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GENERAL MAINTENANCE
Balancing
wheels
iThe wheels on new vehicles are balanced, however when the vehicle is running vari-:
JS
influences can cause the wheels to be
come unbalanced and this causes steering . ibration.
As
imbalance also increases steering,
sus
pension and
tyre
wear the wheels should be
calanced
again. Furthermore a wheel snould always be rebalanced when the
tyre
"as
been repaired or when a new
tyre
has
!been
fitted.
Incorrect
wheel
alignment
"correct wheel alignment not only causes
jexcessive,
usually uneven
tyre
wear but can
also
impair the car's safe handling. If un usual
tyre
wear is noticed, contact a Volks-
jv.agen dealer.
Wear
indicators
At the
bottom
of the tread of the original
tyres there are 1.6 mm high"wear indica
tors" running across the tread - see fig.
There are 6 - 8 of these indicators - accord
ing to make - evenly spaced around the
tyre
circumference. Marks on the walls of the
tyre
(for example the letters "TWI" or
triangles) show the locations of the wear indicators.
Attention
• At the
latest
when
then
the
tyres
are
worn
down
to the
wear
indicators
they
must
be
renewed
without
delay.
•
Worn
tyres
are
detrimental
to
road
holding
particularly
at
high
speeds on wet roads. In
addition
the
vehicle
tends
to
aquaplane
sooner. We
strongly
recommend
therefore
that
new
tyres
are
fitted
when
the
tread
depth
is
down
to 3 mm.
Note
When tread depth is down to 1.6 ~~ measured in the tread groove next to the
wear indicator bar - the official permiss c e minimum tread depth has been reachec -
export countries this figure may
differ''.
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