Wheel spacers are a popular mod that transcends many different groups of enthusiasts. For example, off-roaders can fit larger tires on stock wheels by spacing the wheels outboard and away from rubbing ...

The difference between good and bad in the wheel bearing world is a very fine line — about the width of a couple of human hairs, to be imprecise. That's not much of a margin considering the potential ...

Wheel fires can be caused by brake, bearing, and tire problems. And they’re all avoidable. Wheel end fires, while uncommon, are not rare. They usually make the papers and the TV news websites, though.

Your car’s wheels spin around a stationary axle, and in order for them to do so, something has to allow for “slip” between the two. That something is a wheel bearing. A vehicle’s wheel bolts to a hub, ...

Your shop is partially right Bruce, this kind of thing is difficult to predict - but not impossible. A regular inspection might have revealed the problem, but only if the wheels were rotated by hand ...

Visionary films set in the technologically advanced future have long imagined cars that ride around on frictionless orbs similar to Star Wars’ BB-8. We aren’t there yet, as cars still use wheels and ...