tire tread depth

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• tread depth — the distance between the base of a tire tread groove and a line tangent to the surface of the two adjacent tread ribs or rows …   Mechanics glossary

• tire tread gauge — See tread depth gauge …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• tread depth — The measurement from the bottom cm of the tread groove to the top of the tread expressed in millimeters or 32nds of an inch. The legal minimum amount of tread is 1.6 mm (2/32 ) across three quarters of the tire width …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Tire — This article is about tires used on road vehicles, including pneumatic tires and solid tires. For railroad tires, see railway tires. For other uses, see tire (disambiguation) or tyre.Tires, or tyres (in American and British English, respectively) …   Wikipedia

• tread — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sound you make when you are walking ADJECTIVE ▪ heavy ▪ I heard his heavy tread moving about upstairs. ▪ light, soft ▪ measured, slow …   Collocations dictionary

• tread — [tred] vt. TROD or (in tread water: see phr. below) treaded, trodden or trod or (in tread water) treaded, treading, trod [ME treden < OE tredan, akin to Ger treten < IE * dreu < base * drā, to run, step > TRAP1] 1. to walk on, in,… …   English World dictionary

• Flat tire — The term flat tire describes the condition whereby a pneumatic tire becomes deflated, such that the metal of the wheel is no longer kept suspended above the ground. This can occur for several reasons: [ [http://www.diynetwork.com/diy/ab… …   Wikipedia

• vertical tire clearance — The distance between the top of the tread and some part of the vehicle closest above it, after subtracting the axle stop clearance and any increase in tread depth from me existing tire …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• longitudinal tire clearance — The distance between the tread and the closest point forward or rearward, reduced by increase in tread depth and rearward movement of the axle under load (1/3 of the distance between shackle pin centers) …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Rolling resistance — Figure 1  Hard wheel rolling on and deforming a soft surface, resulting in the reaction force from the surface having a component that opposes the motion. Rolling resistance, sometimes called rolling friction or rolling drag, is the… …   Wikipedia

• gauge — This is the British and Canadian spelling while in the United States it is sometimes spelled without the u (gage). It is becoming standard to use gage for wire size and gauge for an instrument. [1] An instrument that registers the quantity of a… …   Dictionary of automotive terms