Show B Bad d Inflation Puts Tires On Junk Pile Overloading and Disuse Also Rated Among Arch ArchEnemies ArchEnemies ArchEnemies Enemies of Rubber Heres Here's Handy List of to Paste Up in Garage Do not run on a a flat tire Ure It Is better to run on the rim If only for a short hort distance Be careful that the rims do not net get rusty Common stove steve polish wilt keep them In good goed condition Oe De careful not to 10 pinch the Inner tube when applying or re- re removing removing re removing moving an outer casing Pan PaES the tho hand around the Inside to see that there are no pinches before going ahead Never Ne try to fOrce a a tire lire on a wheel heel It If It seems to go so on un- un unusually unusually usually tin usually hard something must roust be wrong fong Look for the trouble It may only be the valve alve stem la is In MAKE L KE SPARK SPARE S1 AR WORK WORIC Never keep a 11 spare tire tare out of oluse use too long IouI Change over over occa stonily A tire the last lasts luts longer when It tt la is in use us than If It con con- constantly constantly con constantly exposed to the sun un and andrain andrain andrain rain on the running board or on the rear reap of the car Wash tires occasionally with pure cold coldwater water wilier and a little soap to be ur sure that no gasoline grease or oil remains on them These will soften often and dutro destroy rubber When hen the tread treads soften the trac trac- traction traction tion In service will the rubber In a a wavy line a aDo Do not overload tires A tire the wilt give out sooner oner tram from over over- overloadIng overloading overloading loading than from any other cause tuu Do not under Inflate tin Un- Un inflation der-inflation and overloading ac- ac account ac account count for tor about 90 10 per cent of all tire trouble Use a tire the caliper or pressure gauge and make sure lure the Inflation I Is right u Di Learn taro the correct all air pressure for your tires and check with It-with It willa a gauge gauge every every few days Remember Re- Re Remember Remember member that four pounds loss of pressure In a a balloon tiro of a certain elie Ilze for tor which the correct pressure may be 80 30 30 pounds ts is just as aj serious u as the loss loos of two or three times that much In a pressure pressure high tire the of a size r- r OVERLOADING Avoid overloading your tires tires- tires and when It Is absolutely unavoidable able help the tire handle the ex extra tra load by putting In more air II It If the overloading Is likely to b be continuous change your tires for larger ones once RAPID TREAD WEAR Anything which causes a tire tiro to drag with more or less side motion Instead of ot running true will grind the rubber tread away faster futer than Is normal Check your our car over today to see whether whether whether er you are losing tire service be be- be because because cause of or any of the various forms of wheel Irregularities These Include misalignment Improper camber wobbles wobbles etc and may I result from a bent a bent bentI I steering knuckle a R loose wheel bearing a broken spring a bent nt spindle or a rim unevenly placed on a wheel A brake which drags will win cause rapid tread wear ear also CHAIN I ABRASIONS See that your our skid chains are not lot so tight that they gouge Into the tread and fabric carcass c of your our tire TREAD D CUTS Sharp stones and pieces of glass glus tin or the harp edges of a switch point will Cut cut Into the toughest kind of are a re l re tread Th flexing action of or the tho tire tiro enlarge such cuts Road dirt and mols turo turo ture enter and eventually cause separation of the rubber trea tread from the fabric carcass of the tho tire Look Look- your Look your tires over at least every we week k Clean such cuts and fill them with plastic patching rubber which you may get fr from m many any tire tiro dealer SIDE WALL W Wr R WEAR Scraping a a tire the agaInst curbs when turning a corner or when parkIng or careless driving over frozen rutty roads sometimes will wear the rubber oft off the thoi sidewall and expose the tho ho carcass Water and dirt then enter and rapid destruction of ot the tire re- re results results re results Such sidewall injuries on your tires ought to be repaired promptly by An nn experienced i RIM RUI TROUBLE Take a a careful look to see that your rims may not be causing you OU the loss los of some serIce ser sen Ice from your our tires Make sure that they are true so the tire lire runs without a a wobble See that the flanges are not bent or badly rusted which might cause them to chafe chate the side of the tire TUBE TUDE CARE Rr The destruction of a tube otter often is started when It Is being ap- ap apI applied ap I piled plied through Its being pinched under the bead of the tire A Jl little care Is If all that if to needed tc to avoid pinching In tires the flap should be carefully f and smoothly applied A wrinkle will cut the tube causing a slow leak The lock nut on the valve alve stem should be tightly screwed down as should the valve cap Keep your our spare where they will not be chafed or Injured by grease or oil WATCH INFLATION Probably no one thing causes cause tires to be scrapped b before fo e they the I have given full service more than thana a 0 break or crack in the fabric body of ot the tire commonly called a a stone bruise A stone bruise Is usually the result of the fabric Inside of the tire the being forced sharply do down don n against as the steel stee I rim Most of such accidents can car be bo traced to your tires not being Inflated strikIng striking sufficiently or your our Ing some projection In the road roa at high speed Striking the curb sharply when hen turning a a corner or turning around in the street Is also responsible for many stone bruises bruise Usually the tire the can be saved ed It Jt such injuries are prompt prompt- I repaired by a good |