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AUTOMOBILE TIRE & WHEEL sa AUTOMOBILE STEERING & WHEEL ALIGNMENT x AUTOMOBILE WHEEL x TIRE (AUTOMOBILE) xx AUTOMOBILE xx WHEEL How to select the right kind of tire for your car and driving. Tips on rotating bias, belted bias and radial tires and other suggestions to extend tire life. A look at retread tires, how they are processed and tips on buying them. The ABCs of changing a tire. How to be a smart tire shopper. What's available in tires and information on the federal grading system. How to buy the right tires for your car and driving needs, along with tips on caring for tires to make them last. How to care for car tires. Tip: How to prevent leaking wheel bearing seals on worn axles. How to get a deal on tires. Tips on shopping for tires and proper care of tires. How to get the most for your tire dollars. How to select and maintain your auto tires. Signs of wear to look for, inflation, rotation, etc. Answers to the 10 most common tire questions. Simple roadside repairs for flat tire, fuel-related engine failure, electrical related failure and engine overheating. Includes suggestions for a take along emergency repair kit. What you need to know about wheel balancing and alignment. Preventing too-tight lug nuts. Tips for stopping wheel cover rattles. How to test for a leak in a tire's valve core and install a new valve. Alloy wheel maintenance. Tips on washing and touching up the paint and clear coat. Proper tire rotation patterns. Tips: Gardening ideas for "recycling" old tires. How to make auto tires last longer. Tips on becoming a smart tire consumer and user. One of several articles on recycling tires. How to lubricate your car's wheel bearings. How to buy new tires. Tip: How to make two slotted wooden boards to hold tire chains that make installing the chains easier. How to identify the cause of steering wheel shake and tips on which problems you can correct yourself. Includes photos showing how to inspect wheel bearings. Tips on inspecting and repacking wheel bearings. Preventive maintenance to make your tires last longer. Tip: Use antiseize compound on wheel lug nuts and engine spark plugs. Wheel-bearing upkeep. Tips on cleaning, inspecting and repacking wheel bearings. New-tech tire check. Routine maintenance checks for automobile tires. Servicing automobile wheel bearings. Upgrading wheels and tires. Improve your car's handling with larger wheels and wider tires. How to "read" an auto tire. A guide to the information molded into tire casings. Repacking wheel bearings. How to change a flat and stay alive. How to get more miles per tire. Correct inflation, balance, loading, etc. Repacking front wheel bearings. Spare tire monitor. Electronic monitor sounds alarm if your spare tire loses four pounds of pressure. The basics of tire care. Wheel balancing for home mechanics. A look at a tire import companies that are active in the U.S. tire market and how to decide if its worth buying a set of imported tires for your car. How to inspect and repack wheel bearings. Auto ABCs. Changing a flat tire. How to keep the tires new. Auto ABCs. Proper tire care. Special feature evaluates 13 premium tires. Tip: How to clean your whitewall tires using common household products. Special section. Getting your car through winter. (1) Driving in winter weather. (2) Winter tires. (3) Underbody inspection. (4) Tune-up. (5) Cooling system care. Proper tire care. Tips on steps to take for longer tire life. How to fix a flat tire. How to "read" tire wear to predict car problems. How to buy today's tires. What you need to know when shopping for automobile tires. How to find good tires at a junk yard. Tip: How to "pop" the bead from a tire rim by means of a pick-mattock head and a steel bar. Instant-installation tire chains you can make. A do-it-yourself shop-made tire changer. Rolling stock. A glimpse into the complex task of choosing automobile tires. Tip: Add more air to tires to improve gasoline mileage. How to keep your wheels from coming off. Wheel bearing maintenance. How to service front wheel bearings. How to read the pattern of tread wear on tires for an indication of front-end problems. How to double the life of your tires. Everything you want to know about tires when shopping for new ones. Wheel balancing. Knowing the different methods explained here can help you get your money's worth. Car Care Guide. Service you can perform to extend the life of your tires. How to "read" worn tires and make them wear evenly. Car Care Guide. Servicing the tires, steering and suspension. A discussion of the process of retreading may help you decide if retreaded tires belong on your car. PM 1975 Car Care Guide. Wheels and tires: How they roll and how to keep them rolling. Tip on the correct way to tighten wheel nuts with a torque wrench. Tip on how to read wear pattern on auto tires. Troubleshooting wheels and tires. PM 1976 Car Care Guide. Fifth Annual Car Care Guide. Part 12. Tires. Tire quiz tests your knowledge about automobile tire care, tire construction and related items. Selecting and installing tire chains for winter driving. The 12 most-asked questions about recreational vehicle tires. Which ones to use, when and why to use them, and how much they should cost. How to check the front end components of your car for any damage done to tires, steering system, suspension or brakes by winter potholes. A safety check for tires. Tips on signs of trouble, probable cause and correction. PM 1979 Car Care Guide. A look at the causes of poor roadability in a car and how to troubleshoot vibrations and poor handling. How to inspect and maintain tires and wheels. Tip: Under-the-car spare tires are kept clean and rust-free by placing in a plastic bag. 1982 car care guide. A special section with emphasis on engine problems, wheel vibration, loss of brakes and diesel starting problems. Tip: How to repair a faulty cast-aluminum wheel to prevent loss of air. Tip: Check steel wheels for rust and separation between spider and rim. Tip: Correct way to rotate tires makes no distinction between bias-ply and radials. Prewinter car care. Cooling system, cold starting, engine tuneup, battery maintenance, suspension, tires and wheels, body and paint. Importance of the correct torque on lug nuts of front-wheel-drive cars. How to pick the right winter tires. Tip: Use "L'eggs" egg-shaped containers to replace the missing insignia in the middle of a styled steel wheel. Tip: Keep wheel lugnuts easy to remove by greasing them annually with lithium grease. Recommended tire rotation patterns illustrated. How to loosen a stuck wheel without resorting to heat or a hammer. SPECIAL SECTION: How to tune up your whole car to keep it running and looking like new. Step-by-step guide for tuning up your engine, chassis, interior, and exterior. Tip on balancing wheels equipped with locking lug nuts. Performance tuning guide. All the how-to you need to get better automobile handling. Covers wheels, brakes, tires, shocks, and cornering. Tire mix & match chart for combining radial and nonradial tires. Tip on removing rust from steel rims before mounting tubeless tires. Tip on removing and repairing valve stem cores. Maintenance tips to maximize tire life. Reducing rolling resistance. Maintenance advice on tires, alignment, wheel bearings and brakes. Wheel bearing inspection, cleaning and lubrication. Changing a flat tire. Some advice. Replacing front-wheel-drive wheel bearings. Simple test for tire runout you can do at home. Diagnosing and repairing wheel vibration. Looks at tires, drive train and steering. Balance your car wheels. The truth about wheel balancing. How to tell what kind of unbalance you've got and what to do about it. Special 16-page report on tires for your car. ABC's of keeping your car in tune. Part 10. Front wheel bearing cleaning, inspection, repacking and adjustment. Install dispensers for "Liquid Tire Chain" on your car. Activate two aerosol cans positioned over rear tires by pushing a button at the driver's seat. How to set up and run your own wheel/tire upkeep center. Learn what tire pressure gauges to use and how to use them. How to choose the right tires for your car. Auto-maintenance basics. Part 13. Inspecting and servicing wheel bearings. What you should know about wheel balancing. Chart of federal quality grades for bias-ply and bias-belted passenger-car tires. What you can do about car shakes. Step-by-step diagnosis and correction for cruising-speed vibrations. Rating radial tires. Complete list of federal quality grades for radial passenger-car tires. Correct procedure for tightening lug nuts to prevent warping the brake rotors and drums. Lubricating wheel bearings. Wheel bearing maintenance to stop shimmy, erratic steering when braking, worn tires and bearing failure. Repacking front wheel bearings. How to buy and care for tires. Replacing stripped or damaged wheel studs right on the vehicle (on rear wheels having drum brakes with removable drums). Tips to avoid premature wheel bearing failure. Tip on using a knock off wheel puller to remove hub from tapered shaft. Metal masks make it possible to sandblast the hub and felloe of a wood spoke wheel without disassembly. Wood felloe wheel restoration. Refinishing painted wire spoke wheels. Valve core removal tool is made from a valve stem cap and a tubeless tire stem. Tip on removing round wheel lock nuts when the correct wrench has been lost. Tip on making a tool to pressurize a cylinder when installing valve stem seals. Removing, inspecting and reinstalling wheels. Where to look for cracks, where to look for air leaks, recommended bolt torque, etc. Simple wooden fixtures hold wheels in place while tires are removed or installed. Care of inner tubes and how to mount tires with inner tubes. Servicing the postwar Volkswagen Beetle. Part 3. Front wheel bearings and brake service. Measuring wheel dimensions. How to determine the key dimensions for the wheel of an old car. Restoration road. Part 13. Getting the restoration underway. Advice on keeping visual records, storing parts, and restoring steel wheels. Restoration road. Part 14. Restoring wire wheels and wooden spoke wheels. Wire wheel maintenance and restoration. Part 1. Description of the Rudge-Whitworth Centre-Lock wire wheel, its cleaning, and inspection. Wire wheel maintenance and restoration. Part 2. Dismantling, replacing spokes, truing and tuning, painting, balancing, and maintenance. Caring for the modern collectible car. Cast aluminum, alloy and "mag" wheels need special care. Caring for painted wheels. Servicing wheel bearings. Converting to radial tires and installing disk brakes on a 1966 Oldsmobile 4-4-2. Some tips. How to get sixty thousand miles from your tires. | |||||||||
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