wrench extension is passed through the access to the funnel interior, and the appropriate sized socket or plug is placed on the 3/8" drive end of the wrench extension.

Abstract: A multi-tool with an assembly of tool instruments particularly useful for the field maintenance of chain saws. The multi-tool includes a hollow handle with a spark plug socket connected at one and a plurality of tool instruments pivotally connected at the end opposite the spark plug socket. The tool instruments include a raker gauge, small tooth file, large tooth file, small screw driver, large screw driver, air filter brush and serrated knife. The tools pivot about the handle end into the hollow handle. Included with the tool is a sliver tweezer which is insertable into an aperture formed within the multi-tool handle. The spark plug socket is pivoted about one end of the multi-tool handle and locked in place in a keyed-portion of the handle, thereby providing a tool acting as a socket wrench capable of applying substantial torque to a work piece, e.g., spark plug.

Abstract: An exchange power hand tool includes a power section having a motor encased in a housing and two tool sections, respectively serving as a wrench and a jack actuator, alternately and exchangeably engageable with the power section to be driven thereby so as to provide one power hand tool with two functions. The power section has an output pinion mounted on the motor spindle to be engageable by a driving gear chain of the tool sections for transmission of torque from the power section to the tool section for selectively performing wrenching operation or jack actuation.

Abstract: A bicycle pump and tire repair apparatus incorporating into a single unit an air pump for inflating a bicycle tire, a tire lever for removing a tire from a bicycle rim, a spoke wrench for repairing and adjusting the spokes of a rim, and a compartment for storing a patch for repairing a punctured bicycle tire is disclosed. The air pump is compactly designed for carrying on a bicycle. A thumblock on the head of the pump performs a dual function of locking the nozzle of the pump onto the valve of a tire being inflated, and it functions as a tire removal lever. A cap on the head of the pump has a knurled surface for abrading an inner tube to prepare it for application of a patch. A slot in the pump handle holds a second tire lever, and a compartment in the end cap of the handle stores a self-adhesive patch for repairing a punctured tire.

Abstract: An improved, two-piece multipurpose wrench tool which offers the strength of a standard four-way lug wrench, the flexibility of an adjustable socket set, and the compact storage ability of a straight, single-piece tool. An elongated leverage bar is inserted through a bore of a main wrench shaft member whereby a thimble-shaped section of the leverage bar becomes securely wedged within the similarly sized and shaped interior surface of the bore. The main wrench shaft member has a standard automobile lug nut socket on one end and a male socket adaptor on the other. Such male socket adaptor is capable of receiving the female attachment end of sockets having a variety of sizes. During operation, the leverage bar is used to provide the torque necessary to either tighten or loosen nuts or bolts. The leverage bar of the present invention also has a standard screwdriver head formed at one of its ends to allow for miscellaneous screwdriving applications and the convenient removal of hub caps and tires.

Abstract: A tool combination for a bicycle includes a body having a socket secured on one end and having an engaging hole communicating with the socket. A rod has a block secured to one end and has a driving tool bit formed between the rod and the block for engaging with the engaging hole of the body so as to extend a driving length of the body. The block includes a middle portion having a slot for engaging with a chain and includes a screw hole for engaging with a bolt which has an extension for disengaging the pivot shafts from the chain so as to fix the chain.

Abstract: An emergency escape apparatus for use in a car includes an elongated body and a mounting seat for receiving the elongated body. The elongated body has a head portion and a handle portion which is connected integrally to the head portion. The elongated body further has a channel which extends toward and which is communicated with the exterior of the elongated body. A rigid striking member is fixed to the head portion and has a tapered end which extends out of the head portion. A needle member is received slidably in the channel of the elongated body and has a sharp end which is extendible from and retractable into the elongated body.

Abstract: A bicycle tool assembly which includes a hollow handle, a coupling block fastened to one end of the handle by a tongue-and-groove joint to hold a driving element, for example, an open-end spanner, a box-end spanner, a hexagonal wrench, a cabinet tip, a Phillips head tip, or a hexagonal head tip, and a tire repair tool slidably mounted in an opposite end of the hollow handle, the tire repair tool having a front hook for pulling a bicycle tire out of the rim, a tire pressure releasing pin in the middle for fastening to the valve of the bicycle tire to release the pressure of the inner tube, and a coupling tail engaged with a tapered hole in the hollow handle to hold the tire repair tool in the operative position.

Abstract: A tool for shifting the locking bar of a fifth wheel of a tractor from a locked position to an unlocked position includes an elongate handle having a U-shaped locking handle engaging member. The handle includes a straight portion, an offset portion, and a terminal portion having the U-shaped member affixed to its outer end. The U-shaped member engages the locking handle in overlying relation and the terminal portion underlies and engages the offset portion of the locking handle whereby when the tool is rotated, the locking handle will be shifted to the unlocked position.

Abstract: A punch tool and method for removing one or more wheels from an axle is provided. The punch comprises an elongated member having a first end configured for receiving a nut therein. The first end has an aperture dimensioned to prevent angular rotation between the aperture and the nut. The aperture has an inner periphery with a bore formed therethrough. The bore extends from the aperture towards a second end of the punch. A desired wheel to be removed is located. A plurality of lugs comprising a stud, an inner cap nut, and a nut, secure the wheels to the axle. The first end of the punch is disposed over a nut coupled to a cap nut, for coupling the punch to the nut. The cap nut may extend through the aperture and into the bore. The diameter of the bore prevents the punch from damaging the cap nut. The second end of the punch is struck with a heavy implement. The implement causes force to be applied to the nut from the punch along the longitudinal axis thereof.