It is night and you are driving home after a hard day at the
office. Suddenly you feel a bump and the steering wheel starts vibrating, a
sure sign that you have damaged your wheel. It doesn’t matter whether you hit a
pothole or because or if it’s plain old metal fatigue, you are now stranded in
the middle of the road and have to wait for someone to come and help you, or
bring out the jack and the spare and get cranking.
Keeping your wheels in tip-top shape is something that can
slip our minds. We may remember to get the engine checked and the car polished,
but unfortunately the wheels of the car, essentially the legs of the machine,
are the things we end up forgetting the most.
The wheels are the parts of the car which is most in contact
with the environment, so the dangers of hitting a pothole or a curb are very
real. They are also the parts responsible for pulling the weight of the car, in
addition to the load of people and luggage.
So what can you do?
One of the important things to keep in mind is that
prevention of the problem is always better than having to find a cure. The
first thing you can do is have the wheels washed and cleaned on a weekly basis.
More if you can afford it. The dirt that gets caught in the wheels keeps on
accumulating, and this can cause a problem with the alignment of the wheel. An alignment
problem can easily wear down the wheel because of the uneven and constant
pressure that it was not designed to withstand.
You should also get your wheel’s air pressure checked as
wheels that are under-inflated can overheat, causing them to burst, or if it is
over-inflated, cause the car to handle poorly which can wear down the wheels
faster, similarly to the wheel alignment problem mentioned above.
You should also make sure that all four wheels have the
minimum required 1.6mm of tread wear as it will help you to determine when a
wheel needs to be replaced.
By following these few tips you can drastically increase the
life-span of your car’s wheels. However, if you do damage your wheels, contact
Kwicksilver wheel repair that serves the Boston and Southern New Hampshire
areas with mobile wheel repair
services at www.kwickrims.com.
Read more about Wheel Repair:
The Need to Keep Our Cars Maintained
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