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Apparatus and a method for aligning the rolling plane of each of the wheels of a car, truck, trailer or other wheeled vehicle to factory specifications and to be parallel to the thrust line of the rearmost wheels. The apparatus comprises various embodiments of an adjustable stationary reference “hal

Apparatus and a method for aligning the rolling plane of each of the wheels of a car, truck, trailer or other wheeled vehicle to factory specifications and to be parallel to the thrust line of the rearmost wheels. The apparatus comprises various embodiments of an adjustable stationary reference “halo”, mountable in concentric relation about a vehicle or trailer, and relative to which individual gauge assemblies mounted to each of the wheels detects each wheel\s toe condition and permits the determination of the vehicle or trailer thrust line and the correction of the rear suspension thereto. Wheel mountable caster, camber and king-pin inclination/strut angle detecting assemblies, in turn, permit the detection of each of these respective conditions for each wheel and the correction of each condition in relation to the established thrust line.

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Wheel alignment apparatus for a wheeled vehicle having front and rear wheel pairs, comprising in combination: (a) stationary rectilinear reference means for mounting in predetermined spaced relationship to each wheel of said pairs of wheels during an alignment procedure; (b) coupling means adapted t

Wheel alignment apparatus for a wheeled vehicle having front and rear wheel pairs, comprising in combination: (a) stationary rectilinear reference means for mounting in predetermined spaced relationship to each wheel of said pairs of wheels during an alignment procedure; (b) coupling means adapted to be releasably secured to each of said vehicle\s wheels in planar parallel relation to the longitudinal rolling plane through the axis of rotation of each of said wheels; (c) means mountable to said coupling means for determining the camber condition of each wheel; (d) means mountable to said coupling means for determining the caster condition of each wheel; and (e) means mountable to said coupling means for determining the toe condition of each wheel relative to at least one pair of scaler members mounted at each wheel of the vehicle and to said reference means, with one of said scaler members of each pair being positioned forwardly of each wheel, and with the other scaler member of each pair being mounted rearwardly of each wheel.