Universal wheel-fixation frame for electronic alignment sensor

A method of affixing a sensor configured to measure a camber or caster angle of a wheel of a vehicle to the wheel of the vehicle, the method comprising:

• affixing an alignment frame to the wheel to center the sensor with respect to a rim of the wheel by locating vertical and horizontal axes of the alignment frame parallel to vertical and horizontal axes of the wheel, wherein affixing the frame includes:
• placing a pair of arms adjustably coupled to the frame on a tire of the wheel such that the pair of arms contacts and extends at least partially along a section width of the tire;
• and
• positioning a spacer of a first, second, and third bar extending outward from a center base on a rim of the wheel such that each spacer of the first, second, and third bars contacts a face of the rim of the wheel, the first bar defining a vertical axis of the alignment frame and the second and third bars defining a horizontal axis of the alignment frame, wherein the vertical axis of the frame defined by the first bar extends at ninety degrees from the horizontal axis of the alignment frame defined by the second and third bar.

A method of measuring a camber or a caster angle defined by a wheel of a vehicle, wherein measuring the camber or the caster angle includes:

• affixing an alignment frame including a sensor to the wheel to locate vertical and horizontal axes of the alignment frame parallel to vertical and horizontal axes of the wheel, wherein affixing the alignment frame includes positioning a pair of arms adjustably coupled to the alignment frame on a tire of the wheel such that the pair of arms contacts and extends substantially along a section width of the tire and positioning a spacer of a first, second, and a third bar of the alignment frame on a rim of the wheel;
• activating circuitry of a computer system operably coupled to the sensor to cause the sensor to generate data associated with a geospatial position of the wheel;
• and
• operating a steering system of the vehicle to cause the wheel to move throughout a range of motion defined by the steering system;
• wherein the computer system is configured to analyze the data generated by the sensor to determine and display the camber or the caster angle to a user on a display screen of the computer system.