Tire replacement and wheel alignment
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Tire replacement and wheel alignment
Hi,
I had my right front tire replaced due to a road nail. Now when I went for my 10,000 mile service they told me that I need a wheel alignment. My friend told me that whenever you replace a tire you always have to do a wheel alignment. Does anybody know if this is true?
I had my right front tire replaced due to a road nail. Now when I went for my 10,000 mile service they told me that I need a wheel alignment. My friend told me that whenever you replace a tire you always have to do a wheel alignment. Does anybody know if this is true?
Last edited by theoryguy3; 08-11-14 at 10:53 AM.
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When replacing tires, you'll for sure need to get them balanced but you do NOT, as the other posters have mentioned, need a wheel alignment. Like they have said, you only need an alignment if your tread wear is uneven. That's a visual check you can do easily on your own, before you take the car in for the new tire.
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OK, I need some help here. Left Right front tire? Which one?
And wtf is wind mail?
Finally, ideally you would replace all tires at the same time, or at least in pairs on this car. But unless you swapped out any suspension component, you do not need an alignment.
And wtf is wind mail?
Finally, ideally you would replace all tires at the same time, or at least in pairs on this car. But unless you swapped out any suspension component, you do not need an alignment.
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When replacing tires, you'll for sure need to get them balanced but you do NOT, as the other posters have mentioned, need a wheel alignment. Like they have said, you only need an alignment if your tread wear is uneven. That's a visual check you can do easily on your own, before you take the car in for the new tire.
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That unfortunately is my quirky speech to text software . It's the right front tire and it was a road nail that caused it.
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Just for my own info, I thought the balancing rule applies when you have like tire sizes of all four wheel? Since the front and rear tires are different sizes, can you still balance the tire when you replace it?
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The balancing of a tire is because a tire isn't perfectly even all around. Neither is a wheel. So if you spin a wheel and/or tire on a single point, without balancing, you'll see that it stops spinning at the same point every time. There's a heavy spot and a light spot. Balancing removes those heavy and light spots so the spinning action is smooth.
If you ever drove a car with a wheel and tire that were not balanced, you would feel it, and it'd feel like the car is going to shake apart.
But since every single tire is different, as is every wheel, any time you put a new tire onto any wheel, you MUST get it balanced properly.
If you ever drove a car with a wheel and tire that were not balanced, you would feel it, and it'd feel like the car is going to shake apart.
But since every single tire is different, as is every wheel, any time you put a new tire onto any wheel, you MUST get it balanced properly.
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