Abstract: The present invention relates to a longitudinal portable aligner for damaged vehicle bodywork and vehicle chassis, in conjunction with which the aligner consists of a lower part (1) executed as a frame and an upper part (2), a so-called slide, mounted in it in such a way as to be capable of displacement. The aligner is equipped with folding wheels 919) capable of adjustment between a working position, in which the frame of the aligner is in contact with the floor, and a transport position, in which the frame of the aligner adopts a free position relative to the floor. The invention is characterized in that the wheels (19) are rotatably arranged on a wheel carrier (17) which is arranged as to engage around the lower part (1) and be pivotally mounted on the outsides of the lower part, so that the wheels (19) can be caused to oscillate about the fulcra of the wheel carrier (17) via the force exerted on the web of the wheel carrier.

Abstract: A device for inspecting any looseness and wear in the steering joints and suspension parts of vehicles has a low profile for installation onto a workshop floor, so that a vehicle can be driven onto the unit. The device comprises two generally planar plates bearing against one another. The lower plate is attached to the workshop floor, while the upper plate is rotatable mounted at one end thereof by a bearing pin fitted in the lower plate. The plates are, at their respective free ends, attached to one another by at least one hydraulic cylinder. In use, a vehicle is driven onto the device so as to locate a wheel on the top plate of the device, between the bearing pin and the longitudinal axis of the hydraulic cylinder. Rotation of the upper plate by application of force by the hydraulic cylinder imparts simultaneous displacement of the wheel on the upper plate in both the longitudinal and lateral directions relative to the vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an aligner for damaged vehicle bodywork and vehicle chassis, which aligner is equipped with folding wheels (19) capable of adjustment between a working position and a transport position. In the working position, the aligner is in contact with a floor or the like, and in the transport position, the aligner adopts a free position relative to the floor. The aligner consists of a lower part (1) executed as a frame and an upper part (2), a so-called slide, supported therein in such a way as to be capable of displacement, which upper part is so arranged as to be caused to move in the longitudinal sense of the lower part by at least one actuating device (12) arranged in the lower part (1).

Abstract: The invention relates to arrangements for straightening damaged vehicle bodies by means of straightening devices which pull and/or press, which is of the kind having a transportable alignment bar equipped with retractable wheels, said alignment bar during a straightening operation being lowered to rest on a floor joist and being fastened in a conventional way to this joist with bolt connections or the like, said alignment bar consisting of a baseplate and at least two upright wall elements attached thereto, which together form a substantialy U-shaped profile with a longitudinally extending guideway for at least one straightening assembly displaceably mounted in or on the alignment bar and comprising at least one upright beam for attachment of the straightening devices.

Abstract: The invention relates to a straightening jig for vehicle bodies, particularly for the cabs of trucks, of the kind comprising a stand for fastening to a floor or other foundation, and being equipped with a number of bearing fixings in which a number of bearing components on a vehicle body are intended to fit and be fixed when the vehicle body is located on the jig.