How car wheels should be cared for and maintained

How should car wheels be cared for and maintained?

Methods of maintenance

1. Choose the right cleaner

Home cleaners and common detergents on the market, because of alkaline or acidic, the surface of the wheel hub corrosive, you can choose some neutral soap and water cleaning to avoid wheel contact with strong chemical agents.

2. Wheel temperature is too high do not clean

When the wheel temperature is high, can not directly use cold water to clean, should wait for its natural cooling before cleaning, otherwise it will make the aluminum alloy wheel is damaged, and even deformation of the brake disc and affect the braking effect. In addition, cleaning aluminum alloy wheels with detergents at high temperature will cause chemical reaction on the surface of the wheels, losing luster and affecting the aesthetics of the wheels. When cleaning aluminum alloy wheels, it is best to use a sponge or towel, do not use brushes with hard bristles, and the use of wire balls to remove stubborn dirt will cause damage to the surface of the wheel.

3. Correctly clean the wheels

When the surface of the wheels have difficult to remove stains, you should choose a professional cleaning agent, gentle and effective removal of stains, to reduce the damage to the surface of the aluminum alloy. If the car has been in use for some time, and a hard layer of dark brown coking has formed on the wheels, then a more powerful wheel cleaner should be used. When the wheel is stained with difficult to remove tar, if the general cleaner has no effect, you can try to use a brush to remove, but do not use too hard brush, especially iron brush, easy to damage the surface of the wheel.

4. Develop good driving habits

Owners should pay attention to the road surface low obstacles in the daily driving, in the parking to avoid too close to the roadbed, so it is easy to cause cuts on the wheel hubs, lightly affecting the aesthetic impact, the heavy rust coating scraped off the impact of waterproof corrosion resistance, so that the wheel hubs deformation, affecting the safety of the car.

Repair method

1. Check the wound, such as not hurt to the inside of the wheel hub, you can use paint thinner to wipe around the wound, to remove dirt.

When cleaning, to prevent extraneous parts from getting paint, you can put tape around the scar.

2. Use the tip of a brush to apply touch-up paint to the damaged part of the wheel, and leave it to dry and shrink slightly, it's best to protrude a bit for easy observation when applying the paint.

3. After the touch-up paint is completely dry, use water-resistant paper dipped in soapy water to smooth the surface.

4. After rubbing with water-resistant paper, rub out the shine with a mixture and apply wax.

Methods of wheel bearing maintenance

1, disassemble the bearing with kerosene or gasoline clean, carefully observe the bearing cylindrical surface inside and outside the sliding or creep phenomenon, the bearing inside and outside the raceway surface of the flaking, pitting situation, rolling body and cage have no wear and tear;

2, according to the bearing inspection of the comprehensive situation, to determine whether the bearing can continue to be used. Regular filling of lubricating oil or grease;

3, and then according to the use of the vehicle, at least every six months a thorough replacement of lubricating oil, and bearings for careful inspection.