Show BENT RIMS CAUSE OF TROUBLE IN CASINGS motorists advised to watch both tires and carriers dent bent rims are a direct cause of rim cuts of tires blowing from the rim and of the breaking of the wire cables at the base of the tire oftentimes motorists cannot understand why tires should blow when ahen they are driving along slowly the facts ot of the case are that the overstrained over strained carcass has reached the limit of its endurance from previous abuse and has given away many motorists were they to examine the wheels on their cars would be surprised to notice that their rims are bent along the edges these herd bent rim flanges are ordinarily little thought of yet they cause a good percentage ot of tire trouble 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 the rim especially it if the ure tire Is under inflated the rims support however Is essential to the life of a tire it 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 lie he takes immediate precautions by truing up their rims motorists may prevent much tire trouble and half the pleasure of motoring Is freedom 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 corrected by careful tapping with a ball hammer |