The steering wheel doesn't go back straight after parking and you're damaging these parts

Everyone should have seen this situation when parking, that is, the car is parked in the parking space, the wheels are still crooked and turn off, many people do not care about this practice, but in fact, this is not correct, often parking does not return to the right direction of the vehicle is also harmful. Today, we will talk about what kind of damage to the car if the steering wheel is not returned to the parking.

Damage to the car's steering system

The steering wheel's assist system is divided into three categories: mechanical hydraulic assist, electro-hydraulic assist, and electronic assist.

Regardless of the assist system, if the steering wheel is not turned back after parking, the tire will be affected by the slewing force and will always drag the steering lever of the vehicle. Moreover, the force of the vehicle when it is stationary is much greater than the degree to which the vehicle is in a driving state! If the steering wheel is not reversed when parking for a long time, the steering lever cannot be reset due to long-term slewing force, and it is easy to be damaged. At the same time, the gear between the steering lever and the steering wheel is always in a state of stress, and over time, it will also accelerate the aging of the gear and cause the steering system to fail.

Accelerates tire aging wear

Under normal circumstances, the tire will maintain the state of force on the tread landing, when the steering wheel is not back to positive, due to the existence of the main sales inclination angle and the design of the passenger car tire tilt, the tire is not completely treaded to the ground, but the tire shoulder and part of the tread are forced. In this case, the sidewall pressure of the tire is relatively large, because the tire sidewall is relatively thin, if the tire is often unbalanced and forced, it will accelerate the aging deformation of the tire sidewall, and the tire sidewall is likely to cause air leakage or puncture after aging and deformation.

Accelerates the wear of the suspension system

Anyone who has driven a car knows that the steering wheel actually has an automatic back-to-positive effect. If the steering wheel is not back to positive when parking, and the steering wheel is deflected to a certain side, although the car is stopped, there is still a positive force in action. The components of the suspension system are basically elastic, the state of the wheel is not back to the positive state is equivalent to a forward force and a reverse force in each other pulling, a long time, the elastic pillar, shock absorbing gasket, balance bar, ball head and other components inside the suspension will be unevenly forced, resulting in the attenuation of the suspension system.

Do not return to this situation

In the daily driving process, the cycle of parking cars is exactly the right operation, but parking in mountain areas is an exception. When driving on mountain roads, you should try to avoid parking, and when you really need to stop, you should choose a gentle section of the road to ensure safety. When temporarily stopping on an uphill section with curb stones due to a malfunction or other reason, the steering wheel can be turned to the left to avoid the rearward slipping of the motor vehicle.

When stopping temporarily on a downhill section, turn the steering wheel to the right. When the mountain road is parked for a long time in the Shangpi (downhill) section due to vehicle failure, the wheels should be plugged with jammed wood or stones in the rear (front) to prevent slippage.

How to avoid

There are generally three reasons why the steering wheel is not correct when parking: the first is caused by the parking environment, sometimes when parking, because the parking place is too narrow, the driver has no choice but to stop; the second is because the driver does not realize that such parking will cause harm to the vehicle, thinking that as long as the car is parked in the parking space, the third is that some novice drivers park, do not know whether the wheel is correct, after seeing the steering wheel is correct, they think that it has been stopped. In fact, the steering wheel still needs to play another round to be in the normal position.

1. Consciously avoid

After parking in normal times, everyone can observe whether their vehicles are parked and whether the steering wheel is correct. When parking, consciously put the steering wheel back to the right and then get off the car, if the xian does not return the steering wheel, you can adjust it in time to avoid hurting the car.

2. Remember the number of laps on the steering wheel

When parking, the driver can judge whether the steering wheel is correct according to the number of turns of the steering wheel, hit the steering wheel while moving the vehicle, as long as you remember the number of turns of the steering wheel from the dead to the middle position, and hit the middle position back to hit the right steering wheel. Most family cars have a turn and a half from the steering wheel in the middle to the left or right, but some models will be more, as long as you judge according to the actual situation of your vehicle. Here the editor should emphasize that do not hit the steering wheel in situ, which will also cause a lot of damage to the vehicle.

3. After parking the car, move back and forth

If you can't remember the number of turns in the steering wheel, you can also use the forward and backward movement to determine whether the steering wheel is correct. After parking the car, as long as you move forward or backward a little distance, you can judge whether the steering wheel is correct and adjust it in time while moving.

4. Stick your head out of the car

When parking, if conditions permit, you can also stick your head out of the car to see if the tires are correct. While driving, it is easy to observe and straighten the steering wheel.

Summary: Just a small action to develop a bad habit, may directly lead to multiple body parts of the simultaneous wear, resulting in the texture of the car "river and river", here, Xiaobian is also to remind everyone car owners and friends, develop correct and good driving habits, in order to make your car always maintain the "most hao state".