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Tire Maintenance Guide:
Checking your tires on a regular basis is an important step in protecting your safety as well as your automotive investment. Tire inspections should be performed monthly and more often if you drive over potholes and debris in the road or drive long distances regularly. Always inspect your tires before a long trip.
Poor tire maintenance can lead to premature tire wear, tire blowout, or a flat tire. Factors other than tires themselves also can affect tire wear. Worn suspension parts and the vehicle's alignment both play a direct role in tire wear and performance.
How do I know when I need new tires?
Many tires have tread wear indicator bars molded into the tread. When the tread is worn down to where you can see a solid bar of rubber across the width of the tread, it is time to replace the tire. Although not accurate, you can also check the tread by placing a quarter into several tread grooves across the tire. If part of Washington's head is always covered by the tread, you have more than 4/32" of tread depth remaining.VISUAL INSPECTION OF TIRES
| Over inflation: Too much air pressure causes only the tire's middle section to touch the road. This creates wear primarily in the center of the tire, and not the tire's edges. |  |
Under inflation: Too little air pressure causes the tire's sides to sag and the middle section pulls up from the road. This creates wear primarily on both edges of the tire, but not in the center. |  |
Tread wear on one edge of the tire: This typically occurs when the wheels are out of alignment. |
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Erratic tread wear: This is often called cupping, and may mean the wheel is out of balance, or that the shock absorbers or ball joints need to be replaced. |
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Raised portion of the tread may indicate that a radial belt inside the tire has separated.
TIRE PROBLEMS TO LOOK FOR WHILE DRIVING
- Unusual vibration or thumping noise: Vibration or thumping noises can indicate a separated radial belt or badly chopped tire.
- A pull to one side: While driving at a steady speed, pulling to one side may indicate that tires on one side of the vehicle do not have equal air pressure with the tires on the other side of the vehicle. If this is not the case, then pulling to one side may be caused by a separated radial belt, or the need for a wheel alignment.
Tires on the front and the rear of vehicles operate at different loads and perform different steering and braking functions, resulting in unequal wear patterns. To gain maximum life and performance from your tires, it is essential to rotate your vehicle's tires every 6,000 miles if you drive under normal driving conditions.
Wheel Balancing
Properly balanced tires help minimize uneven wear and extend their life. When tires are balanced, small lead weights are attached to the wheels to limit vibration of the tire and wheels as they turn. Tires and wheels should be balanced when the tires are rotated (normally every 6,000 miles), after putting on new tires, after fixing a flat tire, and any other time a tire is removed from its rim.
Wheel Alignment
Wheel alignment is the measurement of the position of the wheels compared to specifications that the vehicle manufacturers recommend. Each vehicle has a specific wheel alignment range. If the wheel alignment isn't within its range, steering may become difficult and tires can wear unevenly. This can make them unsafe and also lower the vehicle's fuel mileage. You should check your wheel alignment every 12,000 miles or whenever you get your tires serviced. If the wheel alignment is out of specification, adjustments can be made by moving adjustable suspension parts.
A vehicle's wheels are properly aligned when you can drive down a road in a straight line without drifting or pulling to one side. Drifting and pulling to one side also can be caused by several other factors: a failed radial belt in a tire, low air pressure and worn or bent suspension parts can cause these conditions. A complete inspection should be made before a wheel alignment is performed.
For more information on tire safety, please visit:
http://www.rma.org/tire_safety/
