REPLACING ONLY TWO TYRES?

Normally you should buy four tires at a time for an automobile but not everyone can afford to change all four tyres at once. So the next best thing is to change two tyres on either the front or rear axle. Most people think that the sensible thing is to change the front tyres before the rear tyres.

I recently found myself in that situation. The mechanic at the dealership told me to put the front tires to the rear and put the new tires on the front. It made sense when he said it but, as it turns out, it’s not the correct thing to do. 

When replacing only two tyres, the correct thing to do is put the new tires on the rear of the car with the older tires on the front of the car – it prevents fish-tailing during a rainstorm.

You don't have control over your back tyres, so you want your best tyres at the back when entering corners on a wet road. The greater tread depth in the back helps maintain control in wet and slippery conditions. The front tyres can be controlled/steered.

The picture below says it all.

(Image gotten from discounttire.com)

Why is Buying Used/Tokunbo Tyres a Safety Risk?

It is not good to buy used tyres because they are often filled with temporary sealant. Tyres that have been used for more than 6 years have high possibility of tread separation while on the road, resulting in fatal accidents than often lead to death. You cannot deny the fact that a second-hand tyre may have had punctures, suffered wear and tear, ozone cracking, cuts and loss of air pressure due to weight imbalance. Even improper storage of the tyres can contribute to deterioration. Ideally, a tyre must not be used more than 6 years and you just bought a used tyre that you have no idea how long it had been in use for. 

You might as well go and pick up some from a tyre graveyard, and end up in your own. Over a period of time, a tyre loses its ability to create friction on road. This means that it will take longer for your car to decelerate after you have applied breaks. It also means that your car's fate is unpredictable during monsoons. This was the exact reason why a tyre-manufacturing giant like Bridgestone Americas Tyre Operations LLC suddenly decided to discontinue the sale of its second-hand tyres.

As you may have noticed in the case of a regular rubber-band, its chemical and physical properties change over a period of time. It loses its elasticity and becomes loose. The exact phenomenon takes place with tyres even though they may not have been used for a long time. They wear and tear naturally over a period of time. When you buy a used tyre, you will break the chain between the tyre manufacturer and the owner of the tyre under whose name it is registered. This will keep you uninformed in an event that these tyres are recalled. It is a fact that most accidents caused from a tyre failure are mainly due to separation of tread from loss of adequate adhesion between the steel and rubber in radial tyres.

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Read more at Buzzle: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/is-buying-used-tyres-a-safety-risk.html

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