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Encyclopedia > Tires

Tires may refer to:

  • the plural of tire
  • the Italian name for Tiers, Italy, a town in South Tyrol, Italy

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Howstuffworks "How Tires Work" (199 words)
If you're in the market for new tires, all of the variables in tire specifications and the confusing jargon you might hear from tire salesmen or "experts" might make your purchase rather stressful.
Or maybe you just want to fully understand the tires you already have, the concepts at work, the significance of all of those sidewall markings.
We'll find out what all the numbers and markings on the sidewall of a tire mean, and we'll decipher some of that tire jargon.
Tire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3618 words)
Tires with radial yarns (known as radial tires) are standard for almost all modern automobiles.
The tire was heated in a forge, placed on the wheel and quenched, causing the metal to shrink, which drew the rim against the spokes and provided stiffness to the wheel.
Tire rotation moves tires between the different wheels of the vehicle as front and back axles carry different loads and thus the tires wear differently.
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