- Industry: Automotive
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Indicates how efficiently the tyre disperses water to combat aquaplaning, and how well it grips wet roads in low-speed driving.
Industry:Automotive
The longitudinal distance from the centre of the front wheel to the centre of the rear wheel on the same side of the vehicle.
Industry:Automotive
Small weights attached or secured to the wheel to balance the tyre and wheel assembly.
Industry:Automotive
When the mounting face of the wheel directly aligns with the wheel’s centerline.
Industry:Automotive
Michelin® Zero Pressure™ tyres feature a reinforced sidewall that is designed to support the weight of your car even after a loss of air pressure — even with no air in the tire. 2 Michelin® Zero Pressure Technology allows you to continue driving up to 50 miles at 55 mph, so you don’t have to change a tyre on the side of a busy highway. Best of all, Zero Pressure Technology has been applied to some of the best-performing Michelin® tires.
Industry:Automotive
When tyres on the same axle are parallel; the fronts and rears of the tyres are equidistant.
Industry:Automotive
A zig-zag shaped, normally horizontal sipe that flexes and bites into the snow to help provide reliable cold-weather traction.
Industry:Automotive
The amount of air inside the tyre pressing outward on each square inch of tire, which is expressed in pounds per square inch (psi) or kiloPascals (kPa), the metric designation for air pressure.
Industry:Automotive
Formulated with virtually impermeable butyl rubber, this material replaces the inner tube in modern, tubeless tires. cheque you air pressure monthly, as some air loss occurs over time.
Industry:Automotive
When all wheels on the vehicle are adjusted so that they are pointed in the optimum direction relative to the road and each other.
Industry:Automotive
