Wheel Alignment Basics
As Americans gravitate to more SUVs with larger tires, proper alignment is of increasing importance as a way for your customers to maximize their investment.
Rethinking Your Wheel Weight Assortment
Your wheel weights could be hiding indirect costs related to them falling off or losing their adhesion, which leads to comebacks for rebalancing.
Video: Fuel Levels and Alignment Angles
How fuel level can change a vehicle’s ride height and thus change the alignment angles – a crucial thing to understand given the tighter tolerances on ADAS-equipped vehicles.
Video: How to Keep Wheel Bearing Nuts & Bolts Fastened
Keep wheel bearing fasteners tight for the life of the product. This video is sponsored by BCA Bearings.
Video: Fuel Levels and Alignment Angles
Fuel level can change a vehicle’s ride height and thus change the alignment angles – a crucial thing to understand given the tighter tolerances on ADAS-equipped vehicles.
Video: ADAS and Alignment
How to handle a vehicle that comes into the shop that has ADAS, particularly when it comes to an alignment.
Video: How to Properly Inspect Customers’ Wheels
There are several steps to properly inspecting a customer’s wheels for potential damage. This video is sponsored by Blackburn OEM Wheel Solutions.
Video: Solving Tire Vibration Issues
How to solve tire vibration issues by using a wheel balancer and measuring road force.
Torque and Clamping Force
Many variables need to be managed in your dealership to secure the wheels and ensure safe and reliable wheel service for your customers.
Video: Wheel Bearing Inspection from Pothole Damage
When a vehicle hits a pothole, it causes a small indentation in one of the bearing races. This video is sponsored by GMB.
Video: Wheel Bearing Preload and Load Paths
If you’re replacing a wheel bearing, you should also check the alignment. This video is sponsored by GMB.
Video: Tips for Custom Wheel Service – Pt. II
Tire Review’s Mary DellaValle walks through a few more items in a checklist for servicing custom wheels, from the Tire Review Continental Tire Garage Studio at Babcox Media.