What happens if you put a directional tire on the wrong side?
- October 14, 2022
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A modern car tire is good for everyone: it provides better grip and road holding, prevents aquaplaning and makes its work quieter, is suitable for off-road or allows
A modern car tire is good for everyone: it provides better grip and road holding, prevents aquaplaning and makes its work quieter, is suitable for off-road or allows you to go very fast. Choose according to your needs. A miracle is great, you just need to put the tape right side up on the disc, and not everyone can do this, especially in the midst of seasonal “change shoes”. What happens if you put the tire on the contrary, says the AvtoVzglyad portal.
Any driver who has been at the wheel of this vacuum cleaner for at least a few years knows that car tires are divided into directional, marked rotation and non-directional, as well as symmetrical and asymmetrical. Symmetrical tires can be installed in any way and on any side – their design does not imply any difference in the installation and subsequent behavior of the car on the road. And every tire mechanic, who is busy with seasonal refitting of cars from October to November and from March to May, considers all rubber, without exception, to be symmetrical as standard. What could be the result of such an approach?
The theory of the process is extremely simple and unambiguous: a symmetrical tire can be installed on any wheel on either side, and an asymmetrical tire is labeled on the outside (outside) and inside (inside). So if you go in a circle around the car, you can see with your own eyes only the outside, that is, the outside. Directional tires are always “decorated” with an arrow indicating the trajectory of the wheel and its characteristic rotation. It seems nothing complicated and profound, but for some reason, in the heat of “changing shoes”, these markings are constantly confused, and drivers get very serious consequences on their heads.
Tire manufacturers point out that incorrect tire installation results in “worse” vehicle behavior on the road. In fact, this means that the car will be much more difficult to drive, “goat”, the track will feel extremely sharp and strive not to obey the steering wheel – you will have to “catch” it every second. Moving, especially in highway mode, on such transport is not only unsafe, but frankly quite difficult. We will be careful not to mention the increased fuel consumption, the extra load on the suspension and drivetrain, as well as the fantastic wear on the tire itself.
What to do if they did not keep up with the track during the “change of shoes” and only felt the problem after the start? Definitely return and do it again, because the further operation of the car is not only undesirable, but, as mentioned earlier, extremely dangerous. Is it difficult to notice such a problem? No, it burns like a beacon in the night – immediately there is the feeling that the suspension and steering have become unusable in synchronization.
A logical question arises about the “reserve” and other emergencies: they say, there is what it is, others in Russia do not let themselves be postponed for a “rainy day”, and you just have to go there. Everything here is simple: you can go to the nearest tire station with any available wheel, but you have to do this very carefully, concentrated, with a maximum speed of 60 km / h and the alarm is on. for what? It is imperative to warn all other road users of such a disturbance.
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Any driver who has been at the wheel of this vacuum cleaner for at least a few years knows that car tires are divided into directional, marked rotation and non-directional, as well as symmetrical and asymmetrical. Symmetrical tires can be installed in any way and on any side – their design does not imply any difference in the installation and subsequent behavior of the car on the road. And every tire mechanic, who is busy with seasonal refitting of cars from October to November and from March to May, considers all rubber, without exception, to be symmetrical as standard. What could be the result of such an approach?
The theory of the process is extremely simple and unambiguous: a symmetrical tire can be installed on any wheel on either side, and an asymmetrical tire is labeled on the outside (outside) and inside (inside). So if you go in a circle around the car, you can see with your own eyes only the outside, that is, the outside. Directional tires are always “decorated” with an arrow indicating the trajectory of the wheel and its characteristic rotation. It seems nothing complicated and profound, but for some reason, in the heat of “changing shoes”, these markings are constantly confused, and drivers get very serious consequences on their heads.
Tire manufacturers point out that incorrect tire installation results in “worse” vehicle behavior on the road. In fact, this means that the car will be much more difficult to drive, “goat”, the track will feel extremely sharp and strive not to obey the steering wheel – you will have to “catch” it every second. Moving, especially in highway mode, on such transport is not only unsafe, but frankly quite difficult. We will be careful not to mention the increased fuel consumption, the extra load on the suspension and drivetrain, as well as the fantastic wear on the tire itself.
What to do if they did not keep up with the track during the “change of shoes” and only felt the problem after the start? Definitely return and do it again, because the further operation of the car is not only undesirable, but, as mentioned earlier, extremely dangerous. Is it difficult to notice such a problem? No, it burns like a beacon in the night – immediately there is the feeling that the suspension and steering have become unusable in synchronization.
A logical question arises about the “reserve” and other emergencies: they say, there is what it is, others in Russia do not let themselves be postponed for a “rainy day”, and you just have to go there. Everything here is simple: you can go to the nearest tire station with any available wheel, but you have to do this very carefully, concentrated, with a maximum speed of 60 km / h and the alarm is on. for what? It is imperative to warn all other road users of such a disturbance.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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