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A
A-2	Aging	Air Stop	Alignment
Ambient Temperature	Angular Vibration	Anti-Skid System	Aquaplaning
Aspect Ratio	AWL	Axle, Live	Axle, Ratio
B
Balance Patch	Balance Weight	Ball Joints	Ballasting
Bead Expander	Bead Movement (Bead Rocking)	Beads	Belted
Bias Belted	Bias Ply-Conventional Cross Ply	Bleeding	Blemish (Blem)
Blister	Blowout	Boot	Bottom Dumps
Brake Fade	Brakes - Disc	Brakes - Drum	Brand Number
Breakaway	Bridge (Lemna)	Bridgewasher	Bruise
Burred Wheel	Buttress	Butyl
C
Cab	Calcim Chloride	Calendering	Camber
Camber Axle	Capping	Carbon Black	Carcass
Carrying Capacity	Casing	Casing Factor	Caster
Cement	Centre of Gravity (C.G.)	Chain Drive	Change-Over
Channel	Chassis	Chassis, Cab	Chassis, Cowl
Check Valve	Checking	Chemical Cure	Chipping
Chunking	Circumferential Break	Circumferential Crack	Clearance
Coefficient of Friction	Coil Spring	Commercial Tyres	Contact Carrier
Containerization	Contract Carrier	Conventional Tyre	Cord
Cost per Mile	Cracking Tread Or Groove	Cross Member	Cross Section
Crown	Crown Radius	Crown Width	Cure Time
Curing	Cushion Gum
D
D.O.T.	D.O.T. Number	Dead Axle	Deflection Rate
Demountable Rim	Differential	Directional Tread	Disc Wheel
Dish	Dowel Pin	Downtime	Drag Link
Drift	Drivers	Drivers, Rim	Drivetrain
Drop Center Rim	Dual Axles	Dual Bead Tyres	Dual Mountings
Dual Spacing	Dump Body	Durometer	Dust Cover
Dust Shield	Dynamic Balance	Dynamometer
E
Elastometer	Engine Brake	Extruder
F
Fabric Fatigue	Flange Seal	Flap	Flat Spot
Flipper Strip	Flotation	Foot Pound	Fork Lift (Lift Truck)
Frame	Free Radius	Free Rolling Wheel
G
Gear Ratio	Green Tree	Groove	Groove
Groove Cracks	Grooving	Gross Combination Weight (G.C.W.)	Gross Train Weight (G.T.W.)
Growth, Tyre	Gutter Bevel
H
Heel & Toe Wear	Helper Spring	Hub	Hubodometer
Hydroplaning	Hydrostatically Inflate	Hysteresis
I
Impact Break	Included Angle	Independent Suspension	Industrial Tyres
Inner Cap Nut	Inner Tube	Inter-Axle Differential
J
Jack	Jackknifing
K
Kinetic Balance	Kissing Between Duals
L
Laden Weight	Lading	Lateral Clearance	Lateral Clearance
Lateral Run-Out	Lateral Stability	Load & Inflation Table	Load Base
Load Base	Load Distribution	Load Distribution Calculation	Load Radius (Static Loaded Radius)
Load Range	Long Ton	Low Bed - Low Boy	Low Pressure Indicator
Low Pressure Tyres	Low Profile	Lubricate Beads
M
M + S	Michelin "X"
N
New Tread (Nu-Treads)	Nibbling	Non-Directional Tread	Nylon
O
O Ring	O.E.M.	Odometer	Offset
Ounce Inches	Outer Cap Nut	Out-Rigger	Over Inflation
Overcure	Overflow	Overload	Overload
Oversize	Oversteer	Ozone	Ozone Checking
Ozone Compound
P
P.S.I.	P.T.O.	Parallelism, Axle	Patch
Payload	Ploymer	Plug Repair	Ply
Ply Rating	Ply Separation	Ply Turnup	Pneumatic Tyre
Polyester	Power Train	Pressure Buildup	Probe
Production Retread Shop	Puncture	Pyrometer
Q
Quality Grading
R
R.M.A.	R.P.M.	Radial Ply	Radial Runout
Radius	Radius Rods	Rasp	Rayon
Regrooving	Reinfocement	Reinforcement	Retread (Recap)
Reversion	Revolutions Per Mile	Rib	Rim & Wheel Terms
Rim Bead Taper by Rim Types	Rim Pull	Rim Types	Road Hazard
Rolling Resistance	Roll-Off, Tyre	Rollsteer	Rubber Terms
Run Flat
S
S.D.C.	Safety Ledge	Scrap-Pile	Secondary Failure
Section Height	Section Repair	Section Width	Self Cleaning Tread
Self Vulcanization	Separation	Separation Solid Tyres	Serial Number
Set-Up	Shelf Life	Shim	Shimmy
Shock Absorber	Shoulder	Shredded Wire	Sidewall
Single Bead	Sipe	Skid	Skid Depth
Skins	Skive	Sleeve Nuts	Slewed Axles
Slip Angle	Soapstone	Solids	Spacer
Special Mileage Tyre	Special Mileage Tyre	Specific Gravity	Speedometer
Spread, Axle	Spreader, Tyre	Spring	Spring Brake
Spring Clip	Spring Rate	Spring Seat	Stabilizer
Stabilizing Plies	Static Balance	Steering Arms	Steering Axis Inclination
Steering Axle	Steering Knuckle	Stitching	Suspension
T
T.M.P.H. (Ton Mile Per Hour)	Tachograpg	Tachograph	Tack
Talc	Talc	Tandem Axles	Tandem Drive
Tare Weight	Tensile Strength	Thermal Deterioration	Thermal Equilibrium
Tie Rod	Tie Rod Ends	Toe In - Toe Out	Toe-in
Tolerance	Torque	Torsion Bar - Torsion Spring	Track, Axle
Tracking	Traction	Traction Limited Grade	Trailer
Tramping	Trans-Axle	Transfer Case	Transmission (Auxilary)
Transmission (Main)	Tread	Tread	Tread Bar
Tread Block	Tread Depth	Tread Rib	Tread Roll
Tread Separation	Tread Squirm	Tread Wear Indicators	Triangulation
Tri-Drive	Truing	Truing	Tube
Turning Radius	Twin Fitment	Two Speed Axle	Tyre Deviation Angle
Tyre Dressing	Tyre Paint	Tyre Size markings	Tyrex
U
U.L.P - (Ultra-Low-Profile)	U-Bolt	Unbalance	Undercure
Underinflation	Undersize	Understeer	Unladen Weight
Unloaded Radius	Unsprung Weight
V
Valve Assembly	Valve Cap	Valve Cap	Valve Extension
Variable Spring	Velocity	Venting	Vulcanize
W
Wander	Weather Cracking	Well Depth	Wheel Alignment
Wheel Hop	Wheelbase	Wicking	Winch
Wing Stock