Toyota 4runner 2010 Instruction Manual page 627

Tire related term
Vehicle normal load
on the tire
Weather side
Bead
Bead separation
Bias ply tire
Carcass
Chunking
Cord
Cord separation
Cracking
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The load on an individual tire that is determined
by distributing to each axle its share of curb
weight, accessory weight, and normal occu-
pant weight (distributed in accordance with
*
Table 1 below), and dividing it by two
The surface area of the rim not covered by the
inflated tire
The part of the tire that is made of steel wires,
wrapped or reinforced by ply cords and that is
shaped to fit the rim
A breakdown of the bond between components
in the bead
A pneumatic tire in which the ply cords that
extend to the beads are laid at alternate angles
substantially less than 90 degrees to the cen-
terline of the tread
The tire structure, except tread and sidewall
rubber which, when inflated, bears the load
The breaking away of pieces of the tread or
sidewall
The strands forming the plies in the tire
The parting of cords from adjacent rubber com-
pounds
Any parting within the tread, sidewall, or inner-
liner of the tire extending to cord material
A pneumatic tire with an inverted flange tire
and rim system in which the rim is designed
with rim flanges pointed radially inward and the
tire is designed to fit on the underside of the
rim in a manner that encloses the rim flanges
inside the air cavity of the tire
6-1. Specifications
Meaning
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