Wheel alignment adjustment device

A method of adjusting the camber of a wheel supported by a wheel suspension assembly of the type comprising:

• steering knuckle means for supporting a wheel assembly thereon, said knuckle means having an upper end and a lower end;
• lower control arm means for controlling the position of said knuckle means connected to said lower end of said knuckle means by a lower ball joint;
• upper control arm means for controlling the position of said knuckle means connected to said upper end of said knuckle means by an upper ball joint;
• upper control arm bushing means provided on an inboard end of said upper control arm means for receiving an upper control arm bushing bolt therethrough;
• an upper control arm bushing bolt having a first end and a second end mounted in said upper control arm bushing;
• first and second anchor devices attached to body portions of the associated vehicle and each supporting an end portion of said bushing bolt in a shaft receiving portion thereof, comprising the steps of:
• removing said first and second anchor devices;
• providing first and second camber adjustable anchor devices each comprising a plate member having a plurality of parallel overlapping bores extending therethrough which are each adapted for axially receiving a shaft portion of a control arm bushing bolt therethrough in radially nondisplaceable relationship therewith;
• mounting end portions of an upper control arm bushing bolt in selected ones of said plurality of overlapping bores in said first and second camber adjustable anchor devices which are associated with a desired wheel camber position.

A method of adjusting the castor of a wheel supported by a wheel suspension assembly of the type comprising:

• steering knuckle means for supporting a wheel assembly thereon, said knuckle means having an upper end and a lower end;
• lower control arm means for controlling the position of said knuckle means connected to said lower end of said knuckle means by a lower ball joint;
• upper control arm means for controlling the position of said knuckle means connected to said upper end of said knuckle means by an upper ball joint;
• upper control arm bushing means provided on an inboard end of said upper control arm means for receiving an upper control arm bushing bolt therethrough;
• an upper control arm bushing bolt having a first end and a second end mounted in said upper control arm bushing;
• first and second anchor devices attached to body portions of the associated vehicle and each supporting an end portion of said bushing bolt in a shaft receiving portion thereof, comprising the steps of:
• removing said first and second anchor devices;
• providing first and second castor adjustable anchor devices each comprising a plate member having a plurality of parallel overlapping bores extending therethrough which are each adapted for axially receiving a shaft portion of a control arm bushing bolt therethrough in radially nondisplaceable relationship therewith;
• mounting end portions of an upper control arm bushing bolt in selected ones of said plurality of overlapping bores in said first and second castor adjustable anchor devices which are associated with a desired wheel camber position.