“The car’s tracking was out, too,” he says. “When you take delivery of a new car, one thing they don’t give you is a printout of the wheel geometry so you can see it’s all properly set up. You have to ...

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Corner balancing. If you've been around racing a little bit, you've surely heard this term before. Or perhaps you've heard NASCAR announcers talk about "wedge," which is basically the same thing.

Tire alignment is a not-so-complicated procedure that simply involves adjusting the wheel angles to ensure they’re perpendicular to the ground or parallel. While the process can be challenging to pull ...

If you increase the offset from stock, moving the tire outboard from its stock position, you'll alter thescrub radius, affecting the way the tire makes the transition from straight ahead into a turn.

Q I just bought my first set of new tires and the service guy was really making a case to have my wheels aligned. I did pay to have them balanced, but declined the alignment. How do you know if you ...