Our '94 Civic keeps wearing a flat spot on the right front tire. Just one flat spot. As long as I rotate the tires around frequently it's bearable, but if I let it go too long, then we get this whop-whop-whop sound, and there is a very noticeable flat spot.
What could be causing this? I had the alignment done recently, but I don't think that fixed it. It's getting rather annoying. Thanks for any tips.
Craig
Actually, whatever tire is in the right front gets the flat spot - I have rotated two of them on the rear.
Could it be that that wheel is locking up when breaking heavily?
I don't know what braking heavily is. Brakes last forever with me. So I really don't think it is locking up.
Odd... A bad shock usually leaves more than one cupped looking flat spots. Any chance that brake is grabbing and flatspotting the tire prematurely? Some Yokohama's turn to the consistency of thick jam during a hard braking.
Craig Williams wrote:
Reminds me of a joke I heard once,the punch line went like this-- Daygo through mud and daygo through snow.But when daygo flat, daygo whop,whop,whop.
Simmons Academy of Free Speech
Not necessarily. The disc my be cracked so that the wheel always locks in the same position. I am sure that he would notice. It s a long shot.
Re-read what I said. If you take the tire off the hub and re-mount it 90 degrees out, and the disc is cracked, it will lock in the same position but the flat spot on the tire won't be there. It'll wear a new one. Yes, it's a long shot but if that were the case, it should wear a new flat spot.
You are right and my brand of coffee is going to be changed ;)
Someone switched out your regular with Folger's Crystals!!! The hunt is on!
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