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Tips on Car Tire Safety and Maintenance

 

Expect a lot of wear and tear that will actually occur on a car's tires, as they are the only parts of a car that are usually in contact with the road, most especially if the car is often used for long trips; that is why it is important that you provide a regular schedule for maintenance check up on your car tires that includes the tires' performance when driving the car and putting on the brakes.    

 

The performance of a car's tire is affected by these elements - air pressure, tread depth, balance and wheels of the car, and when a car is often used during the course of uncontrollable circumstances, such as potholes or road debris, inclement weather, long drives, you should not be surprised if any of the mentioned elements can badly affect the performance of a car's tire. So that you will be able to get back on your car's investment by getting optimum tire performance and safety, have you car tires checked on a regular basis.

 

When you put your car under the care of autocentro tire specialist, constant maintenance check ups will allow you to learn and understand the usual things that a tire specialist will try to look into and explain the circumstances of the tire's situation and these are: if the tire is over inflated, which means that there is too much air pressure, such that the mid-section of the tire is often in contact with the road, creating wear damage at the center tread; if the tire is under inflated, this means  there is too little air pressure, which can cause the tire's outer edges to be in contact with the road, resulting into wear damage at both edges of the tread; if there is presence of a tread wear at one edge of the tire, which is an indication of the wheels that may not be properly aligned; if there is what is called an erratic tread wear, which can be caused by an out of balance wheel, damaged shock absorber or suspension; if there is a raised portion of the tread, which indicates that one of the belts in the tire carcass has been separated. 

 

Other equally factors that must be included in a car tire's regular maintenance check up are the following:   tire rotation, as front and rear tires require different loads and performance during car steering and putting on brakes; balancing of tires, to minimize uneven wear of alineacion tires; wheel alignment, since each car has a specific wheel alignment setting. 

 

Since the tire rotation in a car is designed to perform only within the range from 5,000 and 7,000 miles, when the car goes beyond the standard mileage, it is expected that the tires will definitely begin to wear out.  With respect to the wheel alignment setting, when a car does not conform to its specified, wheel alignment requirement, the car's tires will have an uneven tread damage, which can seriously affect the driving and fuel economy of the car. Watch this video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbfdp-mh6dg and know more about cars.

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