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Potholes cause alignment issues

by CAR CARE CANADA SUBMITTED ARTICLE THAT CURB YOUBUMPED WHILE NEGOTIATING AN ICY CORNER LAST WINTER MIGHT NOT APPEARTO HAVE DONE ANY DAMAGE, BUT CHANCES ARE YOUR VEHICLE IS A CANDIDATEFOR AN ALIGNMENT CHECK IF YOU HIT IT -- OR THAT FROST-HEAVE ORSPRING THAW POTHOLE -- HARD ENOUGH, YOU MIGHT NOTICE YOUR VEHICLE NOLONGER TRACKS STRAIGHT, TENDS TO PULL TO ONE SIDE, PARTICULARLYWHILE BRAKING IN A SEVERE CASE, YOUR STEERING WHEEL MIGHT EVEN BEASKEW BUT IN MOST CASES, WHEEL MISALIGNMENT IS MORE SUBTLE ANDOFTEN GOES UNNOTICED UNTIL IT BECOMES OBVIOUS THROUGH UNUSUAL TIREWEAR PATTERNS WHEN A VEHICLE LEAVES THE FACTORY, ITS WHEELS AREALIGNED IN A GEOMETRIC RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ACTIONS OF THESUSPENSION, STEERING THE MAIN SETTINGS, KNOWN AS CAMBER, CASTERAND TOE-IN, HEIGHT, RIDE, DETERMINE HOW IT WILL REACT DURINGACCELERATION, BRAKING, TURNING, HITTING BUMPS OR JUST ROLLING DOWNTHE HIGHWAY TIRE TREAD WEAR PATTERNS ARE A CLEAR VISUAL CLUE TO BADALIGNMENT, ARE EASY TO DETECT, BUT ONLY AFTER THEY'VE BECOMEESTABLISHED, BY WHICH TIME YOU'VE USUALLY RUINED AN EXPENSIVE SET OFTIRES A SIMPLE CHECK CAN BE CONDUCTED USING A COIN TO MEASURE TREADDEPTH ON THE INSIDE, CENTRE, OUTSIDE OF THE TIRE IF THE TREAD ISDEEPER ON THE EDGES THAN THE CENTRE, THE TIRE HAS BEEN RUNNINGOVER-INFLATED IF THE TREAD IS DEEPER IN THE CENTRE THAN THE EDGES,IT'S BEEN RUNNING UNDER-INFLATED SIMPLY INFLATING THEM TO THECORRECT PRESSURE CAN SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS IF THE TREAD IS DEEPER ONONE SIDE THAN THE OTHER, HOWEVER, YOU HAVE A CAMBER PROBLEM ANOTHERCHECK INVOLVES RUNNING YOUR HAND OVER THE TIRE IF YOU FIND THESURFACE IS SMOOTH IN ONE DIRECTION, JAGGED IN THE OTHER, YOU'VELIKELY DISCOVERED THE SAW-TOOTH WEAR PATTERN RELATED TO A TOE-INPROBLEM IN BOTH CASES, PROFESSIONAL ATTENTION IS REQUIRED CAR CARECANADA RECOMMENDS HAVING AN ANNUAL ALIGNMENT, SUSPENSIONCOMPONENTS CHECK-OVER IT COULD SAVE YOU THE COST OF REPLACINGPREMATURELY WORN TIRES, WILL ENSURE YOUR VEHICLE OPERATES SAFELYIN AN EMERGENCY
Published in Daily graphic (Portage la Prairie. 1895) (03.04.2010)
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