Support device for adjusting and/or measuring a wheel suspension arm assembly

A support device for use in adjusting and/or measuring a wheel suspension arm assembly, wherein by means of the wheel suspension arm assembly, a hub carrier is movably articulated, with a plurality of degrees of freedom of motion, to a beam, wherein the hub carrier is provided and designed for carrying a wheel of a vehicle, wherein the support device comprises a retaining apparatus for retaining the hub carrier, the retaining apparatus having a wheel receptacle for receiving the hub carrier, wherein the retaining apparatus can be adjusted between a fixing position, in which the hub carrier is stationarily fixed to the retaining apparatus, and a releasing position, in which the hub carrier can be removed from the retaining apparatus, and wherein the retaining apparatus is suspended on at least one flexible suspension element, wherein a force application apparatus is provided for applying a wheel load to the hub carrier in a wheel-load direction, and the at least one suspension element supports the retaining apparatus with a supporting force in a supporting-force direction opposite the wheel-load direction and movably bears the hub carrier with different degrees of freedom of motion, and wherein the at lease one flexible suspension body is not spring-loaded and/or has no spring and/or is tension resistant and/or is stretch resistant.