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Flat spots on tyres

  • 20-10-2014 9:33pm
    #1
    Pinch Flat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,769 ✭✭✭


    What's the story with these? Have a Conti Grand Prix, fairly low mileage but plagued with a flat spot. Tyre was wobbling so bad thought it was a loose spoke / buckle. Nope - turns out flat spot in the tyre according to the googlemachine.

    Any ideas on prevention / cure? Tyres are always inflated to proper pressure ~100 psi odd.


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  • #2
    Wishbone Ash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,038 ✭✭✭✭Wishbone Ash


    Have you skidded several times on the same place on the tyre?


  • #3
    countrykid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 835 ✭✭✭countrykid


    Pinch Flat wrote: »
    What's the story with these? Have a Conti Grand Prix, fairly low mileage but plagued with a flat spot. Tyre was wobbling so bad thought it was a loose spoke / buckle. Nope - turns out flat spot in the tyre according to the googlemachine.

    Any ideas on prevention / cure? Tyres are always inflated to proper pressure ~100 psi odd.

    The tyre is not seated properly in the rim..
    Pump to 120/130 .....let out air
    Use your hands whilst air-less... To manoeuvre tyre up into bead seating
    Repump...


  • #4
    Pinch Flat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,769 ✭✭✭Pinch Flat


    countrykid wrote: »
    The tyre is not seated properly in the rim..
    Pump to 120/130 .....let out air
    Use your hands whilst air-less... To manoeuvre tyre up into bead seating
    Repump...

    Yeah tried that - will give it another go again. Positive its sitting on the rim properly. So the side wall is consistent at the junction with the rim. Tried swapping out tubes as well.
    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    Have you skidded several times on the same place on the tyre?


    No very rare is skid to a stop


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