Patent ID: 6134487
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: G01B

Abstract:
A system for selecting a replacement adjustment member and aligning a pair of steerable wheels of a vehicle having a twin I-beam suspension, each of the steerable wheels being associated with a suspension angle adjustment member that identifies an offset value and a pair of orientation values, said system comprising:at least one sensor coupled to each steerable wheel for generating one or more angular displacement values;a computer operatively coupled to said at least one sensor, said computer including:one or more processors executing one or more sequences of instructions; anda computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of instructions for aligning the pair of steerable wheels;wherein execution of the one or more sequences of instructions by one or more of the processors causes the one or more processors to:receive said one or more angular displacement values,determine a replacement offset value, for each of the steerable wheels, that identifies an appropriate size for the replacement adjustment member, anddetermine a pair of orientation adjustment values, for each of the steerable wheels, that specifies orientation of the replacement adjustment member for proper installation on the twin I-beam suspension.