Auto maintenance: wheel balancing and alignment

When you have a new tire fitted to your car you will notice that you have newly fitted ugly lead weights added to your wheels, these aren’t just there to annoy you and collect dirt! They’re actually used to balance your wheel (on some wheels they may be installed on the inside circumference so you won’t see them).  Every tire that is manufactured is bound to have slight differences, variations and benign imperfections, it is impossible to make each tire exactly the same, also every wheel is different. And these variations can make your tires and wheels wobble or not rotate in a perfect symmetrical pattern which can result in lower gas mileage and tires wearing earlier.  Therefore different weights will be attached to make the wheel balanced and help you get more life out of your tires (and better gas mileage at the same time).

If your wheels are out of balance (or as they refer to it in the automotive industry, out of round) then your car will vibrate while you drive, this normally occurs at certain higher speeds. Think about your cell phone that vibrates because a motor spins round an unbalanced piece of metal the same is happening with your car.

This vibration usually occurs between 50 and 60mph, although it could occur at any speed depending on how bad the balance is. Uneven wear on your tire could account for the wheel being out of balance, this uneven wear could be caused by the wheels being out of alignment.  It is always a good idea to routinely check your tires for premature and irregular wear patterns which will indicate a tire balance or alignment problem.  Look for one side being more worn than the other (this is the most common tire indication).

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In simple terms alignment basically means the angle that your wheels are mounted on your car. Now once this is fixed you would assume that it stays like that forever, right? Well wrong, every time you hit a pothole, brush up against a curb or knock anything else they can alter your steering and suspension. After a while your wheels are no longer straight.

You’ll know that your wheels aren’t aligned if your car always pulls to one side, if you have to fight and use a lot of physical strength and concentration to keep it in a straight line then chances are you need your wheels aligned. There are hundreds of potholes scattered throughout our roads, you would have to drive at snails pace to have any chance of avoiding them all!

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Anyway, even if you are very careful and fall into any of the potholes the alignment of your cars wheels will change over time. This change in alignment occurs very slowly over time, because the change is so slow you will become used to it. You might not even be aware of a problem until you notice an uneven wear pattern on your tires.