What does too much positive caster do?
What does too much positive caster do?
Positive caster is what allows you to ride your bike with no hands. It is no different on four wheel vehicles. If you don’t have enough positive caster (forks too little angle toward the front) the car will wander and feel unstable. If you have too much positive caster, the vehicle will be harder to turn.
How can I tell if my tire is losing air slowly?
If your tire loses air slowly, there are several ways to find the leak: By sound or feel. In the easiest cases, you may manage to find the leak by sound or feel. There will be a distinctive hissing sound, intensifying as you get closer to the leak. Touch the tire in that place and feel whether there’s air loss.
What happens if you drive with a screw in your tire?
If you choose to keep driving with a foreign object embedded in your tire, a new tire may not be the only hit you take. A blow out can cause a serious accident and injure not only you, but other passengers in your car, as well as other drivers on the road. If you have an accident, there will be repair bills and possibly medical bills, as well.
Can a flat tire cause a driveshaft to fail?
Plus your wheel may not be balancable to perfect balance if it flatter or blew out, and that can cause undue stress on other components (I’ve seen it cause a driveshaft fail under unusual conditions – it was wobbling enough to cause problems).
When to replace a screw in a tire?
The fact that they are still visible is verification that the screw is at the very edge of the steel belt (or a bit beyond). As a tech i would replace that and knowing that brand of tire would advise you they provide warranties for exactly this situation the brand of tire offers a 1 year or 2/32 tread warranty chexk with your local retailer
If your tire loses air slowly, there are several ways to find the leak: By sound or feel. In the easiest cases, you may manage to find the leak by sound or feel. There will be a distinctive hissing sound, intensifying as you get closer to the leak. Touch the tire in that place and feel whether there’s air loss.
If you choose to keep driving with a foreign object embedded in your tire, a new tire may not be the only hit you take. A blow out can cause a serious accident and injure not only you, but other passengers in your car, as well as other drivers on the road. If you have an accident, there will be repair bills and possibly medical bills, as well.
When to worry about a slow tire leak?
It’s possible you have a slow leak if you notice: Frequent flats after you have one or more of your tires replaced Low tire pressure after your car is parked for a long period of time Low tire pressure in just one tire while the other tires maintain adequate pressure
What causes a tire to blow out while driving?
If this decrease in tire pressure occurs while you are driving, the tires will generate more heat than normal. This excess heat and friction can wear through the rubber unexpectedly, causing a blowout.
