“WOBBLY” WHEELS.

Putaruru Press, Volume VII, Issue 313, 7 November 1929, Page 7

“WOBBLY” WHEELS.

HARD ON TYRES. One of the most surprising things about many motorists is their apparent apathy as regards the money absolutely wasted when driving a car with wheels out of true. Any observant motorist cannot fail to note, when driving along any popular road, the large percentage of cars that have a wobbly back wheel —sometimes both due either to the rims or ' wheels being out of true. The lateral roll or scraping of the tread on the road has such a rasping effect on the rubber that it is little wonder some motorists cannot get the mileage out of tyres that the makers build into them. In many cases undoubtedly the driver of the car is quite unaware of the wheel wobble, for there is of course nothing to attract notice when the wheels are stationary. It therefore remains for motorists either to jack up the back axle and revolve the wheels to see if everything is all right in this direction or get anothermotorist to follow the car on the roai and watch whether there is any evidence of wobble. Should the tyres from any cause not be running perfectly true then the trouble should be eradicated at once, either personally or by expert attention at a garage. Unless this is done the covers in use will certainly have their life considerably shortened, which is not only expensive to the motorist but unfair to the makers of the tyres.