Apparatus for adjusting tie rod

摘要

In a tie rod adjusting apparatus which adjusts a tie rod of a steering mechanism for steering a front wheel of a motor vehicle, an open end wrench is supported by a supporting mechanism which has a freedom of four axes so as to be movable in the vehicle width direction and the vehicle longitudinal direction, tiltable in the vehicle width direction, and tiltable about an axial line (U-axis) which extends longitudinally along the length of the open end wrench. A tilting member of the supporting mechanism for tilting in the vehicle width direction is supported by a guide rail which is arcuate with the top end portion of the open end wrench serving as a center of arc. By the arcuate movement of the tilting member along the guide rail, the open end wrench is tiltable in the vehicle width direction without deviating the top end portion thereof in the vehicle width direction.