If you haven’t had your car’s wheels balanced in a while, you might feel differently after reading this. L&D Automotive has information for you that helps you to understand why wheel balancing is important and why wheels end up out of balance at all.
Tire Balancing Is Something that Has to Be Done Periodically
It’d be so much easier if your tires just got balanced once and then never needed it again, right? But for reasons listed here, that just isn’t possible. Wheel balancing is something that has to be done every once in a while to make sure that your wheels and tires stay in the best possible condition. Making that service easier on you is the important part of getting regular wheel balancing done.
New Tires Aren’t Perfectly Round
You might think that brand-new wheels and tires are perfectly round and ready to go. They’re each very capable of doing their job, but without balancing they’re going to be heavier in some spots than they are in others. That’s going to cause excessive wear on the wheels, the suspension, and on the tires.
Your Car’s Tires Take a Beating
And face it, your car’s tires already have a tough job. They get chewed up by pavement constantly, which is another reason wheel balancing isn’t a one and done service. As the tread changes on your car’s tires, that balance is minutely affected. You don’t notice it at first, but by the time the wheels are seriously out of balance, you might have handling issues.
Over Time, it All Adds Up
The bottom line is that all of these issues add up over time and your wheels end up back out of balance very easily. A good time to get the balance checked is when you’re already getting your tires rotated. The wheels are already off the car, so it’s no trouble to go ahead and make sure they’re balanced before they go back on the car. And if you’re getting your tires rotated and balanced every oil change, that’s even easier.
L&D Automotive in Lavon, TX is happy to help you with all your tire and wheel balancing needs. Give us a call today and we can set up an appointment to check the balance on your wheels and get them corrected. If you need any other services done while you’re here, we are always ready to help.