Tire wear patterns tell you everything. They reveal how the car performs, how it’s driven, and whether alignment, suspension, ...

Irregular wear patterns are caused by abrasion that is concentrated in one area of the tire tread instead of across the entire footprint. Side forces created by turning, off tracking, incorrect toe, ...

In some cases, the best way to figure out what's wrong with your car is to look at your tires. But you need to know which ...

M.D. Alignment now offers a series of instructional videos for truck operators and repair shops, developed to improve understanding of irregular tire wear and its causes. Based on a list of the most ...

During my years at the service counter costumers who purchased tires often asked me, “Do I have to have them balanced?” followed by, “Does it need an alignment too?” I understand why consumers ask ...

To people who aren’t familiar with automobile suspension science, the idea that a vehicle’s wheels can go out of alignment might seem a little weird. To people who aren’t familiar with automobile ...

Many vehicle owners see wheel alignment as optional maintenance—something to postpone until the steering wheel pulls hard to one side or tires look ...

Vehicle alignment is a great example of why they teach geometry in high school. How many times did you wonder when you would ever use Euclidean geometry or the Pythagorean theorem? Vehicle alignment ...

If you’ve ever looked at a set of truck tires and thought, “These shouldn’t be this worn already,” you’re not alone. The frustrating part is that early wear doesn’t always look dramatic at first. It ...