When it comes to vehicle maintenance, alignment is one of the most important services you can have done. Alignment is the process of making sure your wheels are in the correct position relative to each other and your car’s body. Proper alignment helps keep your tires running smoothly and evenly, which helps reduce wear and tear on them. It also ensures that your car handles properly on the road, which can help make driving safer.
At Sartorial Auto Repairs in Santa Rosa, CA (serving all of Sonoma County as well as Petaluma), we offer a variety of alignment services that can help maintain vehicle condition. Here’s an overview of the different types of alignment maintenance you should consider for your car:
Wheel Alignment
The most common type of alignment service involves adjusting the angles of your wheels relative to each other and to the frame or axles of your car. This helps keep all four tires running parallel with each other, which helps reduce wear and tear on them over time. During wheel alignment service, technicians typically check camber angle (the angle between vertical axis and wheel centerline) as well as toe-in/toe-out (the angle at which front or rear wheels point toward or away from each other).
Tire Balancing
During tire balancing service, technicians will use a special machine to check for any weight imbalances in a tire or wheel assembly that could cause vibration while driving. If necessary, they’ll add small weights to balance out any imbalances they find. This helps improve tire performance by eliminating vibration caused by unevenly distributed weight in an assembly, thereby improving ride quality and reducing wear on tires over time.
Axle Realignment
Sometimes during wheel alignment service technicians may notice that an axle is out-of-position relative to others or isn’t correctly aligned with its mounting points on the frame or suspension components. In these cases it may be necessary to perform an axle realignment procedure in order to restore proper handling characteristics and reduce stress on tires due to incorrect positioning of an axle component(s). Technicians accomplish this task by removing components from an axle assembly, measuring their orientation relative to each other using sophisticated equipment such as laser beams or dial indicators; then reassembling components according their original specification afterwards.
Tire Rotation
Tire rotation is another important part of maintaining vehicle condition because it helps ensure even wear across all four tires while also helping maximize their lifespan over time due its ability redistribute stress evenly throughout them when done regularly every couple months/miles traveled whichever comes first . During tire rotation service technicians will remove one set (front/rear) from vehicle then swap with its counterpart before reassembling everything back together afterwards following manufacturer's recommended pattern for specific make/model if applicable otherwise they'll use “cross pattern” method instead where front left goes onto rear right side & vice versa same applies opposite side as well respectively; this way stress gets distributed evenly versus when just swapping sides only without changing direction per se , thus allowing for more even wear between both sets until next rotation cycle comes around again at later date .
Overall Maintenance
In addition to specific services mentioned above it's also important remember overall maintenance should always be taken into account whenever considering how best maintain vehicle condition , this means things like regular oil changes , brake inspections , checking fluid levels & air pressure etc since these play big role not just keeping car running smoothly but also preventing potential issues down road too due proactive approach taken beforehand .
At Sartorial Auto Repairs we have experienced technicians who specialize in providing quality auto repair services including all types of alignment maintenance so you can feel confident taking care needs here . We understand how important it is keep vehicles running safely & efficiently so don't hesitate contact us today schedule appointment get started!