How to measure tire tread of your car wheels?

This article talks about the normal wear and tear on car wheels lead to the wearing down the car tire tread pattern. It also can be dangerous for your car wheels as in slippery road conditions your expensive OEM car rims also might get damaged. You should get good quality tires to protect your car rims from getting damaged. You can check the tire tread depth of your tire to ensure that the tire is a safe driver and is not a flat tire accident.

What is a tire tread depth gauge and how can you measure the tire tread depth?

The tire tread depth gauge is a tool that is used to measure the life of the tire once you measure the tire tread depth. It tells you the actual wear and tear and how long the tire can have a safe drive. You must put the tire tread depth gauge in the wheel tread and measure the tire tread depth.  The standard is 2/32 parts in millimeters. Anything below this mark means that you have a flat tire and it needs to be replaced. Once you replace the tire you will notice that the new tire tread depth will be a lot more than your old car wheels. 

How to measure car tire tread depth and when you need a flat tire change service?

This is a DIY one, but it works one can check the tire tread using a simple coin. Insert the coin in a vertical position in the wear marks on the car wheels. If you are using lincoln's $1 coin and placing its head side into the car wheels you should be covering the hairline of your coin as a saving measure. Anything below it you need to check it from a proper gauge test automation tool and see if it is below 2/32 parts. If it is below the suggested mark, then you need to buy new car tires so that your used factory car rims are not damaged.

How can uneven tire wear be checked if it is over flattened or under flattened?   

You need to check from the outside as well as the center of the baseline of your car wheels. The actual measurement of the tire tread depth may differ, and the car wheels might have lesser depth on the side as compared to the center of the wheels. If the tires are a 9/32 from the middle and a 7/32 on the sides, it means that the tires are probably over-inflated. When you have overinflated tires you are going to wear the center out faster  If the sides of the tire are 9/32 and the center of the tire is 7/32 then the tire is underinflated and it’s going to wear them outside of the tires faster than the center of the tires.

What is a good practice to avoid emergency tire change and what if the tire tread gauge is different for all the tires?

There is a good standard practice that you change the car tire on a 2.5 to 3 mm mark upon checking from a tire tread gauge. If your tire tread gauge is below the 3mm mark, then you should probably change the tires for good. This is since the braking distance of the tire increases as the 3mm mark passes. When we take readings from different tire tread depths and check if they match the other tires or not. If the readings are not the same, then there is an issue in the car wheel alignment, and it needs to be fixed.

How to exchange the rotation of the car wheels of an all-wheel drive and front wheel drive car?

The car wheels also need to be in the rotation. Thus, the rear-wheel drive and all-wheel drive car wheels are rotated in the cross. The rear wheel goes in the front and the front wheel goes back. The standard rotation procedure is to rotate wheels by replacing the front side of the car wheels with the back ones.

Conclusion:

The conclusion is to not have a flat tire to stay safe and not damage the car rims. The 2/32 on the tire tread gauge being the limit to change the tires for sure. The over flattening and the under flattening can also be checked by the tire tread gauge. In case of the over flattening the tire wears more from the outside than the center. In case of under flattening the tire wears more from the center than the outside. The different readings on the tires also indicate that a car wheel alignment is needed. Factory Wheel Warehouse is the place to visit if you want new and used wheels and rims. The Elite of Albany is the best repair shop in town to repair your wheels and rims.

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