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Wheel alignment method and apparatus

US4303338A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 4, 1979
Grant dateDec 1, 1981
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Expiry dateSep 4, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01B2210/30
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

There is described an instrument and method for adjusting toe relative to the tracking axis of the vehicle by initially measuring the toe angles of the two front or rear wheels relative to the planes of the other two wheels on the same respective sides of the vehicle, and then adjusting the toe angles by one-half the difference between the initially measured angles.

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