IF YOU FIX AND INSTALL YOUR TYRES BY ROADSIDE TECHNICIANS. YOU NEED TO READ THIS BEFORE INSTALLING YOUR NEXT TYRES.

Getting tyre installations right is key to safety, ride comfort and determined the life span of your tyres.

Who installed your tyres holds so much importance. Many tyres failures can be traced to the point of installations done by technicians not following up on proper installation guides. If you are going to have a roadside technician installed your tyres here are three basic knowledge you need to ensure proper processes are followed.

1) UNDERSTAND THE TYPE OF TYRE YOU ARE INSTALLING.

There are three basic types of tyres: 

1) Asymmetric, 

2) Symmetric or Multidimensional 

3) Directional

 Fitting any of these tyres requires different techniques.  Asymmetric tyres are designed with different tread patterns on both inner and outer parts of the tread for different purposes.  For proper installation guides, manufacturers inscribe OUTSIDE to show the side of the tyre that must be outside and INSIDE to show the side of the tyre that must be in. Symmetric or Multidimensional tyres feature same tread pattern on both inner and outer parts which allow it to rotate in any direction. This is the easiest tyre to install and also the most common tread pattern. Then Directional tyres have an arrow on the sidewalls that shows which direction the tyre must rotate. This tyre is meant to rotate in just one direction. Sometimes ROTATION is written beside the arrow on the sidewalls for easy guide.

Many local tyre technicians located by the roadsides are not equipped with this information and some who know think those instructions really don't matter. Know the type of tyres you are installing and be part of the process. Your safety depends on it.

2) KNOW THE RECOMMENDED PSI FOR YOUR CAR AND UNDERSTAND TYRE PRESSURE GAUGE READINGS.

Overinflation and underinflation of tyres are the common causes of tyre damages and failures. The recommended inflation for your vehicle is found mostly by the driver's doorjamb on a small placard sticker. Others places are the glove box, inside the fuel flap or under the bonnet. Overinflation reduces the tyre's contact patch on road which reduce its grip on the road surfaces. It also causes tyres to wear prematurely at the middle. Underinflation increases rolling resistance which will affect the rate at which your vehicle consumes fuel. Tyres heat up quickly when under-inflated because the sidewalls are allowed to over flexed.  Find out the pressure gauge device is working perfectly and insist the right psi goes into the tyre.

3) UNDERSTAND WHAT THE YELLOW AND RED DOTS ON YOUR TYRES MEAN.

Most new tyres come with red and yellow dots. Some with just yellow dot. These removable stickers are added by tyre makers to help make installation processes easy to install on the rim. You need to know, no tyre is perfectly round and no tyre has perfect weight distribution. The red dot shows the high point of the tyre in roundness. The yellow dot shows where the weight least is found in the tyre. Same goes for the wheels/rims.  Wheels/rims also has high and low points. When installing tyres on rims it is important to align the yellow dot with the rim valve stem to balance the heavy point of the rim with the low point of the tyre. If the tyre you are installing has only red dot then red dot should align with the value stem. Bumpy driving, wobbling, steering vibration are among many negative implications of wrong installations from many roadside tyre technicians. Installing used tyres on your car does not give you this opportunity because red and yellow paints usually remove after a while. Be part of your tyre installation processes when you engage a roadside technician for safety and your tyres' wellbeing during their service lives.

For quality tyres call us at SWINGSTAGE LIMITED.

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