Patent ID: 6374159
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: G01B,G01M

Abstract:
A method of adjusting a wheel alignment of a vehicle,in which a wheel of the vehicle to be adjusted with a tire fitted thereto is rotated on a wheel rotating surface in a proceeding direction of the vehicle, one of the wheel being made to pass over a step of a predetermined height formed on the wheel rotating surface or a load acting on the wheel being changed by a predetermined amount within a predetermined period, and a lateral force generated in the tire fitted to the wheel is measured, is performed for a reference wheel having the tire fitted thereto which is mounted on a reference axle of the vehicle, and for a wheel having a tire fitted thereto to be adjusted which is mounted on a non-reference axle of the vehicle, a comparison is made between a transition of one of the lateral force or a rate of change in the lateral force generated in the tire fitted to the reference wheel and a transition of one of the lateral force or the rate of change in the lateral force generated in the tire fitted to the wheel to be adjusted, and a wheel angle of the wheel to be adjusted is adjusted on the basis of the result of the comparison.