The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1919-08-14
TELLS HOW TO TRUE
UP AUTO WHEELS
Simple Methods to Correct Very Gen
eral Trouble-Cautions Tire
Users.

Dumping into curbs, hitting bumps
in the road, turning out into cutters
and similar srains, shocks and jolts
are very likely to cause misalignment
or wobbling Of wheels, or both. When
this happens. the wheels travel with
skidding action which wears down
treads very rapidly, even If the ir-
regularity is so slight that the eye
can hardly detect it. You should,
therefore, test your wheels frequently
to make sure that they run true.
Test Your Wheels.
Probably as many as one car
three has one or more misaligned or
wobbly wheels, robbing their tires of
thousands of miles of service.
Because of the turn-to-the-right
rule of the road, the right front
wheel is often forced into the rough
going at the side of the road, and is
likely to receive severe glancing
blows which may produce misalign-
ment. springing or dishing.
Also, because the driver is usually
on the left side of the car and unable
to gauge accurately the distance be-
tween the right front tire and the
curb when driving up to it for stop
he often jams the wheel against the
curb and frequently the result is
misalignment.
The other type of irregularity -
wobby wheels caused by bearings
in the hubs that are worn or broken;
by aXles or spindles that are bent;
by demountable rims carelessly ap-
piled.
When demountable rim clamps or
ring fasteners are unevenly adjusted,
the tire can not take its proper po-
sition on the wheel, and consequent
ly it runs with a wobbly motion.
Now, if your tires are running true
if there is no irregularity, there is
only one source of wearing friction,
the natural grip of the tread on the
road. But when tires do not run true
there is an additional source of wear,
the grinding Of the road at an angle
to the wheel. This increases friction
greatly and wears down the tread
precisely and If it were being held
against grindstone.
Test your wheels frequently for ir-
Do it especially when
ever any one of your tires seems to
show undue tread wear. Since the
testing of wheels for alignment or
wobbly motion is very simple, many
car owners are protecting themselves
by having it done by their service sta
tion or by doing it themselves, every
two weeks.
The use of an adjustable aligner is
best, such as is used i nservice sta
tions.
If you do not have an aligner and
find it inconvenient to go immediate
ly to a service station, the following
Stick method will secure acceptable
results, although not quite as ac-
curate.
Take straight stick Of wood a.
least five feet long. At the back of
the front wheels place the stick be-
tween the spokes as nearly as possi-
BILE on a level with the hub. Shove
the stick through underneath the car
until it touches the inside OF the felloe
of he opposite wheel at a similar
height from the ground. Then mark
with a pencil the point at which the
stick touches the inside of the felloe
OF the first wheel. Then repeat the
operation for the front half Of the
wheel and again mark the point
where the inside of the felloe touches
the stick. The difference between the
marks shows how much the heel is,
out of alignment.
If the difference shown by either