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Generally it is said that the heart of the car lies in its engine and therefore when it comes to taking of the car almost all people pay attention towards the maintenance of its engine. Doing this is helpful in enjoying desired fuel efficiency. But, do you know apart from engine there are various factors which equally play an important role in determining the performance of car and improper maintenance of such parts not only impacts the performance of vehicle but sometimes their ignorance might result in severe accident. It therefore becomes important for all car owners to also know about such components.

 

Let us for instance talk about wheels. For lots of people installing good quality of tyres on wheels and filling appropriate air pressure in tyres is quite enough for driving car smoothly. This also is quite true, however still there are various factors like proper balancing of wheels which proportionally impact the drivability of your vehicle.

 

 

Importance of Wheel Balancing: While driving it is necessary that there proper contact between the tryes and road for retaining proper control over the car to avoid the impact of forces that the tyre has to face while running. The forces that are experienced by the trye are also realized by the steering wheel also to some context. It is therefore is imperative that there is proper balance between the tyres and wheel to impact the overall drivability of the car. Moving ahead it is also necessary that the tyres retain appropriate contact with the road.

 

The properly balanced wheel is capable of bearing the centrifugal forces applied on the centre of the axel while wheel rotates in round shape. If the wheel is not properly balanced it transits the pressure across the wheel thus resulting bounce while driving. It can be said that wheel balancing is important not only retaining proper control over the vehicle while driving but also for safety.

 

 

Impacts of unbalanced wheels: Driving the car with unbalanced wheels for long time results in an uneven tyre wear but also damages the suspension and steering parts, which indirectly push you towards heavy bills.

 

When should you get the wheels of your car balanced: As a general practice you should get the wheels of your car balanced after drive of every 10,000 kms or until the weights installed in wheels are not disturbed. Anyhow if you live in the area where there are bumpy roads and you have to drive regularly on such roads then it would be better to get the wheels of your car balanced regularly after the drive of 5,000 kms. It is also advised to get the balancing of wheels checked whenever you replace the tyre or rim.