How to Measure Tires for Inspection in Maine
By permanen00t
Tue Mar 22, 2016 at 12:47:38 AM PST
Section: Diary
Topic: Alternative and Community Media
Push down on the calibrated plunger until the metal probe reaches the bottom of the groove.
Position the metal probe of the depth gauge directly over the top of one of the grooves of the tire tread. Make sure the shoulders of the gauge are resting on the surrounding raised tire tread and that the probe is not positioned over a tread wear indicator,
Sphygmomanometer battery which is a raised section of the groove.
Push down on the calibrated plunger until the metal probe reaches the bottom of the groove.
Raise the gauge up from the tire by the base, and not the plunger. Observe how much of the gauge is sticking out of the base. Know that anything less than 2/32 inch, or two graduated marks on the gauge, means that that tire needs to be replaced before it will pass a state of Maine vehicle inspection.
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