- Industry: Automotive
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This is the act of putting a tire on a wheel and ensuring that the assembly is balanced. When you purchase new tires, they need to be professionally mounted. It is also standard for the tire dealer to charge a nominal fee for a valve stem.
Industry:Automotive
Distance from the wheel axis of rotation to supporting surface at a given load and stated inflation pressure.
Industry:Automotive
Alignment setting where the tops of the tires are leaning toward the centerline of the vehicle; racers use a negative camber angle for maximum cornering potential.
Industry:Automotive
The combination of steel cords covered with rubber that forms a strip or belt placed under the tread rubber and on top of the casing (carcass); ensures uniformity when the tire is rotating and helps prevent flats.
Industry:Automotive
When the wheel mounting face is closer to the brake side of the wheel, moving the tire and wheel assembly out of the fender well.
Industry:Automotive
A vehicle’s reaction to a driver’s steering inputs. Also the feedback that drivers get through the steering wheel as they make steering inputs.
Industry:Automotive
The diameter of a tire rim, given in nearest whole numbers (e.g. 15 in.).
Industry:Automotive
The entire mechanism that allows the driver to guide and direct the vehicle; includes the steering wheel, steering column, steering gear, linkages, and wheel supports.
Industry:Automotive
The offset of the rim is what locates the tire/wheel assembly in relation to the suspension. A wheel with zero offset has a mounting face that directly aligns to the wheel’s centerline.
Industry:Automotive
A design feature at the base of the groove that generates an additional gripping mechanism in deeper snow.
Industry:Automotive
