I'm running grooved 36" SX's. If I run down the highway for a bit so they get nice and warm, when I park for awhile (overnight) they will flat spot pretty nasty. I get beat up pretty good for the first 8-10miles until they even out again.

Is this normal? It's not a big deal, I've just never had a tire that would flat spot that quickly or sevearly.

Thanks

Bias ply tires do that...get used to it.;)

same with big boggers mine feel like they are square for the first 10 minutes of the drive. I don't remember my 36 TSLs being near as bad.

Trailhawg:fj:

I have 36" TSX's on my XJ and its the same thing.

Only way to remedy it is to jack it up and night and put it on stands/blocks to keep tires off the ground:flipoff2: .

I have 38.5 swampers and I notice a flatspot after being parked in the parkinglot at work for 8 hours. it's a SWAMPER! get used to it!

-Scott

Here's a trick that seems to help. 15-20 minutes before you leave in the rig, roll the rig about 1/4-1/2 a wheel turn. It seemed to help, but maybe it was all in my head. Still wasn't smooth...but seemed more smooth.

As long as your in a place that doesn't get cold....

I have 36 SXs.. I run about 20psi n them, flat spots aren't too bad with that much air.

BUT, in the cold of winter, the flat spots NEVER go away at freeway pressure. For me, that was a 20 mile drive, some of it actually getting to go 60mph.

Bias ply tires do that...get used to it.

yup,,and even more so for sx's cause of the steel belts under the tread

As long as your in a place that doesn't get cold....

yup,, 9 months out of the year i dont have flat spotting, and the other 3 months its only in the morning.

Originally posted by Snake47720
Only way to remedy it is to jack it up and night and put it on stands/blocks to keep tires off the ground:flipoff2: .

Yea that way you have it already waiting for some fawking thief to just remove the lugs and drive off with em, even if they have a locking nut they have a tool to pop em off....:flipoff2:

ill trade ya for my ssr's

Ben

I figured as much. Not a big deal. It's my first set of Interco tires and I wanted to make sure I wasn't going to batty or anything. I thought maybe the grooving had something to do with it but it doesn't sound like it.



Ben - No Thanks... I like my tires....:D

then deall with it:flipoff2: try livin in this place when its 20 degrees out all day the flatspots dont dissapear

Ben

:laughing: i cant wait to hear how james' ride home went after the 38.5 SXs have been sitting for 3 months:D

Do any of you know how a flat towed rig will act during that first 10-20 miles while the tire gets back into round? I'd hate to have that thing jumping all over the place at the beginning of the trip :eek:

Originally posted by Mustard Dog
Do any of you know how a flat towed rig will act during that first 10-20 miles while the tire gets back into round? I'd hate to have that thing jumping all over the place at the beginning of the trip :eek:

Just punch it and don't look back. ;)

LOL ask well done man. didn't he roll his bronco flat towing with sx's ?

Originally posted by camo
LOL ask well done man. didn't he roll his bronco flat towing with sx's ?

:D Yes he did, but I'm not sure if it was due to flat spots in the
swampers. Didn't detour him from his initial plan of a fun weekend
of wheelin' tho.;)

You guys experience this with radial versions also?:confused:

Originally posted by 79broncn

You guys experience this with radial versions also?:confused:

Nope;)

Flat spots sh##! It was -20 degrees this morning. My 35" BFG's even at 30 psi - were square!!!

Hell of a lot of fun rolling those down the street!

I can't image what a bias ply would have been like this morning :D

Seriously though - Your running SX's deal with it :flipoff2:

Originally posted by camo
LOL ask well done man. didn't he roll his bronco flat towing with sx's ?

:flipoff2:

I got cut off! :p

SX and flat towing=bad idea, but shit i did it too, you don't feel anything, Hell i never even felt the bko roll over

Not trying to do the one upmanship thing, but seriously....during the -20* F temps in the middle of winter here, my 33" TSLs only took about 3/4's of a mile to return to round.

I don't get the 10 miles thing......could it be the size difference.