Patent ID: 8069576

Claim:
A vehicle wheel alignment measuring method comprising: a vehicle body support step of causing a vehicle body support means to support a vehicle body with wheel mounting portions free to move up and down, each of the wheel mounting portions being provided on an axle including a vehicle suspension; a wheel mounting portion elevating step of elevating the wheel mounting portion without a wheel mounted thereon; and a measurement step of measuring wheel alignment based on the position and attitude at predetermined measurement points preset on the wheel mounting portion elevated in the wheel mounting portion elevating step, wherein: the wheel mounting portion elevating step is preceded by a dummy wheel attachment step of mounting a dummy wheel on the wheel mounting portion to simulate a situation where a wheel is mounted on the wheel mounting portion with the measurement points on the wheel mounting portion exposed; and the wheel mounting portion elevating step includes elevating the wheel mounting portion via the dummy wheel and the measurement step includes performing the measurement at the measurement points exposed from the dummy wheel.