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Balancing wheels
The wheels on new vehicles are balanced.
H owever when the vehicle is ru nning vari
o us influences can cause th e w hee ls to be
come unbalanced and this causes steering
v ib ration .
As imba lance also inc
reases steering, suspens ion and tyre wear the wheels should be balanced again. Furthe rmore a wheel
should a lway s be rebalanced when the tyre has been repaired or when a ne w tyre has been fitted.
Incorrect wheel alignment
Incor rect whee l a lign men t no t only causes
excessive, usually uneven tyre wear but can also impair the car's safe hand ling. If unusual tyre wear is noticed, contact a Volks
wagen dealer.
Wear indicators
At the bottom of the tread of the original
tyres there are 1 .6 m m high "w ear indica
t ors" running across the tread -see fig.
There
are 6 - 8 of these indicators - according to make -even ly spaced around the tyre
circumference. Marks on the walls of the
t yre (f or example the letters "T W I" or
tr
iangles) show the locations of the wear
indi c ators.
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 roadholding, particularly at high speeds on wet roads. Moreover the vehicle tends to aquaplane sooner.
Note
When tread depth is down to 1.6 mm
measured in the tread groove next to the
wear indicato r bar - the offic ial perm issible
min im um tread depth has been reached (in
export countries this figure may dj"fer)
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