 | Barry's Tire Tech This is a series of articles on the technical aspects of tires, their care and usage. My primary purpose in these articles is to help people understand tires and thereby reduce the risks we all face every day. ..........and since tires is just about the only thing I know about.......... Please drop me a note if you have a topic you want to see: Barry@BarrysTireTech.com |
Main Page: I hope you enjoy my website, but more importantly, I hope you learn something as well. I am not going to pretend that this website is going to cover everything. In fact, I'm only going to cover subjects that either need clarification or have not been covered somewhere else. That means this is going to be fairly advanced - not for the beginner! If you ARE a beginner - or don't find what you are looking for, may I suggest you visit: Tire Rack's Tire Tech Area. But before going much further, I want to make a few things clear:
BTW, I want to publicly point out how much work it is to put one of these web sites together. Hats off to those of you who do this every day!! Stray Thoughts and Ramblings (New Oct, 2023) Winter and All Weather Tires (Revised Sep, 2023) Footprint / Contact Patch (Updated Sep, 2023) Match Mounting (New Aug, 2023) Drifts and Pulls (New July, 2023) Uniform Tire Quality Grading (UTQG) Ratings (New May, 2023) Followup on Rolling Resistance and Fuel Economy (Revised May, 2023) Tire Wear: Irregular and Uneven (New Mar, 2023) Tire Wear: Normal (New Jan, 2023) Tire Traction and Traction Testing: Dry (New Oct, 2022) Tire Traction and Traction Testing: Wet (New Oct, 2022) Tire Inflation Pressure (New Oct, 2022) Ply Strength and Load Ranges (New Sep, 2022) Serial Number / DOT Codes (Updated Aug, 2022) Tire Aging and Weather Cracking (New June, 2022) The Ford / Firestone Controversy (Updated May, 2022) Tire Standardizing Organizations Rolling Resistance and Fuel Economy Vibration: Balance, Runout, and Uniformity Directional and Asymmetrical Tires Idealized Alignment Recommendation |