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Wheel Alignment

Wheel alignment is the process of setting a vehicle’s wheels to point in the optimal direction to provide enhanced handling, comfortable driving and longer lasting tyres. The correct position for your wheels is specified by the vehicle manufacturer and your wheels are adjusted to their correct specification during manufacture.

How Do Wheels Become Misaligned?

Your wheel alignment can be affected by impact caused by minor driving occurrences such as hitting kerbs or driving over potholes and also by any wear to the suspension system. In addition, any work you may have carried out to the wheels, tyres or suspension of your vehicle may also impact your wheel alignment.

How to Identify Problems with Wheel Alignment

Fortunately, problems with wheel alignment are easy to identify and if you notice any of the following signs you should get your wheel alignment checked by a tyre specialist.

  • Your vehicle pulls to the side when travelling in a straight line
  • Your tyres are wearing unevenly or more rapidly than usual
  • Your steering wheel remains at an angle when you are driving straight

You should also have your wheel alignment checked every 12,000 – 15,000 miles and following any work carried out to your steering, suspension, wheels or tyres.

free wheel alignment check

If you think your vehicle may have wheel alignment problems, visit our Re-Tyred branch in Burgess Hill for a free wheel alignment check. Our trained specialists will inspect the angles of your wheels and offer advice should they be misaligned.

Camber Camber

Camber Camber is the vertical tilting of the wheels. As the camber angle controls how much of the wheel is in contact with the road, too great a difference between camber angles can cause the vehicle to pull to one side and may make tyres wear unevenly

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Caster The caster

Caster The caster is the angle created by the steering pivots from the front to the back of the vehicle. This affects the stability of the vehicle, so misalignment can result in difficulty controlling the car.

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Wheel Alignment

(toe in and out) The toe measurement identifies which direction the wheels are pointing relative to the centre of the vehicle and is defined as the difference in distance between the front of the tyres and the back of the tyres.

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