How Temperature Affects Tire Pressure..

Keeping your tires in proper condition helps save money and, of course, avoid accidents. Understanding how temperature affects tires and their pressure is imperative for car maintenance.

Tire pressure is the amount of air in your tires. This is measured in pounds per square inch, or psi. The recommended pressure level is usually listed in the owner's manual.

Changes in the air temperature affect your tire pressure. For every 10-degree fluctuation in temperature, your tires gain or lose one pound of pressure. This makes it important to consistently check your levels because changes in the season will affect your pressure. A tire that is inflated just right at the start of August may become underinflated as the winter months begin.

The heat from friction created by the contact between your tires and the road will increase tire pressure. As the temperature of your tires rise, so will the pressure levels. This increase can cause overinflated tires to blow or underinflated tires to appear acceptable. Check your tire pressure often and stay with all regularly scheduled maintenance with your QuickTrick™ Alignment Product.   Stay safe, have better performance & save some money!!

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The Most Common Reasons for Uneven Tire Wear!

The Most Common Reasons for Uneven Tire Wear:

Uneven tire wear is an costly problem. This is the primary reason people impulsively replace a tire on their car or truck. Irregular tire wear can be caused by a number of issues.

 Incorrect inflation (outer edge wear equals low tire pressure) 

Alignment issues 

Vehicle over-loading 

Worn shocks or struts 

Tire wear on an inner or outer edge only, shows a problem with vehicle camber. 

Feathering, or patchy tread wear indicates tire scrubbing indicating the need for toe adjustment. 

Cupping, or unevenness in tread indicates worn shocks or struts.

It is important to identify these issues before they become a problem with your tire wear. By the time you notice the tire wear issues, there is a good chance you may have bent or worn equipment, have to replace a tire or two and could have smaller components vibrating loose. By utilizing a classic or pro QuickTrick™ Alignment Product with a 4-6 week maintenance plan, you can make sure your measurements are consistent and know immediately when they are off.. BEFORE you have tire wear issues.

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Series - Symptoms of Alignment Problems (cont)

Tire Wear • One of the most obvious symptoms of an incorrect alignment is tire wear. The camber as well as toe can affect your tire wear. • Toe-in is the distance between the front edge of the two front tires and the back end of the two front tires. When the tires are misaligned, with regard to toe-in or camber, then it causes areas of the tire to be overused and results in a shorter tire life. Excessively worn out treads on the outside of a tire can mean the camber is too positive, or there is too much toe-in. Inside wear indicates the opposite alignment problem with possible negative camber and/or misaligned toe out. • All of these symptoms can be measured with the QuickTrick™ Toe Alignment Products. More FAQ’s and the QuickTrickaPedia can be found on our website. Next week we will review common misconceptions

Weekly Installment on Symptoms of alignment issues - Wandering

• An inadequately aligned car may pull to one side because of camber, it can also have other steering problems because of caster. • Caster is the angle of the steering pivot. When viewed from the side, the caster may cause the steering pivot to lean back or forward. • If the steering pivot is too negative the car may wander on the road while you drive. This makes steering in a straight line a constant battle. If it is positioned too far forward, or positive, it could make the steering jerky and too stiff. • Caster, Camber & Toe can be measured with QuickTrick™ Alignment Products that include the caster/camber gauge and setup. You can visit the website for more tips and how to’s in Alignment 101 & QuickTrickapedia at www.quicktrickalignment.com.

Racing & Caster/Camber • Caster is a design condition that causes the race-car wheel to track straight, and camber eases the amount of effort it takes for a driver to turn the car. Camber is when a wheel is tilted on an angle either toward or away from the center line of the vehicle, which helps the vehicle in taking a corner and enduring extreme racing conditions. To measure these features and ensure the car is set up for a smooth and efficient drive, mechanics and racers use a caster/camber gauge. The device calculates the angle to determine the caster and camber alignments. Typically these tools need to be used on level ground, but the QuickTrick™ Classic and Pro Caster/Camber Alignment System’s do not require a flat surface due to our patent pending technology and recalc/zero feature gauge that will auto calc the difference of degree on whatever surface you measure from. We would not recommend trying the measurement on a non-solid surface, such as sand or mud. **See you next week for more tips. In the meantime, check out the website for additional tips and the QuickTrickApedia @ www.quicktrickalignment.com