Sunday, April 1, 2012

A Few Tips For Getting Your Falken Tires Back On The Road

By Sarah W. Bax


When you have a top quality brand of wheels like Falken tires, it is easy to assume that you will have no trouble out of them whatsoever, but even when your wheels are brand new, they can get ruined by unforeseen circumstances. Knowing that your wheels are not exempt from these types of things is the first step to being prepared to deal with them, and the next step is to learn about the different fixes that are available to help you get your car back on the road.

Hopefully, the first thing that most people are going to think to do is to open the trunk and get out the jack and the spare. Any savvy motorist should understand the importance of having a spare tire in their vehicle at all times, and if you don't, it is in your best interest to remedy that problem immediately. When you have a blowout and are stranded on the side of the road, at night and in the middle of nowhere, a spare could be the only thing to get you to where you need to be.

People are running over sharp objects all the time that end up punching holes in their wheels and causing them to go flat, and this sort of issue can easily be repaired with a set of repair tools and tire plugs. All you have to do is use your tools to fix the hole in the tire and fill it back up with air at a nearby gas station or any other place that has an air machine that you can use. Plugs generally do an excellent job of fixing the problem and can hold up for several weeks in some cases, but you want to get yourself a new wheel as soon as you can.

A lot of times, you may be dealing with little more than a tire that slowly deflates over the course of several hours, and slow air leaks such as that can typically be patched right up with a can of tire foam, which is used to seal the leak from within. All it takes to get a flat tire inflated enough to travel to a service station with an air compressor is just one can that is recommended for your size.

If you really want to be ready for anything when it comes to tire troubles, you should have each of the aforementioned things in your vehicle somewhere. Please note, that these solutions are only meant to hold you over until you can get somewhere and purchase yourself a new set of Falken tires.




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