Tshwane Mobile Truck Alignment Pty Ltd

First of all, you need to understand that wheel balancing is a prolonging/preventative regular maintenance service and not a correctional lifelong guaranteed service. In fact, wheels and tyres are never exactly the same weight all around. The wheel's valve stem hole will usually subtract a small amount of weight from that side of the wheel. Tyres will also have slight weight imbalances, whether from a joining point of the cap plies or a slight deviation from perfectly round. At high speeds , even a tiny imbalance in weight can become a large imbalance in outward force, which could cause the wheel and tyre assembly to spin in a heavy and uneven motion. This usually turns into a vibration that could cause uneven and damaging wear on the tyres. Maintaining proper wheel balance is a critical part of maintaining the life of the tyre. Balance Changes Over Time:  As the tyre wears, the balance will slowly and dynamically change over time. Most good tyre  places will w...

When in motion, an unbalanced wheel can generate huge forces. These forces aren’t even and lead to vibrations. This causes premature wear to the suspension system, it also reduces tyre life and causes enough drag to adversely affect fuel consumption. Due to bad road surfaces, the grip is less secure and your braking distance may be increased. More attention should be given to wheels and tyres as requirements for safe driving. Tyres are the only components which keeps your vehicle in contact, physically, with the road surface. They allow you to start, stop and change direction. If we compromise their ability to do these basic functions we are putting ourselves and all road users at risk. Neglecting wheel balancing on our terrible roads is a definite road safety concern. It might sound futile but there are dangerous around unbalanced wheels. First of all ignoring the signs might be dangerous and expensive. Steering components can be damaged and all the parts may fail prematu...

Whenever you get new tyres placed onto your vehicle, you need to ensure that all the tyres are balanced and wheel alignment is done before you touch the open road. A regular vehicle maintenance task is to have your tyres balanced. Unbalanced wheels should not be ignored, it could be a driving hazard. With the normal day to day road usage it is already a stressful environment to be in and to put it in plain text, your tyres are the only component that connects you to the road when you drive. The trips you take exposes you to more frequent wear and tear not to even mention the road hazards, like potholes. If your tyres are not balanced, you might end up with a more serious issues to attend to and you will have to-not only replace your tyres but whatever other affected components as well. This will be a very costly experience for you, unfortunately  you have to pay the price to be made aware that by keeping all you component in optimal running conditions will save you on u...

As you know a vehicle can be compared to a human body, if you take good care of all the connecting components and stuff you put onto/into your body it will help you- life a long hassle free life. The same with purchasing a quality set of tyres for your vehicle (cheap does not always stay cheap). A new set of tyres can relatively come at high costs so it is extremely beneficial to you to take care of them. If you have a vehicle, you have a responsibility to look after it for as long as possible. Some motorists do not understand the importance of Wheel alignment and wheel balancing, on how this can affect tyre life, as well as possibly having an effect on other mechanical factors. This means it is important that when you purchase a new set of tyres and fit them to your vehicle, you ask a mechanic to perform wheel alignment and wheel balancing to ensure that excessive tyre wear does not occur. Correct wheel balancing is vitally important to performance, safety and prolongin...

Wheel alignment is a important aspect of your fleet maintenance plan, the frequently asked question that we have encountered is: HOW OFTEN? This all depends on the daily routes, the type of loads and the distances the vehicle takes for trips. There is a lot of factors that gets taken into consideration before making a decision that will best suite your plan. It all depends on the data you have compiled in and around the vehicle to establish the frequency for a wheel alignment schedule to generate the best results for the  goal to ultimately save you on costs . Road safety authorities and testing centres have given much attention to  vehicle maintenance and aspects such as tyre safety . Aspects often neglected by vehicle owners are wheel alignment. Most often these aspects are considered irrelevant and little attention is given to their importance. Simple failures that occur at testing centres are because of misalignment   as distinguished by a askew ste...

YES! For you to have a better understanding of what tyre alignment also known as wheel alignment is, here is an explanation of the progress. Trucks have tandem drive axles, meaning that the front end is only doing part of the job. While the front tyres do the turning and absorbs the side forces that go along with negotiating a turn, it’s important that the drive axles be properly in line as well, if the drive axles are even slightly misaligned, they can cause a ‘trust’ angle or a ‘scrub’ angle problem, either pushing the vehicle away from the centre line or trying to turn the vehicle in either case. This could accelerates wear on the front tires, fatigues the driver from trying to keep the truck in a straight line and consume more fuel. Wheel Alignment refers to an adjustment of a vehicle’s suspension – the system that connects a vehicle to its wheels. It is not an adjustment of the tyres themselves. The key to proper wheel alignment is by adjusting the angles ...

Picture this; You’re driving on the highway from Pretoria to Cape Town. Following the speed limits and suddenly your truck pulls to a side. Not sure of the cause but you keep on driving you have a deadline to meet. This is tiresome, you have to fight to keep the truck straight. You are already running late because you had to stop for fuel more than what you anticipated. Once you reach the destination you notice that your new tyres that you fitted for this trip, has rapid tyre wear-beyond repair. What do you do?? Nothing else but to buy new tyres and repeat the process?! Unless you could have prevented the cause all together. We have come across a few questions about bad alignment or also known as bad wheel alignment, but the correct term is: misalignment. a few key factors was chosen out of numerous signs that could point to misalignment to provide better clarity on the subject; · Tyre wear on the inner or outer sides of the tyres. Wave type of wear and...

Francois Louis Nortje, born on 1972/12/02, your typical khaki broek Boer with a huge sweet heart! Frans started Tshwane Mobile truck Alignment in April 2004. As with the start of all things it was a dream to make a living for his family and for the family to have a business to call their own! He has experience managing fleets and diverse budgets overlooking the simple tasks his background in the motor vehicle industry has stretched over a decade. He started at the bottom of mechanical work straight up to sales executive of tyres. Francois’ vast experience and knowledge throughout the years makes him more than capable to assist with any difficulties in any field you may experience. Frans is fuelled by his passion for understanding mechanical work and considers himself a ‘forever student,’ eager to both build his company, staff members, professional development and personal development. The hunger for knowledge and determination to turn information into ac...