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Re: What cause flat spot? (archive)
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Posted by Mr. Grinch on October 16, 2000 at 23:50:07:

In Reply to: What cause flat spot? posted by DENSON///M on October 11, 2000 at 23:14:06:

- locking the wheels while braking

Not to be confused with "Square Tires" caused by

- parking a car for an extremely long time, causing some tires to deform

- parking the car for any amount of time in -40 weather... most tire compounds will actually harden at this temp and the tire is noticably bumpy to drive. A very dangerous condition, because you need to drive the car to warm up the tire, but run a great risk of breaking the bead seal in these conditions.




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