The Pit Stop:: Tyre Care & Safety Advice, Huddersfield

Tyres, legal tread depth requirments.

(Car,Van & 4x4)

The minimum legal tread depth is 1.6mm throughout a continuous band across the central three-quarters of the tread, around the entire circumference of the tyre. Tread wear indicators are moulded into the base of the tread grooves are at a hight of Aproximately 1.6mm

(Note, Motorcycle and Scooters are still at 1mm)

Tyre Pressures

(Why and how should the tyre pressures be checked ?)

Correct pressure maintenance cannot be over emphasised when it comes to road safety, as under inflation produces excessive heat build up in the structure of the tyre. This may cause an irreversable change in the properties of the tyre that in turn can lead to a sudden and rapid deflation. Pressures must be checked when cold, Never when tyres are hot. In many cases, pressures shown on charts give two sets of pressures covering "standard" and "maximum load / speed " conditions. These do NOT represent two riged options, but rather the lower and upper limits for "normal" and "maximum" conditions allowing for various factors of operating conditions.

Tyre branding

Tyres come in three main catagories,

Premium, Mid range & Budget

For advice on your own requirements, call me.

Premium brand tyres; Examples are :-

Goodyear, Pirelli, Continental, Uniroyal, Michelin, Dunlop, Bridgestone, Firestone, Yokohama, Avon &Toyo.

Mid range brand tyres; Examples are :-

Federal, Falken & Kumho

Super Value Budget tyres; Examples are :-

Fullrun, Kenda, Wanli, Sunny etc

Remember TYRES are the ONLY contact between YOU and the road, no matter what you drive. Why not call in today for a tyre check.

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Remember I don't do Brakes, Shocks, Exhausts, Batteries or other similar stuff so I won't be trying to sell them to you.

Andy & Malc

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