Your car like any other of your investments should be maintained well so as to give you service for a long time. One of the areas that will see you speed a fortune on your car if not well maintained is the tires. For this reason, you have to ensure that you have a technician check the wheel alignment of your car frequently (recommended duration is after every 10,000 miles drive). Basically, an alignment can be defined as all the aspects of your car that determine whether it drives straight or not.
This encompasses of three major areas that include:
(a) Tilt of the steering axis. This can be either tilted in a forward or backward position. Depending on the tilt, the directional control when steering your car will be affected. One best way to figure out if the axis is tilted in the right position is when making turns. You will feet if it clearly. At times, this element is referred to as the caster of your car.
(b) The other deals more with the angle that your tires are vertically tilt. This is what some call camber. The tires of your car have to be at an angle at which they will work perfectly and you can easily note if this is right by simply looking at them from the front side of your car. You will see whether they appear to be more on the outside or the inside.
(c) The last element of alignment is toe. This simply refers to the tilting of tires from a straight ahead position.
In all the three cases, driving is harder and in the second and third case, tires will wear and tear prematurely. This means that you will have to spend on tires again. It is for the sake of easy driving and enjoying doing the same as well as saving your cash that you should have your alignment checked.
RC Auto and Smog is also available to those who reside in the said area. There are qualified and not to mention experienced mechanics to offer you discount tire alignment and in the best way they know how.
