Probably the biggest reason that you might need new tires well before you should is that your tread is wearing unevenly and causing premature damage to your tires. That’s completely preventable and Route 20 Auto Essentials can tell you how you can do just that.
They Need Rotating
Rotating your car’s tires is a lot more important than you might have realized. That’s because each wheel of the car handles slightly different weights and responsibilities. That affects the way that the tread wears on that particular tire. By rotating the tires, you’re spreading out the responsibilities, so to speak, so that one tire doesn’t take on the entire load of that wheel on its own.
They Need an Alignment
Wheel alignments are easily overlooked because most car owners don’t see the purpose behind them. What happens with a wheel alignment is that your car’s wheels are lined up as close to perfectly as possible. Sure, driving affects that alignment a small bit every day, but when the wheels are as close to aligned as possible, your tires wear more evenly and you get better gas mileage because your engine isn’t working too hard trying to propel the car.
They Need Balancing
Balanced wheels are the third part of the happy tire trifecta. When you get new tires or when you get your tires rotated, you should have the balance checked. This helps to ensure that the tires are meeting the road as evenly as possible instead of at varying intervals. Unbalanced tires get chewed up a lot faster by the pavement.
They Need Proper Air Inflation
When your tires have the recommended air pressure in them, then each piece of the tire’s surface meets the road as evenly as possible. That means that there isn’t one area of the tire that bows inward, avoiding the pavement. Your tires need to have all of that surface flat against the road for the best performance possible, and proper inflation does that for them. You’ll also get better gas mileage.
If your car’s tires seem to be wearing out sooner than they should, you need to find out why. Call us today at Route 20 Auto Essentials in Ashtabula, OH. We’ll thoroughly check out your tires, your wheels, and even your suspension system to determine what’s causing your tires to wear unevenly. Then we’ll give you the best plan for correcting that problem so your next set of tires lasts you a long time.