Tool for adjusting camber

A tool for adjusting camber of a wheel on a vehicle, comprising:

• a body;
• said body including means for engaging the wheel above a camber axis thereof, on a side of the wheel facing a stop on said vehicle remote from said wheel;
• an advancing arm movably mounted to said body, said advancing arm being extendable in a first direction to engage said vehicle stop;
• means for extending said advancing arm in said first direction, a continued operation of said extending means following engagement of said advancing arm with said vehicle stop being operable to retract said body in a second direction opposite said first direction against a negative-camber wheel biasing, said means for engaging transferring a resultant counter-force in said second direction to said side of the wheel disposed above said camber axis, whereby the wheel pivots about said camber axis in a camber-positive direction;
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• means for retracting said advancing arm, operation of said means for retracting being operable to advance said body in said first direction during engagement of said advancing arm with said vehicle stop, said means for engaging retaining the wheel against said negative-camber wheel biasing by engagement thereof with said side of the wheel disposed above said camber axis, whereby the wheel pivots about said camber axis in a camber-negative direction, an amount controlled by said operation of said means for retracting.

A tool for adjusting camber of a wheel on a vehicle having an overhead strut, comprising:

• a body receivable on top of the wheel and having an extension part receivable against a side of the wheel, the tool further including;
• an advancing arm slidably carried on the body, said advancing arm being extendable in a first direction to engage a stop on the vehicle remote from said side of wheel;
• means for extending said advancing arm in said first direction, a continued operation of said extending means following engagement of said advancing arm with said vehicle stop being operable to retract said body in a second direction opposite to said first direction whereby the body extension piece pivots the wheel about a camber axis;
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• said body including a cutout for receiving a forward end of said advancing arm therein when said advancing arm is retracted.

A tool for adjusting camber of a wheel on a vehicle having an overhead strut, comprising:

• a body;
• said body including means for engaging a side of the wheel facing opposite the strut said means for engaging being positionable above a camber axis of said wheel;
• an advancing arm slidably mounted to the body, said advancing arm being extendable in a first direction to engage a stop on the vehicle;
• means for extending said advancing arm in said first direction, a continued operation of said extending means following engagement of said advancing arm with said vehicle stop being operable to retract said body in a second direction opposite said first direction against a negative-camber wheel biasing, whereby said means for engaging pivots the wheel about a camber axis in a camber-positive direction:
• means for retracting said advancing arm, operation of said means for retracting being operable to advance said body in said first direction during engagement of said advancing arm with said vehicle stop, said means for engaging retaining said wheel against said negative-camber wheel biasing, whereby said wheel pivots about a camber axis in a camber-negative direction, an amount controlled by said operation of said means for retracting;
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• said body including a cutout for receiving a forward end of said advancing arm therein when said advancing arm is retracted.