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A method for measuring the wheel inclination or "camber" of a vehicle. In a wheel assembly, e.g. in the front axle and suspension assembly of the vehicle, the wheel planes are somewhat inclined in relation to a plane perpendicular to the floor or base, the inclination representing the so called camb

A method for measuring the wheel inclination or "camber" of a vehicle. In a wheel assembly, e.g. in the front axle and suspension assembly of the vehicle, the wheel planes are somewhat inclined in relation to a plane perpendicular to the floor or base, the inclination representing the so called camber angle. A simple method is proposed for determining the magnitude of the angle, independent of specific operating sites and sophisticated instruments. In a manner known per se, a wheel subject to camber measurement is provided with an axial extension in the form of a pin exactly coaxial with the wheel. The center line of said pin will thus incline in relation to the floor by an angle which equals the camber angle. On the floor, directly in front of the set of wheels, a rod or a like straight member is placed. An instrument provided with two mutually perpendicular levels is placed on the rod. The instrument has a bridge pivotable about an axis perpendicular to the center line of the bar, said bridge, in a first step, being set with its pivot axis truly horizontal and, in a second step, being pivoted so that its own plane becomes truly horizontal. The instrument is moved to the wheel pin and the procedure is repeated. The change of inclination which the bridge is subjected to in step 2 represents the camber angle.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A method for measuring the wheel inclination or camber of a vehicle without demounting the wheels of the set of wheels subject to measurement and without requirement for special or levelled sites for carrying out measuring, said measuring being performed, with the wheels resting on

[ I claim:] [1.] A method for measuring the wheel inclination or camber of a vehicle without demounting the wheels of the set of wheels subject to measurement and without requirement for special or levelled sites for carrying out measuring, said measuring being performed, with the wheels resting on a substantially plane floor or base with their centers on the same level above said base, by a first of the wheels subject to measuring being provided with an axial extension on one side in the form of a cylindrical pin which is secured to the wheel with its axis parallel with or coinciding with the rotational axis of the wheel, whereina straight reference member in the form of a rod, bar or the like, whose one end at least constitutes a coaxial, cylindrical reference pin similar to said wheel pin, is placed on the base in front of and close to the wheels of the wheel set with said reference pin parallel with the base and approximately parallel with a line between the wheel centers, the reference member being carried in two alike V-block support members; and further whereinthe difference between the inclination to the true horizontal plane of the reference pin and the inclination to said true horizontal plane of the wheel pin is measured by means of an instrument adapted to sense and indicate the direction of the gravitational force, said difference being the value of the wheel inclination or camber sought.