Misunderstandings of Tire Maintenance

I suppose every vehicle owner wants to own a beautiful car? How to keep your car in a good condition and make sure the car parts work perfectly? Obviously, the tires are one of the vital elements, but some of us have some misunderstandings of maintain them. Brush tire oil after you wash you car can maintain tires? Front-wheel drive and front tires are more important than the back tyros? These sayings are deemed to be right, but they are actually wrong. Recently, Michelin, a tyro engineer, teaches us some correct things at the meeting.

Misunderstanding one: After wash the tyros, brush tire oil can maintenance tires.

Correction: Do not use unworthy tire oil.

Every time after the car wash, some car wash stores will usually provide an additional service: to brush the tire oil on a layer of your car tires. Many drivers think that the additional services are free, and certainly doing it is a wise choice. The car wash worker also says brush oil on the tire is a protective film to prevent sun damage. In fact, inferior oil contains a variety of chemicals. Then, these chemicals link with rubber tires, and they can lead to corrosion, which will damage the tire rubber and the tire. Few car wash shops in the street can provide high quality tires oil. For the sake of small cheap will accelerate the tire aging.

Recommendation: 

(1) parking the car in the shade. It not only can reduce the car leather seats of aging, but reduce the rubber tires of aging; 

(2) try not to use wash oil to "maintenance" tires after car wash; 

(3) keep your tires far away from the corrosive chemicals.

Misunderstanding two: Front-drive,front tires are more important than back tires.

Correction: the rear tires should have the performance of grasping on matter your car is rear wheel drive or front wheel drive.

The old drivers think that the front tires is more important than the rear tires if your car is front wheel drive, because the drive will stand more frictions. Previously, Michelin do a test on Ren Yue XM2. That is setting a bearing unit on two rear tires so that the rear tires lose grip. In this case, the driver can lost his control to his car and lose his direction if the speed of 30 yards or more. That will be very dangerous. If only replace one rear tire, the new tires must be installed with the similar depth of tire tread groove, or it will cause deviation and mechanical problems.

Recommendation: Make sure the deepest groove tires or new tires are set on the vehicle's rear axle.