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A wheel alignment repair assembly for modifying wheel alignment in a vehicle suspension of the kind having a wheel support member and a strut with a flange protruding therefrom, the flange having a free edge, and the wheel support member and the flange having holes therethrough alignable for attachm

A wheel alignment repair assembly for modifying wheel alignment in a vehicle suspension of the kind having a wheel support member and a strut with a flange protruding therefrom, the flange having a free edge, and the wheel support member and the flange having holes therethrough alignable for attachment of the wheel support member to the flange of the strut, in which the assembly includes a repair piece having a primary plate and a raised boss on the primary plate defining a step on the repair piece. The step has a shape complementary to the free edge of the flange for maintaining a snug contacting relationship with it. The primary plate may also have thereon a button adapted to snugly fill the hole in the flange when the step on the repair piece is in snug contacting relationship with the free edge of the flange. An arrangment for securing the repair piece to the flange with the step in snug contacting relationship with the free edge is included.

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A wheel alignment repair assembly for effecting a modified but non-adjustable wheel alignment in a vehicle suspension of the kind having a wheel support member, a strut mounted on the vehicle, said strut having a flange protruding laterally therefrom, said flange having a free edge, said flange and

A wheel alignment repair assembly for effecting a modified but non-adjustable wheel alignment in a vehicle suspension of the kind having a wheel support member, a strut mounted on the vehicle, said strut having a flange protruding laterally therefrom, said flange having a free edge, said flange and wheel support member having holes therethrough alignable for attachment of said wheel support member to said flange of said strut, said repair assembly comprising: a repair piece having a primary plate, a raised boss on said primary plate, said boss defining a step on said repair piece, said step having a shape complementary to said free edge of said flange for maintaining a snug contacting relationship with said free edge of said flange, said repair piece being substantially wider laterally than said strut flange by an amount approximately equal to the lateral width of said raised boss, said width of said raised boss being substantially greater than the height of said step defined thereby; and means for securing said repair piece to said flange with said step in said snug contacting relationship with said free edge, said repair piece, when secured on said flange, protruding laterally substantially beyond said flange free edge by an amount approximately equal to said width of said boss, said boss extending laterally from said flange free edge and terminating at a lateral free edge which is spaced substantially and laterally from said flange free edge, said boss providing lateral structural reinforcement of said flange at said flange free edge.