To provide a method for eliminating runout and an apparatus for eliminating runout, capable of easily modifying the runout of the steel spoke wheel of a compact motorcycle caused by distortion in the steel spoke.

A pair of shaft supporting poles 3, 3 are installed in a standing manner on a base 1 with a predetermined interval. The wheel is set in such a state as to be equal to the actual travelling state through an axle shaft 7 installed horizontally between the pair of shaft supporting poles 3, 3. Further, a servo mechanism 5 for pressuring a wheel rim R1 laterally is disposed on at least one side of the shaft supporting poles 3. Runout is reproduced by rotating the set wheel to determine the maximum amplitude position. The position is pressurized in the opposite direction by the servo mechanism 5.