Re: Flat spots on tires after storage
[Re: desomod]
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05/28/10 12:44 PM
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Jack the car up so the tires are off of the ground. Lowering the pressures can be dangerous as the belts can overheat and separate.
Allen
Here's a novel idea, let's not throw a bunch of parts at the car hoping it will fix the problem and instead spend a little time diagnosing it first.
Life was a little easier when I was just a wrench.
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Re: Flat spots on tires after storage
[Re: 4BBodies]
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05/28/10 01:17 PM
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I always overinflate my tires when I park my car for the winter, and that seems to prevent flat spotting (though I sometimes drive the car a couple times in spring before I remember the tires are overinflated and let some air out ) Before I started overinflating the tires, I used to notice the flat spotting for a while when I'd first drive the car but eventually it was be OK.
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Re: Flat spots on tires after storage
[Re: can.al]
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05/28/10 03:46 PM
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...if the front bushings are rubber and you have the car on jackstands, the hanging A-arms will cause the rubber in the bushings to be deflected or twisted all winter. ..maybe it doesn't matter ..poly or plastic bushings are O.K. as they basically just slide inside their sleeves
If you do store with the front of the car off the ground, you should have the front control arms resting on jack stands. Leaving them dangling is not good for the front end bushings. Mine were on the worn side, and 1 month of hanging while the front frame was on jackstands made them worse.
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Re: Flat spots on tires after storage
[Re: Challenger 1]
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05/28/10 05:11 PM
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Last time I saw one of those was in the late eighties early 90s.
Allen
Here's a novel idea, let's not throw a bunch of parts at the car hoping it will fix the problem and instead spend a little time diagnosing it first.
Life was a little easier when I was just a wrench.
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Re: Flat spots on tires after storage
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05/28/10 05:23 PM
05/28/10 05:23 PM
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Last time I saw one of those was in the late eighties early 90s.
Still use it on every new set of truck tires. Big trucks tires benafit a bunch from round tires and most are not when new.
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