a guide to proper tire care
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A Guide To Proper Tire Care
Taking the right decision for maintenance prevents the car owners from deadly outcomes on road.
Whether you have driven hundreds of miles or not but taking care of the tires once in a month
definitely increases your safety and mileage.
It is always important to check for excessive or irregular tread wear, under inflation, or damages like scrapes, bulges, cracks,
punctures etc.
Except all these, if you expect pressure loss more frequently then make sure to check the tires.
What Are The Necessary Steps Of Tire Care?
The timely inspection and repair can prolong your tires' life and limits the expense on it.
The visual inspection to find damages in tire thread can help you to prepare it for early servicing.
It's always important to know when the vehicle needs a tire replacement and repair.
Under-inflated tires use more fuel to move the vehicle hence waste more energy.
Make sure to follow the instruction for keeping the load capacity in check as extra loads affect the tire health.
Driving at a high speed on roads which is full off potholes and humps and bumps also reduces the life of tires.
Tips To Prolong The Life Of Tires :-
Make sure to rotate the tire in every 5,000-7,000 miles which helps the tire to wear at the same time.
As per manufacturers, adding new tire to back axle can give a better control if you drive on wet roads.
Always make sure to keep the right tire-pressure which will prevent the tire from losing grip in wet, snowy or rainy
surfaces.
Make sure to check tire depth regularly which will keep the right traction on road.
Make sure to read the car owner's manual before changing the tires.
Vehicle handling always get affected by wrong size and type of tires. So select the exact tire as written in owner's manual.
Always select tires that can handle the load with right size and type as less load carrying tires can affect the handling and fuel
efficiency.
While installing new tires, make sure not to mix the radials and non-radials on the same axle.
Don't overload your vehicle and make sure to check the maximum loading limit as it can harm the components and tires
as well.
The unscheduled rotation, worn out suspension part, under inflation or over inflation, wheel imbalance, and misalignment always cause
vibration and thread wear and tear in limited time.
Always make sure to avoid excess tire spinning in cold or snowy or wet road as sometimes the spinning can lead to tire
explosion.
Always make sure to take the penny test to know whether it's time to replace the tire or not.
If tire wears on both edges then it could reduce the tire toughness and fuel economy.
