Show Wheels They Should Be What seems perfectly natural is not always the best design for your For it would seem natural to have the front wheels run perfectly upright and aimed straight ahead in most NOT The best steering control and greatest tire mileage is provided by precisely angling the front wheels to assume a slightly tilted and slightly pigeon-toed Several adjustable angles between the front wheels and the steering and suspension system are accurately established for each car auto engineers and are carefully aligned during THESE angular relationships are subjected to continuous torture in driving and eventually lose their original Misalignment can occur suddenly by slamming a wheel into a pothole in the road or by jolting against a curb when As car mileage microscopic wear at the many pivot points in the steering and suspension also takes its toll and slowly changes the important Restoration of the original angular relationships is called or end and it's vital to your driving safety no matter what make or you IF YOUR car to one side on a level that's one sign of pressure in one tire or mis-matched tires also may cause A front end vibration at certain speeds or a tendency to or can be another sign of If these signals are accelerated wear on one or both front tires is IT'S IMPORTANT to be able to recognize some of the symptoms of misalignment as quickly as they appear and to know about the three main angles that your auto serviceman must check and Caster is the fore-and-aft tilt of the pivot around which the front wheels turn when steering the Changes in caster affect directional control of the car when can cause darting and CAMBER is the inward or outward tilt of the front wheels that places the center of the tire tread at the point of the where the load is Too much tilt causes rapid tire Toe-in measures the extent to which the front wheels are at the front a slightly effect to offset the powerful forces which act to flex the wheels as you Too much toe-in the opposite accelerates tire wear and cuts gas |