Maintenance systems and methods for a wheel assembly of an amusement ride vehicle

A method of maintaining an amusement ride vehicle, the method comprising:

• exposing a wheel of the amusement ride vehicle by positioning the wheel out of engagement with a rail;
• disposing a datum section extending from a foundational body of a handheld maintenance assembly against a pad coupled to the wheel;
• and
• adjusting a bushing coupled to the wheel until a wheel surface of the wheel contacts a rail section extending from the foundational body of the handheld maintenance assembly while the datum section is disposed against the pad to provide a fixed distance between the pad and the wheel surface of the wheel.

A maintenance template for a wheel assembly of an amusement ride vehicle, the maintenance template comprising:

• a foundational body comprising an elongate geometry defined by a length of the foundational body that is greater than a width of the foundational body;
• a wheel engagement section extending a first distance from at least one end portion of the foundational body in a direction transverse to the length of the foundational body, wherein the wheel engagement section has a geometry corresponding to a track that the wheel assembly is configured to traverse, such that the wheel engagement section is configured to contact at least one wheel of the wheel assembly at a first contact location;
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• a datum section comprising a protrusion extending a second distance from the foundational body and configured to contact a pad of the wheel assembly at a second contact location, wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance, such that an offset distance is provided between the first contact location and the second contact location.