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Show MISALIGNED WHEELS QUICKLY WEAR TIRES Many Miles of Perfectly Good Service Thrown Away. Thousands if perfectly good miles of tire service are thrown away actually by motorists. It la all done Innocently on the part of the car owner through misalignment of wheels. Although the wheels are out of line no more than a quarter of an Inch, the resultant damage will be death for the tire before It has given nearly nil of; the service which was built into it by; the manufacturer. When misalignment Is extremely bad the motorist must notice It, but In the lesser cases It cannot be detected without with-out an accurate teat. Most up-to-date tire service stations are equipped with specially constructed Instruments for testing alignments. Many gas filling: stations nlso use them while the can Is stopped to be filled with gasoline.! Almost any tire service station will test alignment for the asking and will be glad to point out and correct thej cause of trouble. When wheels are out of line for any reason, the result Is a scraping which quickly wears away the tread surface. Instead of running straight ahead and; accepting the natural traction surfaca friction, the tire is compelled virtually to skid along sideways. This condition frequently Is the fault of bent axles, but not always. It may! be broken springs, loose spring shackles, sprung frames, loose steering knuckles, bent pinions, wornout benr-i' Ings or wabbly wheels. |