The tensioning gudumu makamaka wapangidwa ndi chipolopolo chokhazikika, tensioning mkono, gudumu thupi, torsion kasupe, anagudubuzika kubala ndi masika malaya, etc. Iwo akhoza basi kusintha tensioning mphamvu malinga ndi kukanika osiyana lamba, kuti dongosolo kufala ndi. okhazikika, otetezeka komanso odalirika.
Gudumu lolimba ndi gawo lovala lagalimoto ndi mbali zina, lamba wokhala ndi nthawi yayitali ndi losavuta kuvala, poyambira lamba wokulirapo komanso wopapatiza adzawoneka ngati wotalikirapo, gudumu lolimba litha kusinthidwa mosavuta kudzera pagawo la hydraulic kapena kasupe wothira molingana ndi kuchuluka kwa lamba, kuphatikiza, lamba womangika akuyenda mokhazikika, phokoso lochepa, ndipo amatha kuletsa kuterera.
Gudumu lolimbali ndi la ntchito yokonza nthawi zonse, yomwe nthawi zambiri imayenera kusinthidwa ndi ma kilomita 60,000-80,000. Nthawi zambiri, ngati pali phokoso lachilendo kutsogolo kwa injini kapena malo omwe ali ndi mphamvu yolimbitsa magudumu amapatuka kwambiri kuchokera pakati, zikutanthauza kuti mphamvu yokakamirayo ndiyosakwanira. Ndibwino kuti musinthe lamba, gudumu lolimba, gudumu lopanda ntchito ndi gudumu limodzi la jenereta pomwe chowonjezera chakutsogolo chikumveka modabwitsa pa 60,000-80,000 km.
