The Role Of Tires

A car is made up of tens of thousands of parts, and each part generally serves a single purpose. The tire is also a part of the car, but it plays a different role from other parts. It has the following four functions in driving the car.

● Bearing load

Whether it is its own weight, passengers or cargo, the weight of a car must be transferred from the body to the tires, and ultimately the tires carry the entire load. Therefore, tires play a very important role in suspension.

● Generate driving force and braking force

Because the tire is the only part of the car that comes in contact with the road, whether the car is starting, moving, braking or stopping, it must “communicate” with the road through the tire and fulfill the wishes of the car or the driver through the tire.

● Cushioning and shock absorption

The dirt roads are mostly bumpy gravel roads. There will be a lot of gravel, pits and bags on the road. Even on the paved road, there are often some obstacles that affect the normal driving of the car. In this case, the tire will use its excellent cushioning and shock-absorbing functions to make the car move forward in a more comfortable situation. This is because the tire itself is made of rubber with an elasticity of about 50%, coupled with the excellent shock-absorbing function of the air in the tire, so that the car can move forward easily on rough roads.

● Change the direction of the car

Whether a car is turning or turning around, it is the car’s tires that must complete the turn. It often changes the direction of the car according to the driver’s wishes.

It is because tires have the above four functions that cars can drive safely, freely, quickly, and comfortably on uneven roads, and because they have the above four functions, tires are one of the parts of the whole car. It seems very important.

In fact, we can summarize the role and importance of tires in one sentence: when a person sits in the car, the person is actually completely surrendered to the car, and the car is actually completely surrendered when the car is driving. Four tires were given. Once there is a tire problem, both the vehicle and the people in the vehicle will be in great danger. Therefore, every driver should be very concerned about his tires.