During my years at the service counter costumers who purchased tires often asked me, “Do I have to have them balanced?” followed by, “Does it need an alignment too?” I understand why consumers ask ...

To people who aren’t familiar with automobile suspension science, the idea that a vehicle’s wheels can go out of alignment might seem a little weird. To people who aren’t familiar with automobile ...

The red and yellow dots both serve to highlight small inconsistencies in a tire’s weight and structure that can have a big ...

Tire alignment is a not-so-complicated procedure that simply involves adjusting the wheel angles to ensure they’re perpendicular to the ground or parallel. While the process can be challenging to pull ...

I just came back from the Toyota dealer after having my oil changed and tires rotated. They said that I needed a wheel ...

While maintenance is one of the biggest expenses of any fleet, costs will go even higher without it. Still, some fleets overlook some less frequent maintenance needs to save money in the near term, ...

Misalignment is the second leading cause of lost tread mileage after improper inflation. This is probably because most truckers don't understand the importance of total vehicle alignment (steer as ...

If you increase the offset from stock, moving the tire outboard from its stock position, you'll alter thescrub radius, affecting the way the tire makes the transition from straight ahead into a turn.

Drivers often treat alignments like the flossing of auto maintenance. We all know we're supposed to be doing it, but most people wait until something hurts to take a professional's advice seriously.

M.D. Alignment now offers a series of instructional videos for truck operators and repair shops, developed to improve understanding of irregular tire wear and its causes. Based on a list of the most ...

Donnie Wetsel believes that aggressively selling tire and wheel services boosts profits and prevents customers from drifting away to independent shops, not only for new tires and alignments, but also ...