Tire alignment is a not-so-complicated procedure that simply involves adjusting the wheel angles to ensure they’re perpendicular to the ground or parallel. While the process can be challenging to pull ...

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During my years at the service counter costumers who purchased tires often asked me, “Do I have to have them balanced?” followed by, “Does it need an alignment too?” I understand why consumers ask ...

Tires — and future "smart tires" — are only part of the equation. You also need proper alignment to ensure even tread wear.

To people who aren’t familiar with automobile suspension science, the idea that a vehicle’s wheels can go out of alignment might seem a little weird. To people who aren’t familiar with automobile ...

Very often while driving many of us realize that we are no more able to control the steering wheel and our car either flows at right or left side despite efforts to keep the steering wheel in straight ...

Q I just bought my first set of new tires and the service guy was really making a case to have my wheels aligned. I did pay to have them balanced, but declined the alignment. How do you know if you ...

If you increase the offset from stock, moving the tire outboard from its stock position, you'll alter thescrub radius, affecting the way the tire makes the transition from straight ahead into a turn.