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Show Bent Rims Are Given as Cause of Casing Trouble Bent rims are a direct cause of rim cuts, of tires blowing from the rim and of the breaking of the tire cables at the base of the tire. Oftentimes motorists cannot understand why tires should blow out when they are driving slowly. The facts of the case are that the overstrained carcass has reached the limit of Its endurance from previous pre-vious abuse and has given way. Many motorists, were they to examine ex-amine the wheels on their cars, would be surprised to notice that their rims are bent along the edges. These bent rim flanges are ordinarily little thought of, yet they are responsible for a goodly good-ly percentage of tire grief. When the wheel hits a frog or a switch of a street car track, or a hole in the road, there Is a tendency to flatten flat-ten the rim, especially if the tire Is underinflated. The rim's support however, is essential to the life of e tire. If It Is bent so that it does noi fit the tire and allows the s'.dew.-ill-to bulge, the driver may know lha trouble Is to be expected unless h takes immediate precautions. |