The importance of wheel alignment cannot be overstated. Aligned wheels keep the tire tread even on the pavement. This extends the life that you get out of each tire because the treads wear down evenly. Trojan Auto Care can keep your wheels aligned. The general service is recommended every two years or when you knock your wheels out of alignment. Here are six things that can do that.
1. Auto Accidents
Getting into an automobile accident can mess up your car, truck, or utility vehicle in many ways. One of these ways is to knock your wheels out of alignment. Even if the accident was a minor one, your wheels may have been jarred enough that they were knocked out of alignment. Have the alignment checked if you have been in an automobile accident.
2. Bumps/Speed Bumps
Bumps in the road are a huge problem for your wheel alignment. If you fly over the bumps with little regard as to how fast you are driving, you will easily knock the wheels out of alignment. This is especially true if you fly over speed bumps.
3. Curbs
Be careful when you turn around corners and when you parallel park. Hitting a curb pushes the wheel that made contact inward and this directly affects your wheel alignment. Take it slow around corners to avoid making contact with the curbs. Parallel park with caution so that you do not rub your tires up against the curb.
4. Potholes
Potholes are a wheel alignment’s worst nightmare. When you drive through a pothole, especially if you’re going too fast, you jolt your wheels in several different directions at once. This can knock your wheels out of alignment right away. It can also damage your suspension in other ways such as breaking a suspension spring or cracking an axle.
5. Road Construction
It’s important to drive slowly through road construction zones to protect the construction workers. What you may not realize is that this also protects your wheel alignment. Uneven pavement, road covers, and unsurfaced roads are all hard on the wheel alignment.
6. Space Markers
Finally, if you have a habit of pulling into a parking space until you hit the space marker, try to break this habit. When your wheels make contact with the space marker, they are jolted backward. This can knock your wheels out of alignment and damage the tires.
Trojan Auto Care is the best auto service shop in Troy, OH, so call us today if you need your wheels aligned.
