If buying a car, you expect to use it year round, you will have to deal with the seasonal change of tires. Today we'll talk about proper storage of tires.
As a general rule, tires are used for several years, and you do not buy every season a new set of rubber, so you'll be good to know that there are certain rules for storage of tires. Compliance with these simple rules will extend the life of rubber.
Experts do not advise to rearrange the different sets of tires on the same wheel. These savings will lead to unavoidable damage tires and stretch board of the ring. All this leads to rapid tire wear. For each set of tires, it is better to buy a set of discs.
And yet, if you have every season perebortiruete wheels, or changing them, it is recommended to mark the installation location of each Tires and its direction (for non-directional tread).
The storage of tires must be protected from direct sunlight. Storage temperature from +10 to +25.
But the main storage of tires is not a place, and method of storage. If your balcony, the temperature drops below 10 degrees, it is not recommended to pack tires in cellophane, since temperature variations in the package can collect condensation.
Apart from the drive or not?
Terms of tire storage discs and without them, completely different. Individual tires should be stored upright on a semicircular surface and rotated every 1-2 months. It is impossible to lay the tire pile or hung by a rope. After these experiments, you may receive heavy wear of the central part of the tread or decrease traction.
Recommendations for the storage of tires on the discs are exactly the opposite. The wheels need to put in a pile up of 4 pieces, or hang out for a drive every wheel, with a half turn down the pressure in the tires.
If the machine hibernates in the open air, it will be useful to cover the tires some protective white layer, such as lime. Also you must lay a wooden blocks under the wheels.
In the garage, too, need to create certain conditions. Reduce temperature swings and to protect the tires from hitting them gasoline, grease and other chemicals. As it is desirable to rotate the wheel, often by 45 - 60 degrees, preferably every week.
What if there are no balconies, no garage?
For those who do not have a suitable place for storage of tires, there are special service centers, which for a fee, will take on keeping your car tires, and when the time comes, you will return it back. The average price for such a service in Moscow, is about 80 rubles a day.
All of these tips are good for those motorists who choose to use the tires in 2-3 years, but experts stress that the service life of rubber, not to exceed 5 years.
Text: Pasechnik Olga