The following was published in CCJ's Equipment Maintenance Toolkit, 8th edition, sponsored by Valvoline Heavy Duty. CCJ's Equipment Maintenance Toolkit is a complementary industry resource, courtesy ...

Alloy wheels are made primarily from aluminum or a combination of aluminum with other metals like magnesium, nickel, or silicon. Aluminum offers a lightweight and strong foundation, while the ...

Wheels have been evolving ever since ancient civilizations started whipping up killer dubs for their wagons. Throughout thousands of years, humans have produced some sweet variants with significantly ...

Land Rover has stopped offering 18-inch steel wheels on its Defender for 2024. That's the bad news. The good news is, you can get a set of white-painted aluminum wheels on the mid-size luxury SUV that ...

For almost as long as four-wheeling has been around, folks have taken their 4x4s of choice and swapped out the boring stock wheels and tires in favor of something bigger and better. That's for a ...

244 MPH With A HurstHow fast would a NASCAR Nextel/Sprint Cup car go if unhindered by restrictor plates or corners? Russ Wicks found out on October 9 when he piloted an '07 Charger Cup car to 244.9 ...

Buying a compact car in its base trim no longer means having to give up alloy wheels for steel wheels and wheel covers to save money -- take a look at the 2008 Suzuki SX4 and 2008 Mazda MAZDA3 5-door, ...

There are many people in this world that claim that the biggest and most important invention of the human race is the wheel. Presumably developed over several hundreds of years, then spreading like ...

A quick glance at a truck or trailer wheel doesn’t exactly trigger thoughts of high technology. With the exception of different surface treatments, they look much like their counterparts that have ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story. Plenty of engineering horsepower has gone into fixing potholes, yet few solutions have genuinely resolved the issue. Steel wheels have long been ...