Show BENT RIMS CAUSE OF TROUBLE IN CASINGS motorists advised to watch both tires and carriers bent rims are a direct caie of rim cuts of tires bloing blow ing from the rim and of the breaking of the vare ire cables at the base of tl e tire oftentimes mo tourists cannot understand why tires should blow when they are driving along slowly the facts of the case aie that the overstrained carcass has reached the limit of its endurance from previous abuse and has given awaa awa many motorists were they to 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 I 1 atle thought of 3 et they cause a good percentage of tire trouble ichen ben 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 the rim especially if the tire is under Inflated the rims rim s support however ever Is essential to the life of a tire if it Is bent so that it does not fit the tire and allows the side walls to bulge the motorist may know that trouble is to be expected unless he takes immediate precautions by tru truing ingup up their rims motorists m may ay prevent much tire trouble and half the pleasure of motoring is free dom from this trouble A good rule to follow Is to have both tires and rims inspected fortnightly when rim trouble is found it may usually be car cor erected by careful tapping with a ball hammer |