Method and apparatus for diagnosing vehicle wheel alignment

摘要

The method for diagnosing vehicle wheel alignment characteristics in which the longitudinally spaced steerable and non-steerable wheels are equipped with means for permitting the practice of displaying the alignment characteristics of the planes of rotation of the steerable wheels in relation to the geometric center line and the thrust line effect of the non-steerable wheels on the steerable wheels, in combination with the steps of adjusting the plane of rotation of the non-steerable wheels for bringing the thrust line effect thereof into substantial tracking relation with the geometric center line of the vehicle, and monitoring the effect of the adjustment imparted to the non-steerable wheels.