It is important to know how to maintain your vehicle tires accordingly. Proper tire maintenance will not only extend its life span, but also ensure safety to all users.
Here are some tips and tricks on how to ensure your tire maintained well.
Checking the tire pressure with a tire pressure gauge at least every month or more often when it’s cold outside. On average, tires lose around 1 psi (pound per square inch) every month and 1 psi every time the temperature drops 10 degrees F. It is important to maintain proper tire pressure.
Fill up under inflated tires to their recommended psi rating. You can typically find the recommended psi for your tires on your car’s vehicle information sheet attached to the panel of the driver’s side door or on the tires themselves. You can use the public air compressor at any gas station for a nominal fee or you can also fill up your tire with nitrogen for a better performance.
Make sure to rotate your tires every 5,000 to 8,000 miles. Rotating tires ensure that they wear evenly and prolong the life of your tires. When you don’t rotate your tires, you run the risk of having one tire that wears more significantly than the others and that has to be replaced sooner.
Inspect the tread on your tires for wear regularly. If you become familiar with what your tread looks like, it will be that much easier for you to identify when the tread is worn down. When you can see the tread bars that run across the tires, it’s time to have your tires replaced.
Regularly check the depth of the tread with a penny. Hold the body of Lincoln on the penny and insert his head into the tread groove. If the head is hidden by part of the groove, the tread is within acceptable legal limits.
Try to listen to your car for irregular noises, particularly at speeds in excess of 50 mph. If your car is making noises when in motion, it could be a sign of irregular wear or other problems with your tires. Have a professional check this problem.
Also, make sure to choose the appropriate tire type for your need and do not over inflate within the recommended or maximum PSI. In purchasing a set of new tires, It would be a good practice to check the manufactured date. The manufactured date could be seen on the tire wall. It’s usually a four numeric number; example is “1525” 15 is the year 2015 and 25 is the 25th week of that year.
We hope that this article would be helpful to all car owners and enthusiast.
