Patent ID: 7083176

Claim:
An alignment arrangement for adjusting alignment of a vehicle wheel, the alignment arrangement supporting on a vehicle body or frame member inboard ends of a control arm that has at an outboard end thereof an axle on which the vehicle wheel is mounted, the alignment arrangement comprising: a) couplings at the inboard ends of the control arm, each coupling consisting essentially of: a bushing through the inboard end of the control arm, the bushing having an axial opening therethrough which receives a mounting bolt having a shank with a head at a first end and a nut at a second end; first and second walls fixed with respect to the body or frame member, the first and second walls having first and second lateral slots, respectively, therein, the first and second slots being of a selected width, for receiving the shank of the mounting bolt therethrough with the head facing the first slot and nut facing the second slot, bearing surfaces around the shank for bearing against the first and second walls when the nut is tightened on the shank; reaction surfaces on one of the walls, the reaction surfaces disposed adjacent to one of the slots, and b) a tool separate from the inboard end of the control arm, the tool comprising: a cam portion for engagement with the reaction surfaces on one of the walls when the tool is in operative cooperation with the control arm by being mounted on the head of the mounting bolt or the nut thereon, the cam portion of the tool having a fixed axis of rotation with respect to the bolt when engaging the reaction surfaces for shifting the bolt in the lateral slots in the walls upon rotating the tool to push against one of the reaction surfaces.