Geometrical instruments – Straight-line light ray type – Process
Patent
1981-05-08
1983-03-01
Little, Willis
Geometrical instruments
Straight-line light ray type
Process
G01B 11275
Patent
active
043751300
ABSTRACT:
A method is disclosed by which, through the use of known wheel alignment equipment including wheel mounted alignment heads and targets, the off-track condition between the rear and front wheel pairs of a vehicle and the rear wheel total toe is initially measured to determine if it is within specifications for the specific vehicle. Following adjustment of the rear wheels, if necessary, to place these characteristics within the specifications, the wheel alignment equipment on each side of the vehicle is adjusted to assume an orientation dictated by the remaining off-track condition and the rear wheel average rolling direction. The alignment equipment is then fixed in such orientations. The wheel mounted alignment heads and targets are thereafter transferred, with adjustments intact, to diagonally opposite wheels. The front wheels are then moved through a steering excursion sufficient to provide an indication on the targets that the total front wheel toe is split about the rear wheel average toe direction. Thereafter adjustment to the front wheel steering linkage may be made to center the steering control and to obtain desired total front toe.
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FMC Corporation
Little Willis
Megley R. B.
Stanley H. M.
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