Peterbilt 348 2017 - Page 356

TIRESANDWHEEL
OverinatedTires
Toomuchairpressurereducesthetire
treadcontactareaandresultsinrapid
wearinthecenterofthetread.
WARNING!
Overinatedtirescancauseacci-
dents.Theywearmorequicklythan
properlyinatedtiresandaremore
subjecttopunctures,cracks,and
otherdamage.Theycouldfailand
causeyoutolosecontrolofyourve-
hicleresultinginanaccidentcausing
deathorpersonalinjury.Besureall
tiresareinatedcorrectlyaccording
tothemanufacturer'srecommenda-
tions.
MatchingTires
Besuretobuymatchedtiresfor
yourvehicle,especiallyontherear
axles.Mismatchedtirescancause
stressbetweenaxlesandcausethe
temperatureofyouraxlelubricantto
gettoohot.Matchedtireswillhelp
yourdrivelinelastlongerandwillgive
youbettertiremileage.
WARNING!
Donotmismatchtires,itcanbedan-
gerous.Nevermixtiresofdifferent
designsuchassteelbeltedradials
andbiasplytires,etc.Mixingtire
typesandsizeswilladverselyaffect
theroad-holdingabilityofbothtypes
oftiresandcanleadtolossofvehi-
clecontrolandcausingdeathorper-
sonalinjury.
WARNING!
Donotinstallregroovedorrein-
forcement-repairedtiresonsteering
axles.Theycouldfailunexpectedly
andcauseyoutolosecontrolof
yourvehicleresultinginanaccident
causingdeathorpersonalinjury.
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