Tyre Bay Direct

Every part your car which helps it to travel in a straight line forms part of its alignment.  A bump into the kerb, driving over a speed bump too fast, a crash or even a large pothole can affect the alignment of your car, so a thorough check and adjustments are important.  If these important adjustments are not carried out your vehicle may pull to the side and cause excessive wear to its tyres.

Wheel alignment, also known as tracking or geometry, measures whether your tyres are parallel to one another and perpendicular to the ground, ensuring that you car travels with equal load bearing on all areas of the tyre, and in a true straight line.

There are 4 key benefits to wheel alignment:

A) When wheels aren’t properly aligned, and point inwards towards each other this is called the ‘toe-in’ and can result in a narrow strip on the tyre’s inner side wearing down very quickly – running your hand across the tyre and noticing if the wear is different each way should show this.  Regular wheel alignment checks and adjustments will mean that tyres will wear evenly, for the longest life possible.

B) When wheels are properly aligned and inflated meaning that the weight of their load is carried evenly across all four wheels, their rolling resistance is decreased.  This can help with fuel economy, and a saving on fuel these days is well worth the price of an alignment check.

C) With correctly aligned wheels, the handling of the vehicle improves – the driver will have to fight the steering less to get the vehicle to travel in a straight line.  This reduces driver fatigue and is much safer when towing.

D) Generally, front wheels ‘steer’ and rear wheels ‘direct’ a vehicle in motion.  By aligning both sets of wheels to a common middle point, handling problems are solved.

Tyre Bay Direct wheel alignment checking products, British made equipment from Precision Point for the most accurate readings ensuring great handling and control on all vehicles.

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The Unite range of wheel balancers offers great value for every tyre shop, whether it’s for a mobile van, a small workshop or a busy fast fit centre.  Thanks to Tyre Bay Direct’s seven year relationship with manufacturers Unite, we are proud to be sole UK distributors of the brand and the machines we have developed using our expertise alongside that of Unite.

By far the most popular balancer in the range is the U820 which offers a balancing accuracy of 1 gram on motorbike, passenger car, 4×4 and LGV wheels.  The U820 boasts an impressive 4 alloy weight functions as well as automatic data input of the wheel offset and diameter.  The machine also has useful hidden and split weight functions as well as automatic start and motorcycle mode.

If a compact balancer is what you need then look no further than Unite’s U108.  This handspin balancer is perfectly suited to a mobile van or small tyre shop without compromising on functionality.  The U108 has the same static, steel and alloy functions as the other balancers in the Unite range.

Top of the range of Unite wheel balancers is the U829.  This fully automatic machine offers completely automatic data input, minimising both operator effort and turnaround time.  This high-tech machine with flat screen display is a must for any busy tyre shop.

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Tyre Bay Direct are pleased to announce the launch of their brand new range of lifts.  Robustly constructed by Unite, who for seven years have been working with Tyre Bay Direct on their range of tyre changers and wheel balancers, these lifts are available in a two-post or four-post construction.

The TBDEL01 model is a four ton capacity two post H-frame lift, equipped with a double – hydraulic and electric – anti-skid device to fully maximise operator safety.  The lift is available with traditional manual locking, or with a high-tech electromagnetic locking device for optimised reliability.  Both models are fully equipped with an energy saving control board, crash pad to protect car doors and an integrated dust cover to prolong the life of all components.

Also in Tyre Bay Direct’s new range of lifts is the TBDEL02WA; a four-ton four-post lift perfectly adapted for use in a four wheel alignment application.  The sliding plate and height of this lift are both fully adjustable to suit any vehicle coming through the doors.  The lift’s sturdy construction is thanks to its steel breaking rope and height limiting control switch which, alongside the model’s other safety features, make the TBDEL02WA a reliable choice for any workshop.

As with all of Tyre Bay Direct’s garage equipment and tyre machinery, full training and installation packages are available and these lifts are supplied with a 12 months manufacturer’s warranty as standard.

As run flat tyres continue to rise in popularity, workshops and tyre bays with older semi-automatic tyre machines, or machinery without run flat capable assist arms, are finding it increasingly hard to cope with their customers’ demands.  For a garage looking to upgrade, Tyre Bay Direct’s Unite U226 fully automatic tyre changer with 3-way pneumatic assist arm allows one operator to easily handle 20” run flat tyre and wheel combinations with minimal effort.  The fixed bead roller sits around 6” away from the mounting head to allow easy access with the tyre lever and the rotation clamp keeps the side wall in position during the mounting process to ensure that a single operator can easily fit this combination with minimal chance of damage.

What the company say: “The Unite U226 24” Fully automatic tyre changer is by far the most popular tyre machine in the range at the moment” says Leigh Stote, MD at Tyre Bay Direct. “To professionally change a large run flat tyre single handed, the assist arm really is a necessity and means that even some of the smaller tyre retailers are now looking at this sort of specification as the basic requirement.”

Product code TBDU226

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