Tyre and wheel service
How to choose a tyre fitter, whether a sidewall cut or an alloy wheel can be repaired, why the impact wrench is dangerous, wheel balancing and steering wheel vibration.
Serhii Maslov
13 articles
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How to choose a tyre fitter?Oh, there’s a shed 300 metres away, what’s there to choose, plenty of motorists will say. And they’ll be wrong: a tyre fitter, and for that matter the fitter you trust with your wheels, needs to be…1,483 words- Beware the impact wrench!It seems such a routine procedure: doing up bolts with an air gun. Most motorists are used to this step and pay it no attention at all.1,053 words
- A cut in the sidewall: repair or scrap?Sadly, any damage to the sidewall of a radial tyre is, in all likelihood, already the end of its service life. Even so, many tyre fitters take on the repair of sidewall cuts in car tyres.1,150 words
- Alloy wheel repairAt first glance the question is simple, since the answer to it is right there on the signs outside most tyre-fitting workshops. If alloy wheels are repaired, that must mean it’s allowed?1,068 words
- How often should you balance your wheels?How often should you balance your wheels? At each seasonal swap, after hitting a pothole, every 15,000 km and before a long trip. Here is why.436 words
- A punctured tyre: what can be repaired and what cannot“A string plug from outside, five minutes and off we go,” promises the roadside tyre fitter, and the wheel is not even taken off the car. Quick, cheap, and the tyre seems to hold air.1,175 words · new article