American Tire Depot

Hi, I'm Rick Helton with American Tire Depot and today'segment we're going to review the importance of tire rotations and proper tire inspections to ensure you get the maxim American Tire Depot recommends that your vehicle's tires should be inspected and rotated every 5 to 7,000 miles. To simplify this, you should do it with every oil change. This should be done by a certified tire technician and doc Your certified American Tire Depot store will conduct a thorough inspection by performing the following inspection procedures on each of your vehicle's tires. Your American Tire Depot technician will first take a tread depth reading of all four tires on the vehicle. This will indicate the amount of tread life remaining on each of the vehicle's tires. Two thirty seconds of tread life remaining is considered legally bald and the tire should be removed from service and replaced. The tread depth readings will be doc This is done so that the American Tire Depot store manager can review and discuss the condition of your tires. You can check your tread life at home by using a penny. Place Abraham Lincoln's head facing down into the tread area. If your tread is equal or flush to the top of the president's hairline, your tire is bald and should be taken out of service and replaced. The tire technician will thoroughly inspect each tire by turning the tire one quarter turns and inspecting for irregular tire wear, cuts, bruises, nails, screws, and any other signs of tire defects or road hazard damage. If any problems are found, they will mark the area with tire chalk to highlight the problem found and note the issues on the American Tire Depot safety inspection form. If no problems are found with any of the tires, they will proceed to check the tire inflation and adjust the air pressure to the manufacturer recommended pressure for the vehicle. Once the tire inspection is complete, they will proceed to perform your tire rotation per the manufacturer recommendations. When the tires are removed from the vehicle, your certified American Tire Depot technician will do a visual safety inspection of your brake pad linings and your shocks. As you can see here, this shock is leaking fluid. After the visual safety inspection is completed, the tire technician will ensure torque your wheel lugs per the manufactured torque specs required for your vehicle. The wheel torque specs will also be doc The final process will include the American Tire Depot technician to check and adjust the air pressure and your vehicle'spare tire. The last thing you want to have happen to you is have a flat tire and no air pressure in your spare tire. For peace of mind, American Tire Depot offers a tire service agreement that ensures you get the full, maxim Visit or call a local American Tire Depot store near you for details. Go to americantiredepot. com for a location near you.