skid chain (atirechain) winter essential parts. It is generally made of steel or rubber-chain chain, the principle is simple, easy to install, very practical.
1. The anti-skid chains are classified
1 chain
is in fact a steel chain, the chains more widely used, is a conventional automobiles anti-skid device, cheap and easy installation. However, wear on the tires is very powerful because the chains are in addition both sides of the tire fixed to the outer wire, tire chains exposed to the surface is freely movable back and forth, in a reciprocal motion between the process of anti-skid chains, ground tires and the tires so much injury has been described as the tire rasp throat. Such chains have a simple trapezoidal shape, and diamond, diamond better than using a trapezoidal, rhombic due trapezoidal chains fixed point than the chain so less wear on the tires. Such chains are now gradually being replaced tendon and rubber chain.
2. Tendon chain
was mixed into a PVC, PP, PT, and is open as a whole is a plurality of intermediate scarves as a diamond pattern above several pieces of clothEasy to nail, as long as the installation of anti-skid chains tile on the floor, the car slowly open up and then pocket it can be fixed on the drive wheels. Appearance is very beautiful, but the anti-skid chains due to the manufacturing process will now be used only on the wheel is smaller than 235, the key is the greater the greater the friction of the tire and the surface friction, making it easy to tear. Recommend 175-195 on small cars use more appropriate.
3. Rubber chain
tendon and the rubber chain link shape substantially similar, except that the good quality of the rubber can have a strong tensile force, then there is in the rubber nylon filament tensile arrangement. As similar to the manufacture of tires, nylon pull resistance and plays the role of strengthening, there are nail acts on the anti-slip rubber. While it is apparent that the chain-like appearance tendon overall thickness must be greater than the mesh and strand tendon.
2. Precautions
1, according to the weather changes and traffic information, such as money out of the bus the best snow tire chains installed before leaving, and not to in the face of snow and ice installation, installation of anti-skid chains as temporary parking than the pre-installed trouble, is not conducive to safety. Installing, removing snow chains before you want to park the vehicle in a safe location.
2, not less than the tire pressure, tire chain mounting the case of a flat tire.
3, anti-skid chain is limited in size, respectively, for different wheel size and tire width, the size of note matching using the matching wheel anti-skid chains.
4, after mounting snow chains, travel speed is generally not more than 50 km / h, while driving, avoid braking, forward acute, sharp turns and consecutive idlethe behavior of. Only anti-skid tire chain effect on the speed of the vehicle within the overspeed easily damaged tire chains, and can not guarantee security.
5, when no ice and snow road, to avoid bad driving or walking substance dry road surface with a razor, when the vehicle enters the road without the use of anti-skid chain to shed snow chains in time.
6, winter snow chains to configure the lorry, the driver usually have to do a good job of keeping anti-skid chains after use should be promptly checked, cleaned to prevent corrosion. Some owners made a lot of snow chains is done with a rope, so although you can temporarily solve the problem.
3. The method of mounting the tire chain
1, when you must insert or remove the way, preferably in the opposite lane or some safe place for mounting and dismounting the chain. Always on the safe side of the road and flat sections. No matter where you want to make sure you give yourself enough space in front of the car and the car, allows you to have enough space to move the chain. At the same time in your hands before touching anywhere near the tires, make sure that the hand brake to avoid an accident. Tires can play as an additional protective measures made of wooden sticks, but equally important is to clean out the extra snow tires.
2, or confirm the car is front wheel drive, because the chain must be installed on a group that plays a major role tire. The chain rolled under the car, even on the ground will first lock button on each tire chains. Confirm chain studded side toward the ground, which is part of the chain from the maximum traction.
3. The car is a rear wheel drive car, you have to clench the chain backwards. If it is the former, We must push forward wheel drive. Check whether each tire are fixed the chain, each side lap a wave gear. Then the car, start the engine, slowly and carefully with a chain to move forward or backward a distance the car.
4, a tire is placed in the chain, pulled out at the top of the tire overlap port. Each end must be a complete whole chain gear unit agreement. Themselves give some leeway, and the means fastened to the sides by two chain link.
5, each chain has a rubber ring 4 metal hooks are uniformly distributed around. Each metal hooks are secured in a cruciform manner in the intersecting edge of the hubcap of the tire, which ensures the tire chain will not slip.
6, the chain now should have been installed, providing enough traction in the snow on the road. Do not think you can guarantee chain speeding motorists in harsh environments. Start slowly, pay attention to the sound emitted by the car, it may remind you of the chain is loose or no good tires installed. No matter how safe their use will be equipped with high speed tire chain is unwise.
7, when the weather turned fine no snow, you should be on the chain out of the car disassembled. Whether in any case, do not install the chain driving on snowy roads, it will seriously damage your tires.